Month: April 2011
A Long, Lonely Swim at Bondi
At 4am on the Sunday we left Australia, a young distance swimmer named Chloe McCardel entered the water at Bondi Beach to attempt a record-breaking 60 laps of the bay. That happens to be 48km, or nearly 30 miles. It took her eleven hours. I’d arrived at the beach that morning a little after 5am […]
Read MoreA Noob Shoots Surfing
For the sole purpose of possibly getting to photograph surfing and the waves at Bondi Beach, I lugged my Nikon 500mm f/4 lens from SFO to Sydney, along with the rest of my travel kit. (See photo below.) Though my back still aches, it was worth carrying the pack on and off the plane, to […]
Read MoreGood On Ya, Sydney!
(Pre-script: I’m writing this at a kid’s playground while the baby sleeps and the nipper chases around with a load of other kids, and I’m working as fast as I can to get this done before the sprout wakes up, so please excuse typos etc.) There’s just something really cool about seeing in person a […]
Read MoreBlue Fire for Japan
On March 22 I hinted that the image I was showing that day was just a teaser for one to follow, and I’m pleased this morning to show the image above. As you may recall if you read that story, it took quite a few tries to get any blue fire in the image, and […]
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