Month: August 2012

An unusual perspective of St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, Adelaide Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 243 – Church of Perspective’. 1/5s f/2.8 ISO-640 15mm

This is the very first lily in the garden for Spring. I’ve heard it suggested that photographs of flowers are not a good idea and certainly not something you’d put into your portfolio unless they are truly awesome images. This image does not fall into that category but it does have a great form I … Read more

In the last 10 minutes of light before the sun dips below the horizon every looks fantastic. We have plenty of trees at our home and in this light the textures of the bark looked amazing. I took several images and finally settled on this one being the most unusual. It is the husky base … Read more

Every time I drive along the Port Adelaide expressway I see images that I want to capture and share the way I see them. Metropolitan waste dumps, commodities silos, building materials manufacturing, swampy grasslands and the Torrens Island power station all work together to create this apocalyptic scene with the sun setting on this industrial … Read more

Today we had a guided tour of my Mum’s garden and all the beautiful spring flowers now coming into bloom. There were daffodils, jonquils, birds-of-paradise, plum blossom and a host of others she described that I could not hope to remember. A closer look at this busy, busy bee reveals hind legs laden with pollen … Read more

I am still not very comfortable at this street photography thing. I hear and read conflicting ideas about asking permission, or not; about using a discrete camera or bringing out the bazooka; about legal, moral and ethical issues; about model releases and personal brand. I’m not surprised that many other photographers find street photography difficult … Read more

I only saw one other photographer on the beach tonight. I hope there were others up and down the Adelaide coastline who shared in a sunset a photograph could never hope to capture. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 237 – One Perfect Sunset’. 1/250s f/13 ISO-100 15mm

Today we all got hammered! First it rained, then it hailed, then it blew a gale, it hailed some more, it blew some more and most were content to be huddled in a warm cosy place and not out in this late Winter storm. Then as if by magic the sun came out, the sky … Read more

Getting our and taking photos does not have to be a solitary affair. Tonight we had the pleasure of sharing company with good friends out to dinner at a local Adelaide Pub, ‘Benjamin on Franklin’. The beef & Guinness pie was divine, the beverages excellent and the company for the evening sensational. It was great … Read more

One of the challenges of taking photos everyday when you have a ‘day job’ is finding the time. Bring on the night! Taking photos outside of normal ‘day job’ hours means night photos at least it does during our Winters where the days are still quite short. Night photography can be challenging but also very … Read more