For the past 10 years, the soundtrack of my life has been the rhythmic movement of the ocean here on the crystal blue shores of Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast. Standing on shorelines waiting for the dawn, or tracking the path of green waves as they fold into rocky coves, every day holds the promise of new discoveries as the ocean moves between tides.

For a previous decade of my life I also lived among the fog shrouded hills and river valleys of the Central West, NSW. These were days of earth and sky, small towns, and fields of gold beside quiet country roads. Here, for me, it will always be summer.

From shorelines and dark hillsides, using telescope and long exposures I've also been fortunate to witness nights of wonder – moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, nebulous blue dust clouds around the Pleiades, the Milky Way as it arches across the sky, the paths of stars as they circle the celestial pole and the blue magic of bio-luminescent shorelines – all the time attempting to convey the emotion of those moments through the camera lens.

Here through these images, I hope to tell you the story of these places that are a part of my life.

I also have a number of Photo Books available for purchase on Blurb Books

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