Amongst The Fish
I have started doing some commissioned work so when I received contact from Sasha who said that she was ex-pro swimmer and loved Bronte, Bondi and Clovelly pools/ocean and would I do a portrait/lifestyle series of her in those areas for her Swimming School website - I was in seventh heaven.
Yes, I am living on bread and cheese(and cheese only on a Sunday ;))) but I do love it and am learning so much doing portraits/shots for other people - which has stretched me out even further. I keep saying - 'sure I can do that' and then hyperventilating inside . I do also say I have my own Rosiebondi way of doing things and that I am incapable of doing 'chocolate box' shots ;).
So Clovelly Beach is my latest discovery - its only 10 minutes drive away (next beach up from Bronte) and I used to turn my nose up at going there. It a mini bay, if you will, and is surrounded by concrete on either side however it has the most amazing deep body of water in between for snorkelling safely away from the surf and tides. Again it has its own mini-culture down there and Bronte Pool and Beach have been wondering why I have not been so much recently.
This was taken with my underwater Leica. The joy of photographing professional swimmers in water is that they are capable of doing all sorts of twists and turns and follow direction and Sasha did it so beautifully and Ms. Underwater Leica and I were in our absolute element. The more I live in this area the more I fall in love with it and its community :).
Amongst The Fish
I have started doing some commissioned work so when I received contact from Sasha who said that she was ex-pro swimmer and loved Bronte, Bondi and Clovelly pools/ocean and would I do a portrait/lifestyle series of her in those areas for her Swimming School website - I was in seventh heaven.
Yes, I am living on bread and cheese(and cheese only on a Sunday ;))) but I do love it and am learning so much doing portraits/shots for other people - which has stretched me out even further. I keep saying - 'sure I can do that' and then hyperventilating inside . I do also say I have my own Rosiebondi way of doing things and that I am incapable of doing 'chocolate box' shots ;).
So Clovelly Beach is my latest discovery - its only 10 minutes drive away (next beach up from Bronte) and I used to turn my nose up at going there. It a mini bay, if you will, and is surrounded by concrete on either side however it has the most amazing deep body of water in between for snorkelling safely away from the surf and tides. Again it has its own mini-culture down there and Bronte Pool and Beach have been wondering why I have not been so much recently.
This was taken with my underwater Leica. The joy of photographing professional swimmers in water is that they are capable of doing all sorts of twists and turns and follow direction and Sasha did it so beautifully and Ms. Underwater Leica and I were in our absolute element. The more I live in this area the more I fall in love with it and its community :).