My photography journey began at the age of 14 whilst on a family holiday in New Zealand armed with a twenty dollar point and shoot 35mm film camera.My father having grown up on the South Island knew all the scenic places to take us and not only showed us around this amazing island, but also took us on a four day hike along the famous Milford Track. With eye dropping scenery and epic vistas all aro
und, it goes without saying that even with a cheap camera and zero photography skills, the landscape was amazing enough to produce some pretty awesome photos for a young teenager!Upon returning to Australia, I quickly got obsessed with all things photography. Within a few months I had saved up enough to buy my first SLR camera and enrolled in all the photography classes I could at school.The only problem with having hobbies as a Teenager However, is the likelihood of having too many hobbies and interests and by the time of my late teenage years, I had slowly found other interests that took up most of my time and photography unfortunately was the one that took the back seat for a while. Fast forward almost twenty years, and I had just started up my first entrepreneurial venture with a clothing brand. Having needed to do photo shoots and quickly learning my phone was not going to be up to standards, I was suddenly in the market for my first DSLR.Needing to refresh my knowledge on all the skills and not to mention need to learn the new world of digital photography, I found myself on YouTube watching dozens of tutorials and the Like. It was at this moment I found photography vlogs, mainly the likes of Thomas Heaton, Nigel Danson and Adam Gibbs and saw these guys getting out into the wilderness and practicing landscape photography, Shooting all of These amazing vistas and beautiful locations. "This is what I used to love as a kid" I thought to myself and it wasn't long before I decided to set out on a sunrise drive and try this new camera out.It wasn't long After, I relocated from Adelaide to Melbourne for work. Not knowing anyone in Melbourne gave me the perfect excuse to grab my camera and get out and explore this new state I live in. Within a couple of months, this new found hobby became an obsession and within a year I had probably ventured and seen more of Victoria than most Victorians who had been living here their whole life.That was three years Ago. Covid slowed some things down obviously but the obsession is still very real and I feel like I'm still only just Beginning…
I now invite you along with me and hope to share with you some of the beautiful scenery this amazing country has to offer.
