Alex Wise Photography

Once a year, the deciduous beech that surrounds the Tarn Shelf turns from green to a beautiful yellow. I’ve walked into the Tarn Shelf a few times but always managed to miss out on this limited opportunity. Knowing it was the right time of the year, I set off early (7am) hoping for pretty reflections on the Tarn and to avoid the crowds (60 people as we left at 11am). It was a cold but nice morning with fog throughout the Derwent Valley.  Unfortunately once reaching the Tarn it was quite breezy so this ruled out any hope of capturing the Tarn reflecting surrounding fagus.

First four shots were captured with a Canon 24-70 2.8 whilst the remaining with a Canon 50 1.4

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A culled image that I’ve come back to a few times. I’ve always looked at the photo and wished the cloud was in the middle of the frame, not disappearing out of it. What can you do?

A photo from way back capturing the sunset reflections at Hope Beach, Tasmania

These are just a few things that I take into account before going on a shoot. They aren’t rocket science I’ll admit and are actually quite simple but I hope they help a little.

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Just a tutorial (err very rushed..) on blending images in Photoshop. I occasionally use this in my workflow as it’s a handy way of fixing over exposures or increasing dynamic range without resorting to hdr.

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This was taken earlier at Cradle Mountain National Park during winter.  I know it sounds really corny but after days of rain this was just beautiful to walk through,  the smell from the surrounding wet trees was amazing.

Recently I got some calendars printed through Red Bubble to give as a Christmas gift to close friends and family. The above photographs really don’t do the calendars any justice, I’m really impressed with the print quality and presentation of the calendars for the relatively low price. If anyone is interested in a calendar please see this link or perhaps you may want to get some done of your own shots, I couldn’t recomend them more.

Shooting with fellow photographer Ronnie Ling at Friendly Beaches, Tasmania earlier this year during winter. I love the East coast of Tasmania compared to more Southern areas, the rocks are just stunning. Hope you enjoy.

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I’ve been meaning to submit this one for some time since I photographed it in July but kept forgetting. This was captured at Cradle Mountain National Park on a short walk to a much larger fall. We arrived late afternoon at around 3pm so it was already starting to get quite dark being the middle of winter which was a real shame, this place was stunning and I probably could of spent hours here just messing around getting my feet wet but were rushed a little.

Photographed with a Canon 350D, Canon 24-70, Tripod