Alex Wise Photography

I just came across this tool devel­oped by Stephen Trainor which allows you to key in your loca­tion and be pro­vided with sun and moon rise times but also what direc­tion they will rise based on your loca­tion (click). I’ve seen sim­i­lar things done in the past but find this much bet­ter and think its a must for any land­scape pho­tog­ra­pher. I believe the pro­gram is for both mac and win­dows so enjoy.

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I’m often asked by pho­tog­ra­phers on where is best to pho­to­graph in Tas­ma­nia. This is a small list of pho­to­graphic loca­tions that I’d rec­om­mend check­ing out while in Tas­ma­nia. I’m aware that there is many loca­tions miss­ing from this list but that’s because I’m yet to pho­to­graph them so will update the list accord­ingly. Also most of these loca­tions should suit most peo­ple as they’re quite acces­si­ble and usu­ally only a small walk. There’s also much to do off the beaten track in Tas­ma­nia which I will hope­fully get to one day.  If you have any ques­tions be sure to drop an email and I’d be happy to help.

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I really like the tex­ture of the water in this one if I do say so myself haha. I’ve been eager to shoot around the point at Park Beach which would involve hop­ping over rocks dur­ing the break from waves com­ing in. Unfor­tu­nately I didn’t really take note that there was going to be a swing in tide which made things very wet when try­ing to leave haha.

Processed in light­room which is inter­est­ing as some peo­ple believe it degrades from the quality/sharpness if you make too many adjust­ments? Is there any sub­stance in this?

Laud­erdale is a beau­ti­ful lit­tle place, I pass through it often as I make my way to a favourite local  South Arm  (1, 2, 3, 4). This shot was cap­tured on the side of the road on sun­set of Ralphs Bay, the loca­tion of a pro­posed canal estate which isn’t so cool (more on that here). As usual, shot with a Canon 350D, Canon 10–22 and Cokin nd grads.

What are your thoughts on a hor­i­zon­tal scrolling front gallery page? Yay or nay? I’m a lit­tle bored of the cur­rent flash front.

F.13 / 20 seconds

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

Clifton Beach, Tas­ma­nia not so long ago.

I’ve recently been play­ing around with the Adobe Cam­era pro­files beta (http://​labs​.adobe​.com/​w​i​k​i​/​i​n​d​e​x​.​p​h​p​/​D​N​G​_​P​r​o​f​i​les) and quite liked what the slight adjust­ment did to this test image. As per usual shot with a Canon 350D, Canon 10–22, Cokin ND grads Z-Pro and tripod.

12mm / 30 secs / F.14

Seascape long expo­sure at Clifton Beach, Tas­ma­nia with a Canon 350D, Canon 10–22 and Cokin ND Grads Z-Pro. One of my favourite places for nature pho­tog­ra­phy as it’s quite exposed and picks up a bit of swell fre­quently and a rel­a­tively close drive of 45~ mins. I really need to get down there on a huge swell.

Nature pho­tog­ra­phy at Laud­erdale, Tasmania

An old pho­to­graph just a lit­tle out from Hobart with a black and white con­ver­sion for some­thing dif­fer­ent. I’ll post the colour in the com­ing days but I quite like this one.

2 minute seascape long expo­sure expo­sure at Clifton Beach when it was well and truly dark which made focussing from a dis­tance fun..

A long expo­sure of a quiet stream which runs off St Colum­bia Falls, Tas­ma­nia. This is located on the east coast of Tas­ma­nia and is roughly 30 min­utes out from St Helens which is a great lit­tle town to visit. It’s inter­est­ing how dif­fer­ent each town is in terms of facil­i­ties avail­able. I really like St Helens because it has a few resta­raunts, Ban­jos for pas­try and a large super­mar­ket. If stay­ing in St Helens, Queechy Cot­tages is ok if on a bud­get, noth­ing exciting.