The Sunday Telegraph Feature

It doesn't happen very often that one of my photos ends up in the newspaper but usually I know about it before it gets published. Not so this Sunday. One of my Instagram followers messaged me about my Bay of Fires (Tasmania) Star Trail photo in The Sunday Telegraph. First I was surprised because it came completely out of the blue. Then I got annoyed about them printing my image without permission or even notifying me but once I had a copy of the newspaper in my hand, I realised how they got their hands on my photo. I entered the David Malin Astro Awards a few weeks ago and although my photo didn't make it into the final, they must have liked it and sent it to the newspaper to promote the awards which will be announced in 2 weeks (roadtrip to Parks in regional NSW coming up).

Read the story behind the photo here on my Instagram page or click here for the full screen version

Wandoan Photo Challenge 2018 (Results)

While visiting Miles, a small rural town in Queensland 6h west of Brisbane, over the Christmas break, I discovered a flyer on the local notice board for a photo competition in a nearby town. I thought I could give it a go and started to think about possible compositions that look interesting and where taken within a 50km radius around the town, which was part of the conditions of entry. Unfortunately it was too far away from Mile where I was staying to be there for sunrise or sunset or drive out in the middle of the night for astro. However one day on the way back from Banana (a place that really exists 3h north of Miles), we noticed a massive storm on our right while the sun was slowly setting. As soon as we found a good place to stop, I jumped out of the car and took a few snaps of this unusual rain cloud.

Luckily where we stopped was within the 50km radius of Wandoan so I was able to submit this shot into the photo competition. Results were published last week It was well worth the effort as I not only won the 'Places' category but also became 2nd in the People's Choice category. 

Click here for more details: Wandoan Show Facebook post