Updates and Photography Tutorials

The new works at Balmoral Beach and throughout Mosman have been finished including the new pavement along the promenade and the outdoor seating outside The Buena. I was asked by Mosman Council to take a range of photos showing the new works and I wanted to show each scene with people in the scene eg people walking, exercising, walking their dog, etc so the photos have a natural and community vibe. I have a video of me shooting the photos coming soon too if you watch this space. To receive a notification when it's up you can subscribe below.  ...

You can achieve very different images by controlling how long you have your shutter open for. Shutter speed is measured in seconds or fractions of a second. A fast shutter speed (eg 1/1000th of a second) can freeze motion while a slow shutter speed (eg 10 seconds) will blur anything that’s moving. A common scenario for using a fast shutter speed to freeze motion is this photo below of a seagull I photographed in Brighton in the UK. The shutter speed I used was 1/2500th of a second which has made everything look sharp. A popular scenario where a slow...

I have an obsession with clouds and storms so yesterday when I saw a huge storm coming in so I ran down to Balmoral Beach to get some photos. It was pretty amazing and even had a green light coming from the middle of the clouds that you could see as it passed straight over me which was followed by wind and then the rain. I'd love to hear if anyone knows what the green/blue light is from.     I took some shots before being pelted with rain and running back to my car. Here's what I got, it's...

Here's the aftermath of the big Sydney storm on Wednesday November 28th 2018 down at Balmoral Beach in Mosman.   Subscribe to get alerts when new blog posts are created

Here is a little behind the scenes video on the headland at Freshwater Beach. Got some awesome light and really nice clouds. I shot on the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art and the Canon 17-40mm. View this post on Instagram Ben Williams Landscapes (@benwilliamslandscapes) on Oct 15, 2018 at 3:23am PDT Shot some panoramas with some awesome clouds   Freshwater Pool looking awesome in the dusk light Got some nice shots of the videographer too, check him out at https://www.mikenorsa.me/       Subscribe to get alerts when new blog posts are created