Early morning photo at the King Street Wharf near Sydney's Darling Harbour. Very busy location packed with tourists most of the day and party goers at night. About this photo Taken with a Canon 7D with 24-104mm F4 L lens. Shot on a tripod at F11 with a shutter speed of 1/60th second ISO 200. Edited in Lightroom 4, using my HDR Punchy preset which...
My latest experiment at Collaroy Beach in NSW was to try Long exposure photography. This style of photography involves using a long shutter speed that allows the camera to capture movement in order to produce a different result. When applied to water moving in the rivers and oceans it creates that silky smooth water in the photograph. The key...
Late September, I received this sudden invitation from a fellow Google+ member Michael Sutton when I arrived at work on Monday morning. What's this, Trey Ratcliff is coming to Sydney? Wow...great!! When? Tomorrow, Tuesday? It was very short notice but still a lot of photography enthusiasts and professionals signed up to attend this event. I also,...
Recently renovated, this Cathedral of St Jean in Lyon France looks fantastic inside and out. This cathedral does allow you to use Tripods so it was a blast setting up the shot and taking my time to compose. Although this place is very busy with tourist, so taking a shot like this becomes difficult. The best way to achieve a clean shot is to shoot...
In June when I was in Lyon for work, however I did have a weekend off where I could do my own thing and go around with my camera to capture some of what this beautiful city has to offer. In the old city of Lyon, there are many touristic things to do. you can take a cruise in the river, visit the cathedrals, do some boutique shopping or just sit...
"Please stand behind the yellow line" taken at a CityRail station waiting for the train during a cloudy day just after rain. HDR processed on iPhone 4 using Camera+
Dedicated to my daughter on her first birthday. Saw this cute little decoration piece while walking around in the mall.
Often enough when we photography we look front, back, left and right for interesting subjects to photograph. Two other directions that often get omitted are Up and Down. Here is a perfect example of looking up. A skylight at Paris Airport. Exposed correctly to keep the detail in the skylight renders the ceiling completely black. Then some...
Taken from the Train to the City as we were overtaken by another train to Central station. Just a spur of the moment shot taken inside Camera+. Post processed with Clarity and Effect > Retro > 70's.
A different angle of a world renowned icon of engineering excellence. You cannot go to Paris and not visit Eiffel Tower.
Cathedral de Notre Dame a very popular tourist destination in Paris. Arriving here early (6.30am) to take some pictures without all the people, I liked this shot best as it creates an interesting composition.
Photo of the Day - 3rd June 2011 Taken outside the Notre Dame, a sparrow fights for food amongst pigeons. Sits on the fence and then jumps in to grab the food.