Digital Photo Gallery of Ted Szukalski
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Before Work

As I took this photograph of a man soaking in the morning sun on a bench at Martin Place I have noticed that he did not seem to enjoy it. Perhaps he works in the finance industry and was expecting a hard day at work.

The local share market plunged 4.3% today wiping more than $60 billion in value off the market.

Blinding sun

Just a simple photograph into the afternoon sun flooding King Street. The sun was so strong I could not see anyone coming in my direction. This photo was only possible because of the man directly in front of me creating a shadow.

Michael Johns

Former American Idol Michael Johns performs the Beatles classic ‘Across the Universe.’

Ben Southee - NSW Champion 2008

Here is another NSW short track speed skating champion for 2008: Ben Southee. Ben seems to win his races without an effort which must be very demoralising for his opponents.

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Alix-Myra Anderson - champion speed skater

I have been the official photographer for this year’s NSW Championships 2008 in short track speed skating. I have been writing on the subject of photographing the elite speed skaters for a while now. The nature of the venue with low light and its top down direction combined with bright ice, high speed an non linear direction of the races makes is a very difficult to photograph event.

I have taken close to 1500 photographs. There are many pin sharp photos from the morning session where a side window let in a lot of natural light. The later session even at high ISO resulted in some motion blur images. This is almost expected for this sport. All in all I think the event was very successful.

Here is a photo from a later session thus with a small motion blur of this year’s NSW female champion speed skater Alix-Myra Anderson. I was very impressed by Alix’s style and commitment. This girl knows how to skate.

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Lunchtime study

This Asian girl was studying hard at one of the Sydney’s remaining Starbucks cafes.

Cirque de Soleil performing ushers

These two ladies were promoting Cirque de Soleil Dralion show, which is currently touring in Sydney. They were very entertaining and chatty.