On a low tide I went for a lengthy walk along the western side of the Fraser Island. The island is covered in countless driftwood from fallen trees. Most of them are unremarkable pieces of timber but many present some unique artistic valours.
This kind of photographs is almost exclusive to black and white, as the key elements here are textures, light and shapes. The timber by itself is gray, bleached by the ocean and dried by the sun on low tide. It can be dangerous for swimmers and as I found out for people kayaking around too. One of these protruding old trees forced us to make a maneuver, which landed my crew in the ocean. I lost my glasses, which luckily for me were recovered later by a nameless stranger on low tide and returned to the resort. I think it was my lucky day.
This pretty girl in sunglasses is not puzzled. She is a photographer and she was trying to do what I enjoy the most – taking candid photographs of people. As you can see from this photo she took her time to observe people coming towards her and then she would make a decision to take a photograph. She did all the right things: she was obvious, bold and stood her ground without hiding. Well done.
It seems that watching the crowd can be quite interesting at a time. The girl sitting on the steps of Sydney GPO is having a break from her book and checks out her surroundings.
The concept of showing the view from someone else’s perspective has been in my head for a long time. However, realising it in street photography is very difficult. Today I was in luck. This young man was having a good look around. His sight seem to focus on office buildings in a distance. This allowed me to focus on his glasses and the view in them.
This girl had a peculiar blue dye in her hair. It seemed to glow in the midday sun. The smile on this girl’s face tells me she did not feel that “blue”.
