Seattle space needle, seen from within the Dale Chihuly garden and glass exhibit at Seattle Centre.
While in Seattle on our North American road trip, we stopped in at the must see Chihuly Garden and Glass. Housed beside the Seattle Space Needle in a semi-permanent exhibit located at the Seattle Centre the exhibit showcases of the work of famed glass artist Dale Chihuly. This collection of blown and sculpted glass artwork is simply amazing. The pictures on this page simply do not do this exhibit justice, the vibrant colours, the skill, and imagination involved. Very humbling.
Colorful glass sculptures at Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle Centre
A tip from a friendly Airbnb host on our recent North America road trip resulted in us paying a visit to Cape Kiwanda beach at Pacific City, Oregon.
This little beach is a popular spot for launching flat bottom “Dory” fishing boats from the beach. It is quite the spectacle to watch the boats power toward the beach and drive up onto the sand. Seen in the background is Cheif Kiawanda rock, one of three along the Oregan coast, known as “Haystack rocks”.
Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area is natural beauty that should not be missed on any trip along the Oregon coast.
Bixby Creek Bridge, Highway 1, Big Sur, California
Roughly 215km south of San Francisco is this little gem of a bridge on Highway 1, the Bixby Creek Bridge. As its name suggests, this bridge allows Highway 1 to cross Bixby Creek along the beautiful Big Sur coastline region of California. Built in 1932, the bridge itself is fairly typical of many other concrete arch bridges scattered along the west coast. What makes this bridge stand out from the rest is its stunning location. With rolling mountains on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other, the bridge is quite popular with tourists looking to stretch their legs and take a quick snapshot of the scenery. It doesn’t matter how many times I visit the Monterey area, I always make a point of stopping here to take in the view.
Bixby Creek Bridge, Highway 1, Big Sur, California
A basalt rock formation where cave creek drops through a hole in the cave roof into a pool below, the cave is home to glow worms and a microbat colony. Access to the cave is via an easy, scenic walk from the car park along a paved track loop that passes through stunning rainforest and along cave creek. The walking track carpark is on Bakers Road, off Nerang Murwillumbah Road, Beechmont.
Due to a series of unfortunate injuries the pool and the creek bank is off limits to walking and swimming, which thankfully makes it more enjoyable, and will ensure it remains in its current condition for generations to come.
Springbrook national parkNatural Bridge, Springbrook National Park
Golden hour is one of my favourite times of day to shoot landscape photos. This lovely scene presented itself one very early morning on our recent trip to the New England region of New South Wales. It was literally a 90-degree turn from my Gostwyck Chapel Photo, roughly 10km from the town of Uralla, this short bridge leads from the road past the chapel to the Deeargee Woolshed, another historic building that one day I hope to photograph from the inside. This gold light and the low, early morning fog give this shot a dreamy look. Please keep an eye out for more pictures from this area.
Up early to drive from Brisbane to the Gold Coast, trying to catch a sunrise at the Southport pumping jetty. The sand pumping jetty stretches 800m out into the Pacific Ocean where it intercepts the northward-moving longshore drift. The sand bypasses past the Southport Seaway, maintaining the shipping lane entry into the Southport Broadwater.
While the sunrise itself wasn’t exactly spectacular, the clouds looking west weren’t bad, so I took the opportunity to put up the drone to catch a couple of shots.
Photo of the week – Mt Tibrogargan – Glasshouse Mountains
Went searching for a sunset with some friends and found our way to the Glasshouse mountains lookout at Beerburrum, unfortunately due to trees surrounding the lookout and lack of interest in the sky, there wasn’t much of a sunset to be had.
Mt Tibrogargan, the third tallest mountain in the Glasshouse Mountains national park in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. A rhyolite volcanic plug formed 27 million years ago, it is one of the most recognised of the glasshouse mountains.
Going on a holiday and want to take more memorable photos?
Or would you simply just love to take your camera off “Auto” and have more control over the final image?
A Brisbane city night photography workshop is a unique, on location, photography learning experience. Participants receive hands on instruction
from photographer Ian Schulz, with the sights of Brisbane city and the river serving as their classroom.
Starting at one of 4 possible locations, we will start 45 minutes prior to sunset. This will allow for a quick meet and greet with your fellow photographers, and then it’s time for the fun.
Enrolment is limited to a maximum of 6-8 participants for plenty of one-on-one attention, as well as maximum sharing experiences with one another.
Reservations
A deposit is required to hold your spot on all workshops offered. Your final payment of the balance due” must be paid on or before 60 days prior to the workshop date. A reminder notice of your balance due will be sent a week before the 60-day mark.
Payment methods accepted: VISA, MASTERCARD, and PAYPAL. (All payments processed via PayPal)
Waiting List
When a workshop is full, you can e-mail me on my contact form and ask to be put on a wait list. If a spot becomes available, you will be contacted as soon as possible to be offered the spot!
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel 60 days or more prior to the workshop date, you will receive a full refund of the deposit paid.
If you cancel 59 days or less prior to the workshop date, no refund will be issued. However:
If you have paid for the workshop in full, every effort will be made to accommodate your request for a full credit towards another workshop with availability within 12 months of the date of cancellation.
If you have paid only a deposit, the deposit will be refunded only if we can fill the spot 30 days prior to the start of the workshop.
Workshop Dates 2018:
Friday 9th November –Full
Book a workshop here:
Unfortunately I have no workshops currently scheduled. Please check again soon for 2019 workshops.
Pick and Reject in lightroom to sort your keepers.
We all know the story, out for a morning shooting and all of a sudden when you get home you have several hundred photos to sort and edit. Of course editing them all would be a massive waste of time. Heres a really quick way to sort your keepers and your rejects.
Lightroom has many ways to organise your catalogue, star ratings, colour labels, and they way we are going to focus on today, flags.
Flagging is my first course of action when Ive been a little too shutter happy and need to reduce my workload, flagging is as simple as using your keyboard to pick ‘P’ or reject ‘X’ each image. To make things move along a little faster, you can also set the auto advance function, found in the photo menu in the library module, so that as you pick or reject the library will automatically advance to the next image in the catalogue.
Auto advance in the photo menu of the library module
When flagging photos I usually make 2 passes through, 1st pass rejects poor exposed, out of focus, or just plain poorly composed shots and is usually quite fast, 2nd pass goes a little slower, as I look a little more critically at each image, this allows me to compare similar images to pick the better shot.
Once you have gone through the images you can either filter the images so you only see the “Keep” images, or you can “Delete Rejected Photos…” Either from the photo menu, or via keyboard shortcut Control + Delete (pc) or Command + Delete (mac)
Select Flagged from the filters drop down to show only your keepers.
Quick tip: Comparing 2 images in lightroom
If your stuck between 2 (or more) images as to which one you will keep or reject, use the compare or survey view in lightroom to more closely inspect your images. Both views will allow you to compare any images that have been multiple selected using the control key (pc) or command key (mac). With the survey view showing all images at once, and the compare view showing 2 images at a time, with the right hand image able to be cycled through the selected images with the arrow keys.
The Maroochydore Boathouses, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Sitting along the banks of the Maroochy River, are these tiny little boat houses. Up nice and early looking for a nice reflection, the river certainly didn’t disappoint. Within minutes the sky turned from deep blue to an amazing golden hue as the sun made its way into the sky.
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Golden blue hour. Reflections in the river.The boathouse, MaroochydoreReflections of boathouses, Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
12 Apostles Photo Tour 22nd April 2017 – 25th April 2017.
Where: 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road,Vic, Australia
Come tour The Great Ocean Road with Ian. Visit Apollo bay, the 12 Apostles, Gibson Steps, London Arch, and Loch Ard Gorge. With an option for a doors off helicoptor ride to get some amazing photos of these iconic landmarks.
Price includes pick-up from Avalon airport or Geelong hotel on the evening of the 22nd April, 3 nights accomdation along the way, and drop off in Melbourne city. All meals included along the way.
When: April 22nd- April 25th 2017 (Only 2 days needed off work due to ANZAC day holiday.)
Queenstown Photo Tour 29th April 2017 – 3rd May 2017.
What a great trip,stay tuned for future photo tours and workshops.
Where: Queenstown, NZ
When: April 29 – May 3 2017 (Only 2 days needed off work due to long weekend.)
How much: – (ex Brisbane)
Limited to a maximum of 10 people.
Come to one of the most picturesque and beautiful cities around, Queenstown NZ.
Pack your passport, your camera gear, a jacket or two and arrange a couple off days off work as this should not be missed. We arrange luxury accommodation on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu, breakfasts & dinners, tours, and transport.
Note, that accommodation will be 2 people to a room, each room will come with 2 single beds, however if you are particularly close to another attendee, you can request a king double and we will accommodate.
Locations include:
Queenstown skyline lookout for sunset and night shots over Queenstown
Milford sound cruise
Arrowtown
Shotover Jet (rides not included, but those who wish to do so, will have time to do so, at their own expense)
Lake Wanaka and “That tree”
Star trails / Astrophotography over Lake Tekapo and Church of the Good Shepherd
Devils staircase
Plus more..
Photos below are indicative only.
What’s not included:
Transport to/from your house to Brisbane Airport.
Lunches, except for on the Milford Sound cruise where lunch is provided.
Travel insurance (highly recommended)
What you’ll need:
Passport
Warm clothes
No large hikes are planned, however, it may pay to pack comfortable walking shoes, just to be prepared.
Camera gear (both wide and telephoto lenses recommended)
Plenty of memory cards
Laptop computer if you wish to edit / review on the go
A sense of adventure
We are keeping number on this trip low, this means we won’t be getting in each others way. This also means I will be able to come around to all and give help with settings and composition if required. I will also be on hand at the accomodation if people want some editing tips. I am proficient with Lightroom, and am very capable with Photoshop.
The fine print:
Ian Schulz photography and its employees accept no responsibility for you or your gear while on this tour, that is why we highly recommend some travel insurance in the rare case that something goes wrong.
This photography tour will not go ahead unless all 10 spots are filled, any deposits paid will be returned in full if this event is cancelled.
Each room has 2 King single beds, so you will be sharing with 1 other person from the group.
You will be required to pay a 50% deposit to confirm your spot.
Deposit is non-refundable, due to bookings being made as soon as all 10 spots are filled. Bookings will be in your name, and not transferrable. So please be sure you are able to come.
Balance payable by the 1st February 2017
Unfortunately the weather is out of our control, so we will be going out everyday, even if it is raining. However, if it snows, some roads around Queenstown, especially the road out to Milford Sound may be closed and if this is the case, we will find alternate locations to shoot where possible.
All aboard! Steam engines at the Dorrigo steam railway and museum
This gem of a place is actually a very large private collection of steam, electric, and diesel engines and rolling stock. We had spotted the property from a road leading to a local waterfall and decided to go investigate. Lucky for us we were spotted by a gentleman who was kind enough to open the gate for us for a look around. Although the museum dates back to 1973, it is currently”not yet open to the public”
Beyer-Garratt locomotive – Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum, Dorrigo, New South Wales
Took a little detour off the highway in New South Wales New England region to find this little gem. Located 10 km from Uralla, Gostwyck Chapel was built in 1921. The chapel sits on private property, thankfully, the property owners have left it unfenced for the enjoyment of visitors. Behind the church, an elm tree lined avenue leads to Gostwyck station, while a magnificent sight, visitors are asked not to venture up the avenue to respect the privacy of the station and it’s owners. I’ve been here a few times and it’s definitely a popular spot for photographers. During the Autumn months, the elm trees turn yellow and the Virginia creeper that covers the chapel turns red.
The sign at the front of the church reads:
“This chapel was dedicated in memory of Major Clive Collingwood Dangar, M.C., who died in World War 1. He was the youngest grandson of Henry Dangar, 1796-1861, who emigrated to the colony as a free settler in the Jessie 1821. Henry was appointed assistant surveyor to John Oxley. He and his brother William, 1800-1868, purchased Gostwyck in 1834.”
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
The famous little church perched on the shores of New Zealand’s Lake Tekapo. Snow-capped mountains of the southern Alps peeking up over the horizon. We waited what seemed like hours for the tourist buses and other photographers to leave so we could get a shot of the colourful skies over this little beauty.
