The Tuff Truck Challenge was Australia's premier off-road 4x4 rock crawling event, held annually in Milbrodale, New South Wales, since 2001. This event is currently not running. This three-day spectacle pitted teams of drivers and navigators against some of the most brutal terrain imaginable—think jagged boulders, deep mud pits, and near-vertical climbs. It's not about speed; it's about precision, control, and sheer grit. ​ Working with Offroad Images for the event, an Austra

Excited to announce I've been selected as the winner of the Overall category for my image ‘Oils Well that Blooms Well’. As soon as the gallery is up I'll update this post :) The judges remarked: "Your image stood above the field in the eyes of our judging panel in beautifully capturing the oil and gas industry’s connection to the natural environment." "The winning photograph will take pride of place in a display at next week’s Australian Energy Producers' Conference & Exhibit

I've been lucky enough to have 2 of my images nominated into various categories of the Exposure One Awards. Ascension - My take on the towering geometry of a giraffe reduced to fur, shadow, and pattern was selected for both Abstract and Wildlife sections. Apparition - My first effort in Landscape (in camera) multiple exposure reveals a tree within rugged layers of bark, blurring the boundary between landscape and abstraction. This image was selected for Abstract and Landscape

One Month In: The Lens That Made My RF 100-500 Feel Nervous. After a month with the Canon RF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM, paired with my Canon R5mk2, my honest take is simple: this lens is absolutely ridiculous. Not “pretty good”. Not “sharp for a big lens”. Not “worth it if you pixel peep and hate money”. It is optically, mechanically and practically the best piece of glass I’ve ever used, as you'd expect. I've had the RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM since 2023, The 100-500 is brilli

Recently I got my hands on the Canon RF 400mm 2.8 IS L Lens, and yes she has a name, it's "Lucille". It is an absolute beast, more stories to come on it but whilst it was drizzling through a cold Victorian Autumn day I thought I'd sneak down into the paddocks in full Ghillie Suit and how close I could get to a small mob of Eastern Grey Kangaroos. It didn't work.. That said, before I was spotted, I did get a couple of nice shots from the distance. With a heavy crop, images are