Free Photo Guide

So when you go somewhere, out of town, for work or a holiday, do you take your camera?

Of course we do.

But when you get there, what are you going to shoot? Are you going to wing it and head to the beach? If you're in Sydney are you just going to head to the Harbour and shoot the bridge like everyone else? Where are all the awesome pictures you see on Flickr taken? Want to know?

You need to look here. Open Source Photography guides is an ambitious project which is gaining momentum around the world. It allows you to look up an area where you live, or near to where you live or where you are headed and get information about some of the great spots in those areas to shoot.

The best thing about this project is it's Australian made. This is the baby of inspirational photographer Brent Pearson. Brent's an amazing photographer based out of Sydney, who's made a name for himself due to his awesome seascapes and light painting photos. He's also very generous with a lot of the secrets to the success of his photos through his blog. Locations, settings, techniques & post processing are just some of the things you can pick up from going to his site. So check out his blog here and his Flickr stream here.

A little news...

Well it looks as though all the hard work has paid off.

After 18 months and 2 attempts, I've been accepted as a photographer for the Australian Navy.

What's that mean? 9 months training at RAAF Base Sale. Everything from going right back to the basics to some advanced and challenging techniques. Then roughly 2 years of continuation training (hopefully) in Sydney.

I can only imagine the things I'll get to do and the places this job will take me. There'll be things I can't wait to share and things I can never speak of. But until then, I'll continue with my sporadic posting and updating.