Burkin Svendsens

Nature Play

Tobruk Memorial Pool

Growing up in Cairns, I can remember some of my first swimming lessons at Tobruk Memorial Pool.  Being that’s in been in use longer than I’ve been around, it was great to see that it was given a serious redevelopment – taking it’s aging facilities into a new era.  ADCO were the builders for this …

Erub Island Artists

On a Torres Strait island, a stone’s throw from PNG, a transformation of kinds is happening: something destructive and ugly is being turned into something very uplifting and beautiful.  Erub Island artists are creating fantastic artworks inspired by the surrounding reef, using materials foraged from “ghost nets” – fishing nets that are lost or abandoned …

Cairns Museum

Mercy Health

ANZA Workshop

Jungle Surfing

As a photographer you get to work in some unusual places… and for some of these, a head for heights is essential.  And so it was that I found myself suspended 60 feet up in the air capturing visitors whizzing through a rainforest canopy environment.  I was shooting some new marketing images for Jungle Surfing …

Peddle Thorp

School of Arts

Redlynch State College

Early Feb saw a day’s shoot at Redlynch State College to photograph some of their young students at study and play for the school’s promotional material.  Every school has it’s own distinct facilities, history, teacher and student population, and with that, it’s own personality and spirit.  For me, it’s always a good challenge to try …