It's an urban myth that the glass panes in the Louvre Pyramid in Paris number exactly 666 - "the number of the beast". read more

I feel very privileged to live in such a beautiful part of the world. This is another photo I took last weekend from Raby Bay Foreshore Park. This time looking east towards the lighthouse at Cleveland Point. read more

The trip up to Jungfraujoch (the highest railway station in Europe) was magical. The trip back down wasn't half bad either. Snow and ice quickly replaced by lush green mountain plains. A change of train gave me an excellent opportunity to capture this shot. read more

I got completely lucky with the sky. The sun was refracting beautifully through the clouds as it descended. This photo was taken from Raby Bay Foreshore Park in Cleveland, looking west towards Ormiston. read more

The Brisbane skyline is constantly changing - adapting to the light as the sun tracks across the sky. read more

Taken from the top of the Arc De Triomphe in Paris looking down the Champs-Élysées - with a little bit of tilt-shift magic to get the miniature effect. read more

'Sun in my face, wind beside my shoulder Streaming clouds, banners of new-born night Enchant me now. The splendors growing bolder Make bold my soul for some new wise delight.' --- By the Spring, at Sunset by poet Vachel Lindsay read more

Raby Bay marina in Cleveland is a local favourite spot of mine to sit and enviously admire the yachts... and people who can afford yachts. read more

Another photo of Raby Bay in Cleveland. Taken while the Twilight Markets were on. read more

The USS George Washington was in town so being an ex-matelot I drove over to the Port of Brisbane to take a look. read more

'For those who are lost, there will always be cities that feel like home.' --- Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After read more

Yesterday myself and Lauren took a trip up to Mount Coo-Tha to take some pics while Rach did some cooking to get ready for the ‘divas’ coming round.We had a quick look around the Botanical Gardens which deserve a much longer stay than what we afforded, before heading up to the scenic … read more

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Looking down my blog at previous blog posts I've noticed that some of the images are no longer showing. I've done some investigation and this seems to be a problem caused by iPhoto. I use iPhoto on my Mac to store and manage all my photo's, and then publish them to Flickr using the built-in features … read more

I forgot to mention, in follow up to my I'm on the Schmap Brisbane Short-list post, it's been confirmed that my photo has been included. The page is here - http://www.schmap.com/brisbane/tours_tour1/#p=131021&i=131021_4.jpg read more

Out of the blue I received an e-mail today to tell me that one of my photo's on flickr has been short-listed to be included in the fourth edition of the Schmap Brisbane Guide. I finally get round to buying a decent DSLR camera and the photo that they've chosen was taken with my Sony Ericsson K800i … read more

The USS Kitty Hawk is in Brisbane this weekend - on one of the stops on her final Pacific Tour before she returns to be de-commissioned next year. Even though the ship wasn't having an Open Day, we drove down to take a look. Because the Kitty Hawk is a SuperCarrier, it's too big to make it up river … read more

I've finally bought my first Digital SLR. After much research, I chose the Canon EOS 400D Digital Rebel Xti. It's only an entry-level DSLR but it will do for me. Anyway, after a lifetime of operating simple point and click cameras I don't know the first thing about focal lengths, exposure metering, … read more