Adventure.. the hell with adventure when you have a chick like this.

Beautiful sunrise, beautiful weather, gorgeous model, perfect location and a breakfast to kill for afterwards. This is what teaching photography is all about.

The perks.. haha moving on.

Remember all that whitewater action earlier in the year. Well I made nine pages.

As Patrick Kinsella put it.

“Monsoon madness was a rocking, rolling, hucking, boofing extravaganza of whitewater paddling”

You can check out the rest of the epic stories in Paddlemag’s first edition 46mb jam packed full of action. Or see their website at paddlemag.com

I’ve had a sensational week with the privilege of photographing the events of Youth Week. Gordonvale Movie Night, Inclusive Games Day, Suicide and our Community, Declan Crouch Facebook Page Launch, Spark Your Say, Uniquity Art Exhibition and to finish off, The Amazing Race. A big thanks to Glen Martin from Cairns Regional Council for creating such a rad event.

Images above from The Amazing Race and below from everything else.

More images on Cairns Yea! Crew

MY TOP FIVE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:

1. Use your largest aperture
2. You can never get too close
3. Look for light not objects
4. Compose for the third
5. Keep moving

What do you use? Tell me what works or doesn’t on Extreme’s Facebook page.

Gary and Prize Chook

Shane White – Bouldering – Trinity Beach

Hey Peeps,

Busy week so I’ll make it quick.

Morning hunger, have a client you not looking foward to meeting, bang your head in the shower, breakfast is oats again.

Could your morning be any worse?

Well um.. that’s up to you.

What can I offer?

Not much really. Except.

Come to Billy’s Coffee at Rustys Markets every Friday for some fresh adventure inspiration (like the image above) and a coffee of course.

also..

My new Me at work Facebook album, like Extreme Photography while your there.

How was your Easter Weekend?

Do you ever browse through Facebook make the occasional comment just to get more friends? Well I do.. and this time I happened to stumble across this great article of the Top five regrets of the dying.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

Anyway lets move on.. not literally, but let’s dabble in hot mustard.

Not the mustard you eat!

Speaking of mustard. What I want to know is..

Have you got the mustard?

I’m always on the lookout for opportunities to do something a bit ‘out there’ – there’s nothing like shooting and producing a series of stunning images that are totally one of a kind, that you know nobody else has got. Sometimes it’s tough work to find these and that’s where YOU come in.

Are you doing something that the Average Joe would call ‘completely crazy’? To all you adventurous folk out there do you have any ideas?

If so, then you might just have the mustard…

What is the mustard? It’s having the balls or nerve, the ability to succeed or come up to expectations, being able to ‘hack it’ or pass muster when the occasion arises….

So if that’s the case, then gimme a call and let’s make a deal on a shoot.

Sensational weather greeted us for Monday night’s camping trip at Davies Creek. The afternoon sun glowed and we all were silent with thoughts of ‘Oh how lucky I am to be here right now’. The night sky was breathtaking and just being away from the ‘not so bright’ city lights of Cairns just reminded us of how amazing the stars really are and we are only in one arm of the Milky Way!

See the rest of the story here

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What’s involved in a shoot people ask?

It doesn’t mean simply showing up on the day and taking a few photos. The organisation of the whole kit and caboodle can be mind boggling. From pre-consultation, equipment needed, phone calls, coordination of people, reconnaissance of location, working within a time frame and of course the sticky question, pricing. In this instance, Tane’s (Cairns Rope Access) vital role in the rigging was instrumental in helping me to be right in the thick of the action.

All for 10 seconds of shooting!

Picture this:

An early morning coffee on your verandah, the birds are chirping, all is quiet, and then..

Bang!

Crash!

F#$ it’s that bloody garbage truck roaring down your street with a huge arse sticker on the side..

Before you jump out of your seat and say “Wow! Muzza is that yours?” I have to be humble and say ‘only the bin is my mine’ the others are stock. Anyway who could say their photography has infiltrated into the lives of all Cairnsberrians? Yep that’s right 27 trucks stamped with the Extreme approval visiting your door every week.

Who’s next? 0402 706 763

Wild weather, torrential rain, incessant rain, flooding, mini tornados what else could you ask for.. right?

Right! Wrong, no I mean right!

Anyone in their right mind would be utterly devastated with their house flooding or roof coming off. But this moment is what I and seven handfuls of crazy kayakers have been waiting for. Rivers peaking, roads cut, two Australian national competitions and Monsoon Madness White Water Festival coming this weekend in Cairns.

Best of Australian talent, testing their skills against forces of Mother Nature at her toughest.

Involving:

• Sat 24th – AJ Hackett Big Gorge Shoot Out at Crystal Cascades
• Sun 25th – Australian National Freestyle Titles on the Barron River

Guess who’s going to be there?

Extreme Photography with bells on!

It’s not all about capturing adrenaline pumping, sphincter clenching action. That is only part of the story. Documenting the preparation required, equipment setup, friendships formed and tough training involved to reach the pinnacle of competition.

These are the images that will be available online starting next week.
I’d hate to see these images go to waste.
So what’s your plan?

Now seriously! When you get asked to photograph a 50 foot waterfall most photographers would say “yes that would be lovely maybe I can get some beautiful landscape photographs for my portfolio”.

Understanding it would include a days worth of adventure hiking up Behanna Gorge with four extremely keen kayakers who has the aim of sailing, plummeting, flying (or whatever you would like to call it) over a 50 foot waterfall. “I was like hell yeah! Let’s shoot the sugar out of it”.

This is only a small part of what has been happening!

Over the past five months my goal has been to capture the best outdoor and adventure images in North Queensland let alone Australia and gain more exposure as a photographer who absolutly loves his work.

The results have been lots of fun, impecable images and a new online stock gallery. As it is early days their are a small collection of images for purchase, give the gallery time and I’m sure we can build on it with your help. How? If you have any requests on a type of image please email and I’ll check the archives and add them to the gallery. Enjoy!

FEEDBACK, THOUGHTS OR EVEN A TESTIMONIAL

As always, I’m keen to get your feedback and ideas. If you’d like something specific in the next newsletter, or if you’d like a deal on a particular image or service, let me know.

Whatever your thoughts, I’d love to hear them. Reply to this email to send me a message. I’ll do my very best to respond to each email and promise I do read them all. Thank you.

Adventure Inspiration – Week 5

Really looking forward to the new and exciting projects coming in 2012.