Pure Magic

Posted on March 9, 2014 by kayakcameraman

9 March 2014: WOW WOW WOW…words can’t begin to describe how good it was this morning. Initially the balloons were silhouetted in the Canberra skies, but it quickly transformed into a truly wonderful spectacle as a HUGE rainbow formed perfectly on cue as the balloons were hovering all around the National Museum. There were balloons sailing across the lake dancing amongst the rainbow and at one point I was playing a game of chicken with a hot air balloon as it drifted directly towards me. I was having conversations and saying hello to everyone in the baskets. I could’ve just reached out and high fived a few of them as they cruised by me while I were sitting in my kayak. The scene was sheer perfection as the sun illuminated the vibrant colours of the balloons and the Canberra landscape provided a fantastic backdrop and then to top it all off, it was perfectly framed by a glorious rainbow. How good is this, I have been waiting all year for this festival and I’m loving it!

It just doesn’t get any better than this!

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Balloon Bonanza

Posted on March 8, 2014 by kayakcameraman

8 March 2014: The Canberra Balloon Festival kicked of in sensational style this morning with balloons dotting our skies to produce a spectacular Canberra landscape. The ‘Capital Chemist’ balloon that was piloted by Justin Galbraith ‘The Drifting Guru’ dropped out of the skies at a huge rate of knots to pin point perfection and nestled on the water directly beside me on Lotus Bay….now that was TOTALLY EXCELLENT!

At one point I thought that he was going to park the basket directly on the nose of the ‘Red Chilli’, then he preceded to basket drag the waters surface for hundreds of metres while calmly having a chat and snapping a few shots himself. Even at one point he ran out of gas, but this wasn’t a problem at all as he casually changed over the LPG cylinder and then it was back to putting on a magnificent show.

The balloons are a brilliant sight in our skies and I’m so excited to see what the rest of the festival will bring. I hope you enjoy the shots.

Balloons balloons and more balloons

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Enlightened by Mother Nature

Posted on March 2, 2014 by kayakcameraman

2 March 2014: Mother Nature has done its best to imitate ‘Enlighten’ which has been lighting up Canberra landmarks in the evening this weekend. The early autumn tones of aubergine and pinks were projected onto the mirrored waters of LBG creating a perfect picture. Enlighten runs until March 8 so there is still plenty of time for you to be able to experience it.

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Perfect Combinations

Posted on February 23, 2014 by kayakcameraman

23 Feb 2014: Backlit clouds beamed golden rays of light into the morning skies over Canberra creating a wonderful atmosphere. The crazy cloud formations and the beautiful light combined perfectly to produce some wild reflections on a very calm morning.

The reflections were amazing. Stunning Sunday has begun.

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Saturday Serenity

Posted on February 8, 2014 by kayakcameraman

8 Feb 2014: The swans were floating amongst pastel tones, there were hovering balloons and I was treated to golden sunrise. Crystal clear blue skies soon took over as I paddled my way into another stunning Canberra day. It doesn’t get much better than this, the conditions were so good that my planned 2 hour paddle turned into a 4 hour pleasure cruise.

5.49am: The morning was so good that even the local were just floating around and were in no hurry at all.

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Hovering Balloons + Golden Sunrise = Magic Concoction

Posted on February 2, 2014 by kayakcameraman

2 Feb 2014: I floated my into Sunday with a concoction of hovering balloons combined with a golden sunrise and served on top of mirrored waters. Thanks Canberra once again you served up my morning order perfectly.

This morning I floated my into Sunday with spectacular scenery.

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Electric Sunrise

Posted on January 30, 2014 by kayakcameraman

30 Jan 2014: It started out as such a peaceful paddle this morning, the winds were light and the temperature was perfect. Then the morning transformation started to take place with soft pastels gradually lighting up the morning skies and finished off with a electric finale. Canberra you’ve done it again!

Paddling my way into an electric sunrise

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Monday Morning Gold

Posted on January 27, 2014 by kayakcameraman

27 Jan 2014: Golden light flooded the morning skies to make it a very enjoyable start on Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra this morning. Yet again the conditions were superb with light winds, crystal clear skies and a golden sunrise to top it all off. It is going to be a fantastic day to finish a wonderful Australia day weekend, I hope that you have a great day…Enjoy.

It looked like liquid gold was floating on the waters surface.

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Saturday’s Reflections

Posted on January 18, 2014 by kayakcameraman

18 Jan 2014: It’s hard to capture a shot in the dark while sitting in a kayak and shooting free hand, but I’m not one to give up and this morning I seemed to be able to have a bit of success. I was on the water super early as the winds were light, the temp was cool and I was hoping to snare a few nice light reflections. Hope you have a great weekend, I think today is going to be another hot one here in Canberra…..hope you can escape the heat.

Kings Ave shimmer

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Sunrise Tonic

Posted on January 16, 2014 by kayakcameraman

16 Jan 2014: This morning I had my daily tonic of soothing tones and magic reflections. Seeing the day being like this is my morning mediation and it’s such a huge part of my life since I began paddling and photographing after finishing treatment over two years ago. Every sunrise has its own unique signature and this morning’s sunrise definitely hit the spot.

I hope that you can stay cool and avoid the heat today; it’s going to be a scorcher here. Have a great day!