darkness

True darkness is generally hard to find in the city. Our street lights go on as the sun goes down, even our jetties have lights on them. 

A lot of people shoot long exposure beachscapes when the sun goes down, which is what I tend to do also. Sometimes (rarely as I'm not a morning person - lol), I like to go out in the morning before sunrise. This is when you can get some really interesting shots with the tide being different to night time and the moon might still be up casting a glow on the water. I do have a few moon shots at sunrise but I haven't processed them yet, all in the archives still :)). Pre-sunrise mornings also generally mean an absence of people on the jetty, particularly in winter. Although plenty are still walking along the ocean front at first light.  

20mm, ISO 200, f/9, 2.5 seconds. 

welcome to rbat photography

Hi, I'm Bec :) You can also visit me & my work at Flickr - rbat75. 

In this blog, I will be sharing my photography, particularly my new project which will feature predominantly dark/black & white images.

I shoot with a Canon 450D and a range of different lenses, mostly Canon but there is a Tamron zoom lens in the mix also. 

While I enjoy shooting a range of things, my signature and passion is landscape photography. When you live in a place as beautiful as Adelaide in South Australia, it is hard not to be a little obsessed with beachscapes in particular.

Hopefully as my project progresses, I will expand to include portraiture, cityscapes and street photography. It will be a challenge to leave coloured scapes behind but an exciting journey for me to take.