Photographer in Perth, Western Australia
I was saddened to hear of the death yesterday (9 September 2024) of James Earl Jones, probably best known across the world as the voice of Darth Vader, the looming, ominous antagonist of the original trilogy of Star Wars movies from the 1970s and 1980s. Apart from the resonance and authority evident from his distinctive… Continue reading Death of James Earl Jones
While walking in Bateman a few days ago, I spotted a park with pleasant rows of red-flowered coral trees, and decided that I must revisit it in the next few days. This afternoon, probably a couple of hours before sunset, I made it back. The light was not as golden as I had hoped it… Continue reading Crimson flowers in winter
The weekend just gone by was a sad one for Perth: on Saturday (24 August 2024), we saw the closing of Nine Japanese Bistro—originally, and for most of its life, Nine Fine Food. For those unfamiliar with it, Nine Fine Food was an exquisite, award-winning Japanese restaurant at 227 Bulwer Street, just north of the… Continue reading Farewell to Nine Fine Food
The time is now here for customers of iiNet (and other TPG Telecom group entities) to either start paying for e-mail services from the Messaging Company or find alternative e-mail service providers. Ray Shaw at CyberShack wrote about this divestment of e-mail services and a useful guide to setting up your own e-mail domain in… Continue reading E-mail services
After a bit of research and a touch of experimentation, I have enabled ImageMagick with custom image settings on this website. This should result in better image quality for you, the visitor, at a negligible cost to display speed. Default WordPress image settings will typically lean towards file size optimisation, making for smaller image file… Continue reading ImageMagick
I tendered my resignation from First Tae Kwon Do in early April 2024, and concluded my duties in that martial art organisation over the following months. My resignation came into effect last month, in June 2024, and I am no longer associated with First Tae Kwon Do under Master Vernon Low, Chief Instructor John O’Brien,… Continue reading Moving forward
First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia recently held its winter grading examination for 2024. Master Vernon Low, the school’s master and examiner, and Chief Instructor John O’Brien, 6th Dan, travelled from Adelaide to conduct the event alongside Chief Instructor (WA) Dane Meade, 5th Dan. Apart from the gradings, Master Low and the Chief Instructors taught… Continue reading June 2024 action
On a cool autumn afternoon earlier this month, First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia’s black belt members and invited senior belt members trained together, and potential black belt candidates undertook a practice grading examination. The two hours of intensive training started with warm-up exercises, proceeded through basic technique drills, and culminated in board breaking tests,… Continue reading May 2024 action
As we pass through 2024, and human society continues recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to wage war on each other—both literally and metaphorically. In eastern Europe and western Asia, amongst other places, people continue to kill and destroy. Even in regions that are ostensibly at peace, crimes and injustices continue at various levels.… Continue reading Easter 2024
First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia held its autumn grading recently under the head of the school—Master Vernon Low, from Adelaide. I was again shooting with my Nikon D700 and Nikkor AF-S 70–200 mm f/2.8 lens, giving me a reasonable amount of telephoto reach and typically excellent background blur in the out-of-focus areas. Students at… Continue reading March 2024 action