favourites CHOICE PICKS AND PREFERENCES
TRAVEL
"If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip."
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- I love to travel, particularly to international destinations but don't get the opportunity to do it that often.
Overseas places I've been to... - I love to travel, particularly to international destinations but don't get the opportunity to do it that often.
- Canada (1986 and 1988)
- Western Europe, United Kingdom and Ireland (2000) - see the Trip Diary
- Greece (2007) - see the Trip Diary
- Macau and Hong Kong (2009)
- United Kingdom (2010)
Australian places I've been to...
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Port Macquarie
- Gold Coast
- Canberra
Favourite places in the world...
- Samaria Gorge (Crete)
- Lauterbrunnen Valley (Switzerland)
- Wineglass Bay (Tasmania)
- Stanley Park (British Columbia)
Places I want to visit...
- New Zealand
- The Balkans
- Scandinavia
SUSTENANCE
- I'm a small eater and the first to admit at being a terrible cook. A few foods and drinks I like are...
- Pizza
- Greek Salad
- Greek-style yogurt (the really thick stuff)
- Coca Cola
- Dilmah tea
- Ninth Island Chardonnay.
- Boags Premium Lager
- Malibu rum
- Southern Comfort
- Cheers!
MOVIES
- Over a period of just a few years, and to my surprise, I've built up this mammoth DVD library. I'm not sure how that happened considering I only have a few all time favourites.
- Summer Lovers
- StarWars (the original one)
- Shirley Valentine
- The Bourne Identity (and its sequels)
- Jumper
MUSIC
- I'm going through an alternative music phase at the moment, but I'll listen to just about anything. Lately I've been listening to...
PHOTOGRAPHYMy interest in photography came from my father, who for years has been involved with a local camera club. He taught me the basics about composition and lighting and from there I just went off and developed my own style. At the moment that style is centred around landscape HDR.
I'm inspired by the work of Tasmanian photographers Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis, their stunning work became synonymous with campaigns to protect Tasmania's natural heritage.
I also like the works of Max Dupain, who documented Australian architecture, landscapes and beaches from the 1930's through to his death in 1992. Inspiration also comes from Ken Duncan who specialises in stunning panoramic landscapes and Trey Ratcliff's exceptional work in high dynamic range photography.
See my Flickr Photostream for the latest images.
Photographic kit:
- Nikon D5000 DSLR
- Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR lens
- Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm F/4-5.6 G ED DX VR lens
- Manfrotto Tripod 190xPROB with 222 Joystick head
- Hoya Neutral Density filter (ND8)
- Digital King wide conversion lens
Processing software:
- Adobe Lightroom
- Photomatix Pro
TELEVISION
- I didn't realise I was such a TV junkie until I started making out this list. So here goes, starting with some of the more obscure shows I've enjoyed watching:
- Firefly
- Northern Exposure
- Star Trek Voyager
- Mile High
- Due South
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Max Headroom
- Duckman
- Stargate Atlantis
- Shameless
- The Amazing Race
- Sinchronicity
- Boston Legal
- Battlestar Galactica
- Stargate Universe
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Bill
- Merlin
- Numb3rs
COMPUTERS
- My best mate Tony introduced me to Macintosh computers in the early 1990's. I've had several Mac's since then. I'll be acquiring a new iMac in the next few months. Here's my current set up...
- Apple Power Macintosh G5/1.6GHz PPC/1.25Gbits memory/OS 10.5.X (due for replacement)
- 2x500GB hard drives (one solely for TimeMachine backup)
- 60GB external drive
- 15" Sony LCD screen (due for replacement)
- Airport Express
- ADSL2+ Router/Modem
- Epson R230 printer
- Epson V300 scanner
- 10G iPod Classic (white/click wheel gen 3)
- 8GB iPod Nano (black gen 2)
- 8GB iPod Nano (black gen 5)
- 13" MacBook (black gen 1)
- Network apps...
- I don't use Twitter or Facebook.
MAGAZINES
- Paper subscriptions include...
- Digital Camera (UK)
- Odyssey (Greece)
- National Geographic Traveller (US)
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- Digital subscriptions...
- Amateur Photographer (UK)
- MacUser (UK)
- Shutterbug (US)
BOOKS
- I'm like most people, when I find a good book - I can't put it done. But on the other hand I can go months without read a word from my latest novel pick.
- Past good reads have been....
- Vroom by the Sea by Peter Moore
- The Summer of my Greek Taverna by Tom Stone
- Alexander trilogy by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
- Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson
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- Some favourite authors are...
- Gordon Merrick (1916-1988)
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Here's my book!... It's been published nearly two years now but I still make it available.
A World Tour of Greek Islands is a three week photographic backpacking tour of five Greek Islands I visited with my friend Tony in May 2007.
View the wonderful landscapes of Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, Zakynthos and Kefalonia... and featuring the breathtaking scenery of Samaria Gorge on Crete.
40 pages, 9" x 7", casewrap-hardcover binding, full-colour interior and exterior ink.
$41.20 USD + shipping charges
CharityOrganisations I donate to and support...
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