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Machu Picchu
The Inca Trail trek was an
amazing experience. Poured rain and very cold. Only about 12c during day and 5c
overnight. But I love mist and fog so was good for photography and made the
uphill climb to 4200m not so hot.
Scenery stunning. Snow
capped mountains, intricate stone walls and terraces, always looking to where we
had to climb up to or descend to, thank goodness for walking
poles!
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Light up my life
This collection of light poles had been standing at one end of the Gateway
Bridge in Brisbane for months.
Each time I drove past, they were just begging me to photograph them.
The challenge was out.
So, one afternoon when the light was 'just right', I pulled onto the verge,
hazard lights flashing, jumped the guard rail, ran over and captured them.
The following week, they were gone.
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A perfect day on an Aussie Beach
A perfect day on an Aussie Beach - sometimes it's total simplicity that captures
the moment. Clear blue sky, a light breeze to play with the fabric of the
Lifesaving flag and sunshine sparkling on the water. Reminding me that I live
in one of the most beautiful places on the planet – I want to share it with the
world.
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Still Life
A weekend of cultural Melbourne included football and meatpies, theatre and
Italian and a visit to friend Nicola Perkin's artist studio in trendy Richmond.
I spotted this 'Still Life' of her paintbrushes with the window light spilling
into the scene, framed beautifully by a painting in progress.
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Unisex Ties with a Robyngraph
Leaving the studio late one gloomy
afternoon, I jumped into my car and saw these beautifully formed water droplets
on my windscreen.
Captured on my Ricoh GRIII, I used
the macro setting to focus 1cm away from the central spot, from inside the car.
This photograph is on the tie which has
been voted the favourite of the 20 designs ahead of the Fashion Label Launch.
The Launch of ROBYNgraphs Fashion Label
Unisex Ties
was held on Saturday 3rd September 2011
at Garry Crick Mercedes Benz Showroom
65 Maroochy Bvd, Maroochydore. It was a great success and marked the beginnings of an inspiring new business venture.
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I 'see' photographs
With a constant camera going inside my head, wherever I am, I 'see'
photographs.
Sitting at the kitchen table at my Caloundra studio, the afternoon light
was streaming in, creating this interesting abstract.
This is now one of my ROBYNgraphs tie designs.
Since my New York exhibition where I wore the photographic tie I
designed, I've been offered a Solo Fashion Label, you are invited to
the Launch of ROBYNgraph Photographic Unisex Ties, as a part of the
SUNSHINE COAST FASHION FESTIVAL.
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Hamilton Island Rain Storm
On the northern edge of the island, the view is spectacular looking across
to the other islands.
The rain was so heavy, it was 'bouncing' off the water in the pool.
The edge of the pool was lined up exactly with the beach line, giving
visual duality.
This image was awarded Silver with Distinction at the Canon
Australian Professional Photography Awards in Sydney.
Photographed on Ricoh GRIII
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Marianne Irvine
Fellow photographer, Marianne Irvine, surprised my by commissioning me to
create her portrait.
She's got a great sense of humour, generally travels with pink or purple
hair, and is known to wear paisley coloured Doc Martins with a psychedelic
caftan.
Her criteria was that the images had to capture her personality and the
stunning Australian bush setting she lives in – together with the new love of
her life a tractor called "Arthur"
When I noticed that Arthur's key was pink rope that matched Marianne's top,
this is the result.
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Exhibiting in New York City
I woke up first morning to hear a
siren screaming, car horns honking - peeled back the curtins to reveal
this scene. A fire truck, a traffic jam with yellow taxis everywhere -
I knew I was in New York. Right in the middle of the Flower District in
the first week of Spring. Sometimes one image can sum up a city...
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Impressionistic Waterscape
Precisely formed droplets are there for mere moments before they blur, creating movement and asymmetry. This image was part of the International Exhibition 'Altered Reality' which opened on the 21st April, 2011 at the Agora Gallery, New
York, USA. ‘Altered Reality’ is an exhibition of images from my series of water on windows,
windscreens and through glassware.
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Salt and Sky
I love film
- the grain and grit - especially from film that’s been in and out of
the fridge a few too many times - adds character.
This photo was
taken on the edge of Lake Eyre, Australia’s largest lake (9500 km2).
The lake bed is below sea level and it was an odd sensation watching
the altimeter go below zero, as we landed.
I captured the texture of the
salt pan and haze of the distant horizon on my trusty Bronica with each
lovely negative being an impressive 6x6cm.
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Funky Furniture with Wavey Water
While on Hamilton Island photographing the iconic architecture of
the yacht club, a rain shower had left this unusually formed puddle on
the designer furniture.
True island dress code is included in
my footwear and the wind provided the perfect twist by floating my
dress fabric into the frame to compliment the seating shapes.
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Happy New Year to
all!
It’s a busy time of year for everyone – Christmas and New Year
parties – but I also have a birthday in between to celebrate. I had a
lovely relaxing day and then shared dinner with my twin brother and
family. Later than evening, we were having drinks on the veranda I
noticed the light falling across the back of Russell’s face, which
intrigued me.
As I always carry my
Ricoh GR3 with me, the scene was documented. When my nephew Damon joined us,
this is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity – producing this quirky
double profile portrait of father and son with the two lights overhead.
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This client wanted
‘something different’ – my specialty.
With fabulous
dreadlocks and a love for all things green, this lady carefully carried a
shoebox into the studio, with her pet python, Evie.
As it was a hot day, I
had the air conditioning on freezing and an esky of ice with wet towels ready to
keep Evie cool. Snakes move slower when they’re cold and we didn’t want to
loose her in the studio.
Evie loved weaving
herself through Casey’s hair, making her look like Medusa. It was so hard to
choose just one image to share with you!
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Portrait Exhibition ‘Robyngraphs in Red’.
I’ve been working on a series of portraits over
the past year with the theme being ‘red’, to culminate in an
exhibition, which is opening this week. The exhibition is called
‘Robyngraphs in Red’.
Everyone that I photographed was asked if
they wanted to bring or wear ‘something red’, then their images would
be considered for inclusion in the exhibition.
This statuesque lady brought in two Rhode Island Red chickens.
Yes, we had live chickens running around a white studio - it was chaos!
So the story is that she is a baroness and head of an international chicken conglomerate.
Part
of my success at the Canon Australian Institute of Professional
Photography Awards earlier this year was being awarded a Silver Award
for this portrait.
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Pregnant Peta has been a client since I photographed her with her first child and this is their forth. Dream clients, each time Cam and Peta commission me for the next session, they want images that are timeless yet visually exciting.
Peta was photographed in my Caloundra studio.
The clouds were photographed at The Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre in Gatton QLD, where I have a permanent portrait exhibition.
The two images were combined to create this ethereal piece.
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Known as the 'Red Centre' ?
This area of Australia is known as
the 'Red Centre' because of it's red sand deserts. However with record rainfall
in 130 years, it is a mass of rivers and a carpet of wildflowers.
Aerial
from Helicopter this was photographed at 2500'. To give you a scale of this
scene, the teeny black dots are cattle.
Normally this would be red sand
with dry vegetation. It is now a mass of waterways and the yellow, red, pink
and purple tones are wildflowers. Each flower is half the size of my
fingernail.
If anyone is looking for an authentic
Australian landscape image for wall décor, this image would look stunning
printed onto art paper and can be printed up to 2m. Let me know if you'd like to
discuss or view other images from the expedition.
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Barry
and Judy had been meaning to get a family portrait for ten
years. It
was time!
Three
generations were gathered together, colour co-ordinated in complimentary smart
casual outfits and ready for the creating of the
photograph.
All
of the combinations were covered: The ‘original’ family of Barry & Judy with
their two children, then grandparents with grandchildren, the whole group,
separate families and individual children.
A
precious moment was grandfather with the youngest grandson clinging onto his
leg, to be remembered forever.
Robyn
went to their home and measured the wall where the portrait is to be displayed,
creating a masterpiece of all the favourite images grouped together. A
simulation was created to show what it would look like for Barry and Judy to
approve.
The
favourite image of the session was of patriarch Barry. Robyn used her artistic
flare and combined images of the Glasshouse Mountains and pineapples to become the background of
Barry’s portrait in honour of his lifelong passion of pineapple farming at their
Glasshouse
Mountains
property.
On
seeing the final image presented after being framed, Barry said, ‘Now THAT’S a
family portrait!’
Phone
Robyn now – It’s time to have a family portrait and capture the love of your
family forever.
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When I met this
four-year-old young man, I noticed what amazing eyelashes he had.
Getting in really close
with my Ricoh camera (it focuses automatically down to 1cm), I got one row of
eyelashes in perfectly sharp focus.
Fine-tuning the image
in Photoshop, the lashes were so thick they looked like grass growing out of
sand dunes.
Following that thought
process, I rotated the image 180 degrees and so it became a ‘human
landscape’.
At the recent Canon
Australian Professional Photography Awards judging in Melbourne, it was given a
Gold Award score of 92 out of 100 points, allowing me to accumulate enough award
points to be granted another Gold Bar (the 4th) to my Master of
Photography
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A recent exhibition
called for entries that asked Photographic Artists to think outside the square
and allowed for three dimensional objects to be
submitted.
Loving a challenge, I
designed the ‘Family Cube’.
That was the easy
part. After many test prints, the final technique was to cut 12 – 50x76cm
prints into 1cm strips by hand.
Methodically weave two
prints at right angles and multiply x 6. Anyone thinking of doing this should
allow around 38 hours.
The final product is a
statement about the complex relationships of a family, forever woven
together.
Anyone like to
commission me for their own Family Cube as a piece of sculpture for their
home?
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