Kirribilli by night and the Biennale at Cockatoo Island
I had a relatively active (photography speaking) weekend with a Friday night visit to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair followed by Kirribilli, then a Sunday excursion to Cockatoo Island to view the Biennale.
Every Sydney photographer has shot the harbour, the coat hanger and the sails of the Sydney Opera House, and with the upcoming Vivid Sydney festival of light, we will bombard you all with more images. However, it is an exercise that gives up a chance to measure ourselves against the postcards and the images that are widely used by mass media. My recent trip to shoot the harbour also had an extra reason, the send off of a fellow DSLRusers forum member, a member who was based in Wollongong, but will be headed back to Europe. So I lugged out my Manfrotto, and my D300 to work on Friday and measured myself against the images that typify the marketing of Sydney. To keep things interesting I kept my lens kit to a minimum, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8 and Nikkor AI 135mm f/2.8. Also coming along was my trusty Phottix Geo One.
The trip to Cockatoo Island was accompanying USYD Photosoc to visit the 17th Biennale of Sydney. My kit that day was even more intriguing, as I decided to let my sister pick it. Keeping in mind she is not photographically minded, I did manage to get a nice kit: Nikon D60, Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, Sigma 180mm f/3.5 Macro.
