9/13/2011 - "Remember"

After a decent rest I spent this afternoon back down at the 9/11 Memorial Site for several hours as I waited from the latest available time slot of 4:30PM until dusk around 7:30PM, the sound of the flowing water in the reflecting pools creates a space void of the normal sounds of the city, it truly is mesmerising! 

Whilst in New York I have been doing plenty of other photography which I am considering stretching out beyond my return with daily blog posts until the end of the month, if not I will post a link to a gallery of images when I return home.

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9/12/2011 (Part B) - "Never Forget"

Today was my first opportunity to visit the newly opened World Trade Centre memorial in New York, a moment I was very much looking forward to however was highly concerned it would become the next destination for tourists to have their picture taken in front of. Thankfully when I arrived at 5PM for one of my reserved time slots I found the vast majority of visitors did not even carry a camera, they simply wanted to attend and pay their respects to friends, family, colleagues and even complete strangers who died in New York, Shanksville and Washington DC 9/11/01 as well as the victims of the 26/2/1993 attacks on the World Trade Towers. I look forward to returning over the next few days to experience some more time on the memorial site and hopefully come away with some more images.

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9/12/2011 (Part A) - "Lucky Tip-Off"

When I arrived at the Rockefeller Centre at 8am I did not expect to have my photo running in online editions of several major Australian news networks. I was the first person to reach the Top of The Rock this morning, followed shortly after by a Reuters photographer from England who suggested I drop past Times Square a couple of hour later to photograph the woman's champion Samantha Stosur.

A guard enjoys the view before swarms of tourists flood the Rockefeller Centre observation deck.

Stosur poses for photos in Times Square.

WA Today

Sydney Morning Herald

3AW 693AM News Talk (Radio)

9/11/2011 - "Mr President"

Since I have been roaming for images in downtown Manhattan for the past 17 hours I will keep this post brief so I can catch up on some sleep and I will upload some more images from today over the next few days.

My planning this morning paid off and I was able to photograph President Obama leaving the Wall St Helipad in his Limo on route to Ground Zero. I am not sure which I prefer so I will include both.

9/10/2011 - "343"

For the next few days I will be running daily updates from New York, starting today with a service in honour of the 343 FDNY Firefighters who gave all on 9-11-01. In this case I think the photos speak for themselves so I will keep the captions short and sweet.

Firefighters from not only New York but the world attended to pay tribute.

343 US Flags paraded down 5th Avenue.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Weekly Photo - 04/9/11 "Unlocked"

As many of you may know I'm currently entered in the ABUS Unlocked Photographic Competition which is open only to 2nd Year BA Photography students at RMIT and would greatly appreciate your vote (And that of your friends/families/online alter egos) to get me closer to the people's choice award.

The competition gallery can be found at http://www.abusunlocked.com/page/2011/submissions/gallery/ simply click on my image (the first one) and press VOTE FOR THIS IMAGE.

"A TOUGH COUNTRY DEMANDS A TOUGH LOCK"

Weekly Photo - 28/08/11 "She's My Ute"

This weekend I began my second semester documentary project for university, the exact story has not quiet been worked out but it will revolve around the Ute Culture in Regional Australia, most likely following one particular ute owner and the events this weekend proved to be a great starting point. 

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"She's My Ute"

"Bones"

Dodge & his ute

Barrel Racing, Effectively doing figure 8's around a set of 3 barrels.

Riding shotgun with David in the "Red Belly Black Ute"

  Dodge's girlfriend Kylie celebrates after placing in the Victorian Circlework Championships in Tatura,  It was her first time competing.

Perhaps I may find country music more enjoyable with a sign on my head whilst holding a boob shaped stress ball?