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More From The Garden
Giant Robber Fly by Paul Amyes Sometimes when I go out into my garden to photograph it feels like I’m in an episode of Minuscule the French animation about insects. Spotted Jezebel Butterfly...
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2013 already!
Happy 2013 and I hope it brings everything you wish for. The global juggernaut that is Paul Amyes Photography is located in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, and we don’t mind admitting that over the...
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Not wanted
Not Wanted It’s that time again when the annual fox cull takes place here in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. Strobist info: Key light Canon 550EX fitted with 1/2 CTO and 1/4″ grid. Fill light 430EX...
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“Will you walk into my parlor?” said the Spider to the Fly
A photograph to illustrate one of the most mis-quoted pieces of poetry. The Spider and the Fly (1829) by Mary Howitt by Paul Amyes “Will you walk into my parlor?” said the Spider to the Fly, “‘Tis the...
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Croquet!?!
My partner, Helen, has taken up croquet. It is not a sport I know anything about, I had a few preconceptions about it namely that it was played by the pre-senile and involved eating cucumber...
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50!
Roy and Beryl Amyes taking Paul to be Christened 26th May 1963. Bromley, Kent, England On Saturday 6th April 1963 I was born in Bromley, Kent, England. Fifty years later on 6th April 2013 in York...
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Very Adaptable
Olympus Pen EP-2 with 17mm f2.8 pancake lens Not so long ago I was lucky enough to be given an Olympus Pen EP-2, it was an old superseded model, but still a very fine camera. My eyes were quickly...
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I’m A Lumberjack And I’m Ok
Working hard to get the woodpile stocked for winter. The shift into winter is speeding ahead and there many tasks that have to be done before it arrives , chief among them is getting the winter wood...
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Should I? Shan’t I?
There comes a time in every photographers life behind the lens when they get asked to do something for free. There are a whole heap of reasons why we apparently should in this post industrial, post...
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Blimey that was quick!
Spring is here and the bees are hard at work pollinating the almond trees in my garden. It only seems like the other day I was blogging about winter coming and getting my wood supply in. Now after a...
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The Spring Flush Continues
Jug Orchid, Pterostylis recurva, Mount Observation, Western Australia. Canon EOS 550d, Sigma 105mm macro, I/125 sec at f8, ISO 1600 with fill flash. My shoulder has recovered well from the recent...
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Ambling In The Avon Valley – part 2
York York Town Hall and the Imperial Hotel on Avon Terrace. The pearl in the Avon Valley, York is approximately 100 Km east of Perth. First settled in 1831 it is WA’s oldest inland town and it...
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Wrecks and Weeds
I haven’t been up to much over the last week, just mainly catching up on processing some photos and distributing them. The other evening the light had a beautiful delicate quality to and I knew that I...
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Crawling Through The Bush
Over this spring it literally feels like I have been crawling through the Western Australian bush on my hands and knees stopping only to take photographs of native orchids. So it was only fitting that...
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Time
Sorry for the absence of a post last weekend – my trusty laptop had pass away and gone to Silicon Heaven. It may come as a shock to many people that there is an afterlife for electric and electronic...
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Bee-utiful!
Apian Activity. Canon EOS 550d, Sigma 105 f2.8 macro, Canon 430EX Speedlite with Stofen Omni-bounce off camera. Exposure 1/200 s at f/8.0 ISO This year has been a very busy one for the bees. Despite...
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Old Skool
Mary is the tree spirit that lives in the wandoo forest outside of York, Western Australia. Canon EOS300d, Canon EF18-55 lens, 550EX speedlite. The other day I was rootling around in the darker...
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After Midnight
Night time at the old York drive in movie theatre. Canon EOS 5D with Canon EF20mm f/2.8 USM. Exposure 64.0 s at f/4.0 ISO 800. Apologies to the late, great JJ Cale, who wrote the absolutely sublime...
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