Hi all,

The past 12 months has seen an increasing drive to don the boardies and throw myself into the surf in the quest of capturing the perfect wave image.  They say practice makes perfect so here is some examples of my journey.  Not sure I will ever arrive at my destination but its certainly alot of fun trying.

Last weekends event on the Sunshine Coast at Caloundra was very much an events of contrasts.

Saturday saw consistent rain through the entire day and an increasingly heaving track, wheras Sunday saw a blue bird sky and a once defied running trail turned to informal waterways.

Regardless of the weather that was encounted the thousands of participants that turned out were treated to one of the toughest challenges of their lives.

Here are some of my favourite photos from across the weekend.

Cheers

Rob

Tough Mudder Melbourne was the first event on the international calendar for 2014 and the worlds eyes were sharply focused on the 20km course at Phillip Island over the weekend.

Below is a little taste of what was on offer for the 20,000 competitors and spectators across the weekend.

Happy New Year and may 2014 be a good one for you all.

Well I finally managed to be in the right place at the right time last night and found myself in the path of a great little storm cell as it crossed Port Phillip Bay.  Here is a some of the images I managed to capture before the rains came.

Keep Shooting

Cheers Rob

I have recently spent some time working with production crew from Channel Ten's Recipe To Riches program. Over the past three weeks, the episode winners have all been from Victoria and I have been capturing all the fun from their product launches at Woolworths Supermarkets across Melbourne.

The winner of each weeks episode has their product placed on supermarket shelves for 1 week and is officially launched at their local store.  The overall winner is then determined by the greatest sales volume and is announced during the grand final episode.

It was great speaking with each winner and hearing their stories of concept, creation and finally seeing the commercial placement of a lifelong dream.

It was great weekend of team work, physical endurance and fun.

Once again a great weekend and event to be a part of and l am looking forward to Melbourne's Spring event in September at Phillip Island.

Here are a few shots from across the weekend.

Until next time Keep Shooting,

Cheers

Rob

I am heading to Caloundra in a couple of weeks time to capture all the action at the inaugural Sunshine Coast Tough Mudder event for Tough Mudder Australia's facebook page.  I always get excited in the lead up to each event and I cant wait to see what the next installment at Caloundra has to offer.  The 18-20km event has offered up some great obstacles like the Artic Enema, Mud Mile, Electric Eel, and Walk the plank, I wonder what new obstacles the team at Tough Mudder have thought up for participants on the 17-18 August event.

Looking forward to getting up there and checking out the course, if you are planning on doing it and you see me some where on the course smile, I'll be the one with the camera.

Keep Shooting

Rob

As the post name would suggest the past couple of months has flown by with lots happening at home and at work.

If you can remember back in Feb I mentioned I was off to Vanuatu to photograph the beautiful Iririki Island Resort, literally a stones throw from Port Vila.

Despite battling the weather in search of the perfect sunset my time there was a great experience.  The staff were amazing and it gave me a great insight into how a resort of this type runs.

So here is a few of the images from the shoot.

Keep shooting,

Cheers

Rob

I recently received some fantastic news from the good people at Kingston Council that I have been fortunate enough to make this years list of finalists for the annual Lens Mist Photographic competition.

Lens Mist forms part of the Mordialloc Food and Wine Festival on the weekend of 16-17th March on the foreshore of Mordialloc and is a great day out for the whole family.  The competition has a judged and public voting section so it would be great if you could come on down and vote for my entry 'Nightly Ritual'. There is no online voting so you have to come and enjoy some fine food, wine and entertainment.

Hope to see you there.

Keep shooting

Rob

Hi all,

Just returned from an exciting briefing session with the good people at Creative Factory regarding the upcoming Iririki Resort shoot in Vanuatu next week.

(image courtesy of www.iririki.com)

The team have some exciting ideas and the resort sounds like an island paradise.  Looking forward to shooting the resort and enjoying this tropical oasis.

Stay tuned for some images over the coming weeks.

Cheers

Rob

January 19-20 saw the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit hosting the summer edition of Melbourne's Tough Mudder extreme obstacle racing series.  The weather was again kind and over 16,000 participants took on the 25+ obstacles around an 18km+ circuit.  I was again on board as Tough Mudder's official photographer.

Solo one of the major sponsors of the event have paid tribute to the participants using one of my images. (see below)

This was once again a visually spectacular event and below is a selection of images from across the weekend.  A wider selection of images can be found on my Facebook Page (Rob Daniel Photography) and on the Tough Mudder Australia Facebook page.

Recently had the pleasure of a week hiking in the Wilsons Promontory National Park.

This area combines amazing coastal and hinterland scenery along with a significant history and pivotal role in safe shipping through our southern waters.

Managed to get a few good night images on my makeshift tripod along the way.  Next time though I think I will have to toughen up and strap the big tripod to the pack.

Love to hear what you think.

Cheers

Rob

Hi all,

Looking forward to flying to Sydney on Friday in preparation for the next leg of Tough Mudder's extreme obstacle adventure this weekend at Glenworth Valley.

With a pretty good forecast and a bunch of eager participants I am sure its going to make for some great images.

Watch this space for updates.

Cheers

Rob

Hi all,

Just received some samples of a flyer for a residential development by 94Feet at the old Brunswick brickworks that features my images.  The development is a beautiful combination of heritage listed buildings and modern design.  I spent a great afternoon in the old machinery shed and up a 12 meter tower to capture these shots.

Let me know what you think?

Until next time, keep shooting.

Cheers

Rob

Was fortunate enough to spend a whirlwind week in Darwin recently and couldn't get over what a visual spectacular place the Northern Territory is.

The week was over before I knew it but from the moment my 11 month old daughter screamed with delight as our flight Captain hit the Go button at the top of the runway, I knew we were in for a fantastic time away.

The week featured amazing wildlife, incredible road trains, spectacular scenery and a very easy to get used 30 degrees every day and met some great locals along the way.  What's not to like!

Below is a quick snapshot of the week.

Until next time, keep shooting

Cheers

Rob

Hi All,

Just a follow up on my post about the Epson Pano awards, the competition statistics have finally been released and I am feeling prouder than ever.

2012 Statistics

Countries Represented: 55

Photographers: 893

Images Entered: 3853

Gold Awards: 60

Silver Awards: 214

Bronze Awards: 2877

A higher resolution version can be found in my panoramic image gallery by clicking this link

Need to work that bit harder and try and get one of those illusive Gold's next year.

Keep shooting

Cheers

Rob

Great news this week from the people at the Epson International Pano Awards with three of my images receiving awards in this years competition.  I improved upon my three bronze awards in 2010, with a silver and two bronzes in 2012.

This years winners gallery hasnt been posted yet but for more information or to see previous winners gallery then head to their website http://www.thepanoawards.com

These are my images:

Keep Shooting

Rob

Just received word that TM HQ liked my images from the Phillip Island event and want me to come to Sydney to shoot the Tough Mudder event there in September.  I am looking forward to being part of such a spectacular event again, this time in the Glenworth Valley north of Sydney.

Cheers

Rob

TM HQ have given me the all clear to load some images from across the weekend so here is a teaser of some images from the inaugral Tough Mudder Australia event from Phillip Island.  With over 20,000 participants taking on an awesome range of obstacles and helping out their fellow Mudders along the way, it certainly was a visually spectacular event.

Practicalities prevent me from putting them all up on the website but if you want to see more head to my Facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/RobDanielPhotography