Podcast highlights - Stories from three different continents
My most recent podcast episodes were with three different women from three different continents, and perhaps as geographically apart as...
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Mark Thomson
- Oct 26
- 2 min
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - From Sweden to the heart of Africa
One of the beauties of doing this podcast is the diversity of stories and cultures I get to hear about from quite disparate parts of the...
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Mark Thomson
- Sep 29
- 5 min
Experimenting with Photoshop Generative AI Fill - useful tool or just a gimmick ?
A few months ago I became aware that Adobe was trialing some new AI features in a Beta version of Photoshop. Numerous YouTube videos...
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Mark Thomson
- Sep 11
- 2 min
177 Nations of Tasmania Highlights : Stories of romance and travel adventures
I've done another three new episodes in quick succession, all from Europe, but from quite disparate parts. After a succession of...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 31
- 3 min
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Recent highlights
The last few months have been pretty productive and yielded some interesting interviews from both similar and contrasting parts of the...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 17
- 1 min
Winter night photography
It has been an incredibly mild winter in Hobart in 2023, though I don't think anything will ever stop people complaining about "how cold...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 9
- 3 min
The benefits of using a professional photographer
Turn Your Event Into An Unforgettable Experience with Professional Photography Hosting an event can be a fun but stressful experience for...
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Mark Thomson
- Jun 28
- 4 min
177 Nations of Tasmania : A personal journey of discovery
After my most recent interview with Ali, who grew up in Beirut, Lebanon I started to reflect on how much I've learned from all these...
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Mark Thomson
- May 30
- 3 min
Almost 3 years of the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Time for a review and an appeal for help
The podcast has been going for almost 3 years now and I thought it was a good time to sit back and both review what I've achieved so far...
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Mark Thomson
- May 23
- 2 min
Discovering some of the hidden laneways of inner city Hobart
On the surface of it, the CBD of Hobart can be a bit of an uninspiring zone, replete with drab, mediocre modern architecture and a few...
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Mark Thomson
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Pianos in the air and other fun projects
I am not exactly a morning person, and normally the prospect of having to get up at 6am on a Sunday morning and do some filming at the...
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Mark Thomson
- Feb 12
- 1 min
Road trips through the Tasmanian Midlands
So far this year, I've had a couple of trips up north to Launceston and Burnie, primarily for work reasons. Fortunately they coincided...
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Mark Thomson
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Photography in the summertime and trying to avoid clichees.
The first few weeks of "summer" in Tasmania were the usual story really - unsettled, moody and generally marked by a lack of sunny...
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Mark Thomson
- Dec 31, 2022
- 5 min
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast in 2022 - looking back at the achievements and challenges
It's always interesting to look back on what you've achieved during the year, and when I look at the gallery of photos of just some of...
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Mark Thomson
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
New drone - more drone photography
Almost two months ago now, at the height of spring, I purchased a new drone - the DJI Mini 3 Pro, which has been a considerable upgrade...
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Mark Thomson
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Sailing season at Bellerive and Hobart's ever-changing spring weather - a photo story
On Wednesday afternoons on the Derwent River, yachts take off from Bellerive Quay and engage in some racing along and across the river. ...
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Mark Thomson
- Oct 8, 2022
- 3 min
177 Nations of Tasmania update : Some wins, some disappointments and some gradual progress
Progress with the podcast has been quite fitful over the past few months as the momentum I had gained earlier in the year has stalled. I...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
More adventures with A Piano of Tasmania, in north-east Tasmania
For those who don't know, "A Piano of Tasmania" is a project started by Kelvin Smith in 2020 to bring music to people in lockdowns in...
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Mark Thomson
- Aug 2, 2022
- 3 min
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 64 - The simple life in Tonga
As I mentioned in my last blog, I hadn't managed to find any Pacific Islanders until recently, despite many attempts. But once you get...
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Mark Thomson
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 63 - Samoa and family
My interview with Loni was my first with someone from any of the Pacific Island nations, an area I've been wanting to cover for a while...
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