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    Photo and video projects in 2022 so far
    Mark Thomson
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    Photo and video projects in 2022 so far

    For a while in 2022 I sort of took a break from photography and just stopped doing my usual "photo walks" or anything much beyond...
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    COVID, mental health and taking pictures
    Mark Thomson
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min

    COVID, mental health and taking pictures

    To see some, the connection between these three things may seem unclear, but there will be others who will probably relate straight away....
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    More adventures with "A Piano of Tasmania"
    Mark Thomson
    • Jan 14
    • 2 min

    More adventures with "A Piano of Tasmania"

    Some of you may have seen my blog about A Piano of Tasmania in 2020, and how it blew up into a story on national TV. It really all...
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    Drone photography on beautiful Hobart summer evenings
    Mark Thomson
    • Dec 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Drone photography on beautiful Hobart summer evenings

    As we who live in Tasmania know, Hobart's weather, even in summer can be highly variable. Though December can bring some beautiful...
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    Photo walk -  Detritus and decay on the foreshore : "Things that don't belong"
    Mark Thomson
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Photo walk - Detritus and decay on the foreshore : "Things that don't belong"

    You know, we can't all be out every night shooting spectacular photos of the Aurora Australis, as many were just over a week ago. I will...
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    Street photography in the rain - being in the moment and looking for new perspectives
    Mark Thomson
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Street photography in the rain - being in the moment and looking for new perspectives

    I would say that street photography is probably my favourite type of photography both to look at and to do. For me it's almost a kind of...
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    Exposing Hobart's "glamorous" side at night
    Mark Thomson
    • Nov 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Exposing Hobart's "glamorous" side at night

    For the handful of people who have followed my photography blog or looked a bit at my photos on her, you'll probably have noticed a...
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    The hypnotic effect of moving water
    Mark Thomson
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    The hypnotic effect of moving water

    Looking at a lot of my photography and video of the last month, it has been noticeably water-related - gushing streams, tumbling...
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    Discovering more of South Arm, a treasure trove for photography
    Mark Thomson
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Discovering more of South Arm, a treasure trove for photography

    South Arm, for those who don't know, is a peninsula that curls around to the south on Hobart's Eastern shore, as you can see below. DAY 1...
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    Finding serenity and the perfect drone flying area
    Mark Thomson
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Finding serenity and the perfect drone flying area

    I've moaned in other posts about all the impediments to flying a drone in the Hobart area. Not only the unpredictable weather with gusty...
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    Widening perspectives of Hobart and surrounds
    Mark Thomson
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Widening perspectives of Hobart and surrounds

    I was just recently browsing through some of the panorama shots I've put together with my drone camera over the last 6 months and...
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    Braving winter nights in Hobart trying to get eye-catching pictures
    Mark Thomson
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Braving winter nights in Hobart trying to get eye-catching pictures

    Winter is the time for getting out at night in Hobart to try and get some of those eye-catching and often beautiful shots of city lights...
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    Winter fog and mist in the city - trying to find inspiration in the cold and wet
    Mark Thomson
    • Jul 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Winter fog and mist in the city - trying to find inspiration in the cold and wet

    Recently we had a week of really pretty cold nights, though for me they were the kind of cold I like - still and clear and though the...
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    More photo roadtrips around Tasmania
    Mark Thomson
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    More photo roadtrips around Tasmania

    This winter has of late provided some magnificent conditions for capturing both video and photos with the drone. Not only has it been...
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    Roadtrips in the fog and sunshine
    Mark Thomson
    • Jul 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Roadtrips in the fog and sunshine

    I've made a few roadtrips lately, trying to take advantage of free time and some nice winter weather to get some footage with the drone...
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    Stop with the winter hate and embrace the change of seasons
    Mark Thomson
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Stop with the winter hate and embrace the change of seasons

    So it's that time of year where Tasmanians start saying things like "It's so cold" and "Bring on summer"...as if they're surpised this...
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    Going a bit crazy with the camera over a beautiful Tasmanian autumn weekend in both night and day
    Mark Thomson
    • May 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Going a bit crazy with the camera over a beautiful Tasmanian autumn weekend in both night and day

    We had a beautiful couple of days of very still, sunny weather, which seemed a perfect opportunity to get out and finding those great...
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    Some rare windless nights and an unexpected Aurora
    Mark Thomson
    • May 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Some rare windless nights and an unexpected Aurora

    Last week we had a couple of amazingly still nights in Hobart. For those who know Hobart well, this is very rare indeed, and even rarer...
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    Tasmania in autumn - so many photographic opportunities
    Mark Thomson
    • May 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tasmania in autumn - so many photographic opportunities

    Of course autumn is great in Tasmania for a whole lot of reasons, not least of all for the amazing colours that start appearing in our...
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    Watching waves
    Mark Thomson
    • Apr 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Watching waves

    I went down to Dodge's Ferry to catch up with family and as it was a nice day and thought I might be able to catch some nice drone...
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