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Podcast highlights - The Austrian Alps, Aged Care in Singapore and a childhood in PNG
It's been an interesting first month or so on the podcast in 2024, with three quite contrasting stories from Austria, Singapore and Papua...
Mark Thomson
Feb 7, 20242 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - 2023 in review and future goals
Whenever a new year starts, it's common to look back at the previous year and reflect on what you may have learnt and achieved. With an...
Mark Thomson
Jan 15, 20243 min read


Night photography - Experimenting with some new techniques
Anyone who has followed this blog or follows me on Facebook ( I admit, there's only a few of you), will know that I particularly love...
Mark Thomson
Dec 19, 20231 min read


Podcast highlights - Scottish salmon farmer and Latvian choral singing
The two latest episodes on the podcast come from Scotland and Latvia. Both from Northern Europe, but two very different stories in both...
Mark Thomson
Dec 15, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Nov 23, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Oct 26, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Sep 29, 20235 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Sep 11, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Sep 1, 20233 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Aug 17, 20231 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Aug 9, 20233 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Jun 28, 20234 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
May 30, 20233 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
May 23, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Apr 5, 20232 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Feb 12, 20231 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Feb 2, 20231 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Dec 31, 20225 min read


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...
Mark Thomson
Dec 27, 20222 min read


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. ...
Mark Thomson
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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