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Mark Thomson
Jul 25, 20212 min read
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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Mark Thomson
Jul 24, 20212 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 37 - Oh Canada !
Up until now, almost all my interviewees have come from places where English was not the first language, and, of course, the language...
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Mark Thomson
Jul 16, 20213 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 36 - Journeys from Belgium
One of the challenges of a project like 177 Nations of Tasmania is that you can't really take a one-size-fits-all approach to the wide...
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Mark Thomson
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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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Mark Thomson
Jul 1, 20214 min read
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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Mark Thomson
Jun 17, 20212 min read
...And so it begins. Dark Mofo is back
After cancellation last year because of Covid and controversy from a very misguided proposed project to take samples of peoples' blood,...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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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Mark Thomson
Jun 7, 20213 min read
Battling with "impostor syndrome"
I think this post will be relevant to many who have experience in working in the arts and other creative fields. I want to write about...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 6, 20213 min read
177 Nation of Tasmania - Episode 35 - Delving into 20th century Hungarian history
The last two episodes I've done have been with the two oldest people I've interviewed so far, though you would certainly not have guesed...
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Mark Thomson
May 27, 20212 min read
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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Mark Thomson
May 27, 20213 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 34 - The personal side of history in Slovakia
Jenny aka Yenni has written several books in English, including two of an autobiographical nature, a remarkable achievement for someone...
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Mark Thomson
May 27, 20212 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Episode 33 - Comparing with Ukraine
Tasmania has received many Ukrainian migrants since the large migrations began just over 70 years ago. Many were displaced people as a...
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Mark Thomson
May 19, 20212 min read
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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Mark Thomson
May 8, 20212 min read
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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Mark Thomson
May 3, 20212 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 32 - Insights from a big ,cold island
Greenland is a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, perhaps comparable to Scotland and Northern Ireland within the United...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 22, 20211 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Episode 31 - Learning about living together from Sarawak
I feel like I manage to find something different to learn from with each story in this podcast series. Perhaps I could also say that...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 11, 20211 min read
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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Mark Thomson
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Getting out at night again for some long exposure fun
There was a time when I'd go out several nights a week to capture long exposure photos. But of course, we all run out of inspiration from...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 5, 20211 min read
More aerial photography , having fun with HDR panoramas
I'm not going to write too mu ch about these, I'm hoping the pictures will speak for themselves, and I am partly using this blog as a way...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 5, 20212 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 30 - A bit of Nigeria in Launceston
So I made another trip up to Launceston to met with Edward, who works for the Northern Tasmanian Development Corporation, to find out a...
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