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Carnival! Every year in March, over the Labour Day long weekend, Melburnians are drawn to the banks of the Yarra. There are rides, music, and a general air of festivity. Water sports run on the river, and fireworks light up the sky at night. It is our city’s version of a carnival. We call this festival “Moomba!” I spent a few hours on a very hot Saturday evening walking around a festival that I hadn’t really had the opportunity to take much of in during its previous instances. I truly has the appeal and energy of a good old-fashioned carnival. Every evening at 9:30pm, the city sets off fireworks. I wasn’t aware of this (well – I kinda sorta was, but I was also quite over fireworks after New Years, Australia Day, Chinese New Year, The February 20/20 cricket match, the list continues…) so I spent most of my time shooting the rides that were going around. The moment the fireworks went up, everyone who was not on a ride hightailed it to the riverfront, leaving me with a nice, unobstructed view of this little section of Moomba. Somewhat fortuitous, eh?
The Beacon to the Heavens On the evening of March 10th 2013, I led a group of like-minded photography enthusiasts to Cape Schanck at the edge of the Mornington Peninsula where the Cape Schanck Lighthouse Reserve lies. We had the tide going out as we arrived. We also had a generally clear sky and no moon. Our key objective was to photograph Pulpit Rock at sunset, the lighthouse itself as the sun descended, and the stars once the sun had well and truly set. The conditions turned out to be near perfect. We did have a little cloud cover, which allowed the lighthouse to illuminate it from below, bringing about an amazingly surreal effect on a long-exposure shot. I had also shot some time-lapse footage (an hour spent for under 4 seconds of video – but worth every minute!) All in all, I would call it a productive evening. I’m looking forward to doing something similar again in the not too distant future.
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