Ordinarily one would not shoot into the sun due to the flaring that occurs, but in this case, the rim lighting and yes, even the flaring was desired for the overall effect.

This may be Gecko’s last Abbey Festival as next year another larger horse will be coming instead.

Photos are available for purchase online – view our Fort Lytton History Alive 2010 Photos.

In order to shoot a montage like this, you need to capture enough changes as the shadow of the earth moves across the moon to show the full progression of the eclipse. Many more photographs were taken than were used, but it is better to have too many and thus give you the choice of the better photographs than too few and finding your progression stilted. Ideally, you would shoot all the way through from full moon to full moon, however sometimes the weather conditions or even the time of day that the eclipse occurs, will prevent this.

We couldn’t have asked for much better really, fog, colour, still water, it was all happening.

What better way to commemorate our armed service personnel on ANZAC day than to enjoy the hard earned freedoms they helped protect.

This meant that there was excessive amounts of smoke hanging around when they flew through, marring what might have been a very clear shot.

It still turned out quite well, all things considered.

This shot is the culmination of a day starting at 9am on site to stake out my preferred shooting location, fending off of would be thieves, baking in the sun and careful planning.  A total of 10 hours in the making.

My 2008 Riverfire photo is also available.

Shot here at History Alive, a weekend of historical re-enactment covering time periods from Ancient Rome to the present day.

View my gallery of photos from History Alive 2009

While picking my way over slippery rocks, I happened to glance up and spot this laden Osprey heading straight for me. Luckily I was able to swing up the camera and gain focus on him before it was too late.