Cruising in and around "The Big G" aka Grenfell

By Darren Stones

Bronwyn and I spent some time in and around Grenfell in early June for the 55th Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts and here's a just a very small sample of some of the photographs I took whilst in the New South Wales central-west.

Oh, and some of the Grenfell locals refer to their town as "The Big G", even though its population at the 2006 Census was 1994 peeps.

Special thanks to Carly and Peter Brown for getting me so close to their sheepies. I was in sheep heaven.

Mid Western Highway at Grenfell

Main Street, Grenfell

School of Arts building that houses the local museum

Band Hall

Some friendly sheepies

Farm property at Grenfell

Farmland at Grenfell

View towards the Weddin Mountains

Bogolong Dam

More sheepies

And more sheepies!

Award achieved during June 2012 at Essendon Camera Club

By Darren Stones

Essendon Camera Club conducted their monthly photography competition for June on Monday June 11, 2012 at the club, and as a member, it was great to be able to participate in the Open Digital Projected Image category.

Daniel Smith was most kind in visiting our club, and as guest judge on the night, his insightful commentary and advice was welcomed and appreciated by club members.

In the Open Digital Projected Image category, Daniel awarded me 1st Place for my photograph of Jon Stevens. I'm most appreciative of my award and for the feedback and advice Daniel provided.

Jon Stevens
1st Place Award
June 2012 Open Digital Projected Image Category
Essendon Camera Club

Surfing at Jan Juc, Torquay, Victoria

By Darren Stones

Given we're in winter, I'm just going back through some unprocessed images from the Surf Coast area today and thinking to myself how great it will be when the weather warms up again.

Surfing photography is one of my favourite travel photography subjects to pursue and I just love being down on the coast with my camera mounted on my monopod. On the cliff top at Jan Juc, there's some brilliant lookout areas contructed and it's the perfect location to photograph surfers along this beach.

As I write, it's raining heavily here in Melbourne, and being a Sunday, I'm reflecting on the day I took these images and appreciating the beauty of the coast.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver surfing at Jan Juc, Torquay, Victoria, Australia

Surfing at Jan Juc, Torquay, Victoria, Australia