Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane far away
(I will)
And break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And break away
Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And break away


Second image from our mood filled shoot at Whale Beach yesterday morning.
A big swell made for some epic waves which led onto some good flow, and a little bit of a waist deep drenching at one stage.
Great fun.

Hope you like "Breakaway"
Cheers, Mike

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Poetry In Motion
Johnny Tillotson

Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way

I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion
All that I adore
No number nine love potion
Could make me love her more
Oh

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa


Took a nice early morning drive over to Whale Beach this morning to catch up with the Focus North Crew.

A fantastic seascape location, with a great bunch of people.

Thanks all for a great morning out and making me feel welcome.

Hope you like "Poetry In Motion"
Cheers, Mike

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Shadows And tall Trees
U2

Who is it now? Who calls me inside?
Are the leaves on the trees
Just living disguise
I walk sweet rain tragic comedy
I'll walk home again
To the street melody

But I know, oh no
But I know, oh no
But I know

Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees

Life through a window
Discolored pain
Mrs. Brown's washing is always the same
I walk street rain tragic comedy
I'll walk home again
To the street melody

But I know, oh no
But I know, oh no
But I know


Just back from a fantastic road trip to Griffith and the local surrounds to check out the cotton fields before cropping.
As we were driving around, we came across this beautiful crop of Blue Gums and I just had to get out and shoot them.

This is the final "Fine Art" Autumnal image from that shoot.

Hope you like "Shadows And tall Trees"
Cheers, Mike

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Thing Of Beauty
Hothouse Flowers

Look out your window on a winter's morning
Your breath is steam and there's frost falling
And the sun casts a spell upon the road
A thing of beauty is not a thing to ignore
Great song of beauty

Stand by the river on a moonlight evening
Lovers are loving and grievers are grieving
And the water does a dance upon the stones
I sit and listen, I will not ignore

A thing of beauty is not to be ignored
Can't you see (can't you see)
The secrets of the dawn? (thing of beauty)
Can't you feel (can't you feel)
Can't you feel it in the place that you come from? (thing of beauty)

Face up to morning
Face up to day
Face up to reality
And face up to your ways


Second image from our trip to Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains last Saturday.
This was shot using my 70-200 lens, as I wanted to compress the scene.

A beautiful tree lined street, with hardly a car in sight.

Hope you like "Thing Of Beauty"
Cheers, Mike

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Right Here Waiting
Richard Marx

Oceans apart, day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever?

Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now


Went up the mountains this morning to shoot some Autumn scenes.
Clear blue skies, stunning Autumn leaves, and lucky enough for me, a nice lady who agreed to pose for me under this beautiful backlit tree.

Happy Man!

Hope you like "Right Here Waiting"
Cheers, Mike

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