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Welcome to my web site.
While I have enjoyed taking photos all my life, for many, many years these were just "happy snaps" or record shots, but after purchasing a good DSLR camera in 2009 for an Outback 4WD trip something changed in the way I approached my photography. For the first time I really started to see the raw beauty of the Australian landscape and wanted to recreate in my photography what my mind's eye saw.
Ansel Adams described photography as "a simulation of a perception of the world around us". He also said "the image - to the photographer - is a very different experience from what the viewer might receive from it". My photography is principally just for my pleasure and while it's nice if someone compliments my work, my greatest satisfaction is from ending up with an image that I'm happy with. Whether I exhibit it or not is unimportant to me.
After a lot of hard work and experimentation I'm starting to produce images that I'm satisfied with, but the photographic journey is one that never ends. I'm continually trying to improve my work which can be frustrating because the more I learn the more I realise I don't know and the more faults I see with my old images. Of course the beautiful thing about digital photography is how it allows you to go back and tweak the adjustments on old images, or simply go back to the RAW source image and start over from scratch.
Landscape photography is my special interest and often the best locations can be remote and/or challenging to get to. I joined a couple of 4WD clubs for the safety and support a group provides when travelling to places like the High Country and the Outback, only to find I enjoy leading 4WD trips for these clubs as much as the photographic opportunities these trips provide.
4WD Exposure is a joint venture with a friend and fellow photographer, Peter Ryan, offering photographic workshops to novice photographers in places like the Victoria's High Country and Great Ocean Road, South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Arkaroola and the Simpson Desert.
My photography has also opened new doors that are permitting me to explore my journalistic skills. I've started writing articles for photography and travel magazines supported of course by my images. Writing isn't something I would have ever imagined I'd take up, but I'm finding it as enjoyable as creating great photographic images.
Over time I'll add more images to my galleries and perhaps some of my simple hints on things I've found on my photographic journey may help others just starting out.
Feedback and questions are invited - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Check out the website of 4WD Exposure (www.4wdexposure.com.au)
Robert Norman November 2011
PS: A special thanks to my wife, Margaret, for the understanding she continues to show in allowing me the time to pursue my hobby.
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