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Extending and Compressing Time in Photography - Workshop

Bret Lucas — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:57:24 +0000

I’m busy preparing for a workshop which will take place at the Auckland Photographic Society on 5th September 2013. We’ll be looking at both ends of the time spectrum and learn how to shoot long exposures in broad daylight and timelapse photography with a twist.

Salt Lake

Bret Lucas — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 04:41:24 +0000

Our last couple of days in Turkey. This image was captured from out the window of the bus. The purple you see was the purple reflecting in the water, and the white is the salt on the edge of the lake.

Balloon Power in Cappadocia

Bret Lucas — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:11:53 +0000

We had our first balloon flight today in Cappadocia, Turkey. One of the best experiences I’ve had in a long time. The pilot was fantastic and the conditions were perfect for the flight.

Konya Turkey

Bret Lucas — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:59:53 +0000

Today we travelled to Konya, the biggest city in Turkey. On the way we visited The Theatre of Aspendos. It’s the best preserved ancient theatre in Asia Minor and the most magnificent roman building of the province of Pamphylia. This image shows one of the side entrance areas.

Blue Mosque Istanbul

Bret Lucas — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:21:18 +0000

We were allowed into the Blue Mosque just prior to prayer so had very little time to take in the beauty and detail of the ceiling, this image shows the look and feel of the place. Truely stunning.

Istanbul

Bret Lucas — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:50:11 +0000

It took us a while to get into the swing of Turkey but now we have it sorted. Today we went to Hagia Sophia, once a Mosque, now a museum. The main area is magnificant. The area and grandeur is astonishing.

Last night on the Adriatic Sea

Bret Lucas — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:10:46 +0000

Our last night was in Milna, only 45min boating time back to Split. Our boat was metres from the Restaurant so we had an early seafood dinner and went for one last walk before turning in for an air-conditioned sleep on the boat.

Stari Grad Croatia

Bret Lucas — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:58:29 +0000

I was lucky enough not only to have the suns small light source scrape across the building and Shell’s face to create split lighting but was also fortunate to have an old duck walk through my scene… just wait til she moves into the frame of the dark door and… click.

Vis Croatia

Bret Lucas — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:43:43 +0000

Last night after watching a movie outside in the night sky we headed back to the boat and photographed this beautiful church right on the waterfront next to our boat which is moored metres away.

Komiža Croatia

Bret Lucas — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:17:38 +0000

We are now on the Island of Vis moored up in Komiža. An amazing town with streets all over the place just like this one.

The old houses are crammed together with tiny we streets separating them with barely enough space to get a car through, hence the use of bikes.

The settlement of Komiža was first mentioned in the 12th century. In the 13th century, the Benedictines established the St. Nicholas Monastery on elevated ground above the settlement.