In researching how images and photospheres are uploaded in the new Google Maps I've had my own Arthur Dent, the long suffering human in Douglas Adam's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, moment! My own locked filing cabinet comes from the demise of Google Map Views and it's integration into Google Maps. Maybe I should remember the cover of the book "Don't Panic".
Mt Bromo
Denis Smith Ball of Light Workshop
Over 3 fantastic nights more than a hundred people witnessed, experienced and created an amazing light show. There were lights, wands, torches and wires being twirled, waved, pulsed and even juggled to create thousands of patterns in the darkness. I've documented the event shooting 360˚ Panoramas and long exposures, to give you some idea and the unique environment we found ourselves in and the magic created in the dark.
Parallaxis Photo Exhibition
Parallaxis is a group of photographers based in Sydney, Australia, who are passionate about their image-making. This is one of a number of 360˚ panorama shot by my good friend Gavin Perry. He had a few issues with the colour correction, so I jumped in and helped him correct the files.
Tasman Island Flying Fox & Tramway
On our final day in Tasmania Kelly and I rented a car and drove down to Port Arthur. We'd booked an early morning Tasman Island Cruise, run by Pennicott Wilderness Journeys, and were looking forward to seeing some of the rugged Tasmanian coast up close. Our captain for the day was Mick, ably accompanied by Damo, and without a doubt their enthusiasm for this part of the world interspersed with a big heaping of humour made the trip extremely enjoyable.
For the cruise I had 6 GoPro Cameras in a Freedom360 rig. They were all triggered in time lapse mode and shot 360˚ panos on a 30 second interval throughout the trip. This panorama of Tasman Island is the first one I've stitched and if you look closely you can see the old Flying Fox and Tramway.
For the lighthouse keepers it was one of the most isolated lighthouses in Australia and the most difficult to reach. Lightkeepers’ stores and other goods had to be transferred from the lighthouse steamer to a launch, then a flying fox (a conveyor suspended from an overhead wire), then hauled up a steep tramline up a cliff, before being transferred to a horse-drawn tramway to the lighthouse. Not a place to just pop out to the shops.