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Light trails under Argyle Bridge

Cars parked on both sides of the road with red and white lines from moving cars lights traveling through a dark tunnel under a bridge.

The Rocks is my favourite place to stay in Sydney. It has a lot of history and you’re very close to the top tourist attractions. This photograph is taken from Cumberland Street looking west along Argyle Street. The Argyle Bridge on the CBD side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Out of frame above this was 8 lanes of traffic. This photograph was a 30 second long exposure. Argyle Street doesn’t get much traffic and I wanted to capture cars driving both ways for the red and white light trails.

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110 The Queen’s Walk London

Modern curved glass 10 floor office building with Tower Bridge behind at dusk under a clear blue sky.

Formally known as City Hall this curved glass 10 floor office building is 110 The Queen’s Walk. Seen here at dawn. The red light in the lower right of the frame is a light trail from a cyclist’s light. This curve nicely matches the blue lights from The Scoop. The iconic Tower Bridge is off to the left. Complete with the pink and blue of the clear dawn sky I don’t know why I didn’t share this photo 7 years ago when I took it in 2019. Over the years I have photographed this building a number of times. First when it was City Hall in 2007. A year later I was lucky enough to get access to the inside which has an amazing staircase. One of my best shots of Tower Bridge was taken from the 9th floor balcony which was made into a jigsaw.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge from Observatory Hill at night

Dusk cityscape showing a bridge over a street with buildings illuminated by soft evening light.

Observatory Hill is one of my favourite places to photograph the Sydney Harbour Bridge from. This iconic view is looking along Lower Fort Street. It is a busy image with a lot going on but these layers to the photograph makes it for me. In the foreground there are a few red and white light trails from cars. Obviously the harbour bridge is the focal point. Off to the left on the other side of the harbour is Luna Park. If you look closely your can see the glowing purple light of the Ferris wheel. This photograph was captured a few years back now. It was at this same location on the same night someone walked in front of my camera with a sparkler. This created an even more striking image. See Sydney Harbour Bridge from Observatory. I prefer the slightly earlier and less chaotic photograph above.



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Bridge of Remembrance Christchurch

A bridge spans a river at night with trees lining the banks and city buildings illuminated in the background.

The Bridge of Remembrance is a war memorial dedicated to those who died in World War I. It’s actually the large archway to the right of the bridge over the River Avon. The archway was built over the east end of the Cashel Street bridge that links Oxford and Cambridge Terraces. Spending a weekend in central Christchurch I was very keen to finally capture some photographs at night. Walking up and down the river this was the best I captured that evening. It was mid November when I took this photograph so a large Christmas tree and lights were just behind the arch. A large tree blocked the view of them from this angle.