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Looking over the harbour from Auckland Skytower

A person and child look out through huge floor to ceiling windows over a large harbour with a volcanic island in the distance.

This might have been the fifth or sixth time taking the lift up to the Sky Deck of Auckland Skytower. This is the highest viewing platform in the city at 220 metres above street level on the 60th floor. In this photograph I wanted to capture a slightly different perspective. I rarely include people in my photographs unless for scale. Here I waited patiently for the numerous groups and people taking selfies to move out of the way. I wanted one or two people looking out across the Waitematā Harbour and beyond. This man and child were the ideal subjects. In the background you can see the Devenport Peninsula with the volcanic Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf behind. On the far right is the large Waiheke Island.

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Workers on Burj Khalifa Lake

Three workers sit in a grey boat sheltered by an umbrella on an artificial lake. In the foreground another worker wades waist deep through the water.

The Burj Lake is a man-made lake in downtown Dubai at the base of the Burj Khalifa. This photograph was taken at dawn so there were very few tourists in the area. There were a number of small boats and workers on the lake. It looked like they were testing the water and cleaning the tiles. Since this was taken at the end of last year, a five month renovation has started. This includes upgrades to the fountain, the flooring, technology and maintenance systems. It’s possible that this manual cleaning and maintaince work will be done with robotic technology in the future. The Burj Khalifa Lake is huge, 30 acres. To see the scale I have a photograph of the Burj Khalifa Lake from above taken on a previous trip to Dubai.

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Crepe stand London

Small crepe stand with two people on the right making crepes. One of them is handing a crepe to one of the three customers on the other side of the stand.

The Crepe guys on the South Bank is not my typical photograph. I was looking over the railing to the right towards Westminster looking for other angles on what I had come here to photograph. The crepe stand caught my eye. Not because I was hungry. It was the lines, colours and symmetry. Usually you can’t get this type of side view of food stalls like this. Either the stalls are right next to each other or there are people walking past. After seeing the possibility for a photograph, I waited. It only took a minute or two for someone to reach over to a customer to give them their crepe. 

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Tai Chi practice Shanghai

This group of people were practicing what I guess to be Tai Chi. If I’m wrong please let me know and I will correct this. They were so focused on there practice they didn’t see me. Even when crouching to frame this photograph with the Shanghai skyline behind them. This was taken at around 6am in Huangpu Park. We were next to the Shanghai People’s Heroes Monument and The Bund Historical Museum. Getting up before dawn for a photo shoot can sometimes be a bit of a gamble in a new city. The weather can often be unpredictable or not on your side. Shanghai was very hazy early in the morning. On the other hand there are a lot less people and crowds around. In this case, the group of people make this photograph special to me. Without them it would be far less appealing.