Genazzano Photography Retreat - behind the scenes

What a magical little patch of turf, surrounded by the lapping waters of Tinaroo Dam, noisy with birdlife, and a perfect mix of morning fog, dramatic sunsets, whispy clouds and beautiful sunshine.

September 2018

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I arrived at the retreat on the friday afternoon. A simple one and an hour bit trip took me 3. It was the skys fault...it was all streaked with whispy high clouds and a gorgeous deep blue.
I'm surprised it didn't cause a car crash with several photographers driving up from Cairns to partake in the weekends events.

The gorgeous undulating hills of the Yungaburra surrounds were perfect for some classic country scapes with this amazing final winters day sky.

As well as the retreats location itself being perfect for landscape photography with its watery landscape dotted with emerging dead trees, it was also an added bonus to be presented with a brilliant sunset to photograph on the first night, followed by a thick foggy morning.  Perfect!!

While I was waiting for the sunset colours to come out, I snapped these few images from the shore just a hundred metres from where we were camped. I have applied a split toning effect to them as they were a little "muddy" and just to make them a little different.

This is one of my favourite images from the first morning. The fog was sooo thick that you could see the moisture falling through the air. we had to wait for it to lift before we could see the emerging trees . It was worth it.

And a final one of some movement blur from the second night, the sky wasn't as dramatic so I had to get creative.