An early morning walk up to Montmartre for sunrise over Paris, beautiful to watch a town come to life from above on an early wintery morning. After braving the chill we retreated to the warmer comforts of the Coquelicot, a small boulangerie with plenty of charm and a great Parisian breakfast. After 3 days of travel we have almost reached our destination… next stop Switzerland.

On my way from Australia to Switzerland where I’ll spend the next month visiting family and friends. I had the chance of stopping in Seoul for the night in transit, a huge change in weather, we departed Brisbane with 34 degrees, 10 or so hours later here we are sitting in -2 degrees! Well at least I’ll be fully prepared for what lay ahead in Europe. The morning after before flying out I took to the streets to take a few shots downtown.

One from the archives. Southern France though still northern ‘pays basque’ and the beachside café/food shacks of Lafitenia. Photography from summer 2008.

Wategos, Byron Bay.

We’d camped the night earlier at Broken Head and scored perfect 3-4ft swell, the day after we headed up to Byron. Alot smaller than the previous day, though we still managed to log a few waves at the pass. I shot this in the afternoon on the turn of tides.

The lighthouse, whose practical function is to guide sailors, is also an emblem of hope, a symbol of man’s ability to challenge the darkness.

Here we are a new year and along with it a newly designed site. As we head into 2010, I take along with it a new set of goals & ambitions both for my personal and professional work.

That was the main idea behind creating an updated web presence, I wanted to be able to keep a more up to date documentation of my photography and where I’m headed.

As I write this, here in Australia we are in the middle of a hot & humid summer. I have been passing my weekends wandering & surfing the coasts, searching for perfect uncrowded waves which I can tell you is hard to come by these days, the uncrowded part anyway. With me on my adventures of course I always pack my cameras, usually I’ll carry both digital and film varieties, depending on what look I’m after with my imagery.

Next month I will be heading back to Switzerland, as well I will have a day or two in Paris, hopefully enough time to wonder up to Montmartre for a nice hot coffee and croissant! I will of course be taking with me my camera gear and trusty Macbook Pro so I’ll be posting frequently my writings and photos.

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I thank you for your continual support & interest, I hope you enjoy the new site, see you soon. Matt.