Sue McLeod Photography: 2011

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Do you love elephants?

I've been re-visiting some of my Sri Lanka images and want to share some of my faves. I was sitting on a large rock to take some of these pics and, while I was shooting, the big mama with her trunk extended up towards me, kept coming up to stroke me on my arm with her trunk. All she wanted me to do was stop taking photographs and stroke her for a while. Then she'd wander off, only to return a little while later to do the same thing. Quite an amazing experience. This cute babe is just 25 days old. Have a look at a brief slideshow of some of my elephants here.

Sri Lanka - The Pearl of the Indian Ocean

Have you ever been to the beautiful island of Sri Lanka? One of my favourite destinations.
View a brief slideshow here

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Making Memories - Photographing your children (follow-up)

We had a great group last night - about 30 people, and all levels of skill - which challenged me in my presentation, as I was originally advised, and prepared for, beginners! Still, it kept me on my toes and thinking on my feet and I was encouraged by the number of questions from the floor - I love audience participation. I really enjoyed the evening and, according to feedback from the participants, they did too. Here's another photo I used in my slideshow at the end of the evening...

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Monday, 1 August 2011

Making Memories - Photographing your children

I'm currently preparing a workshop presentation for the City of Vincent. It'll cover all the essentials you need to know to become a better Mamarazzi - whether you're a parent or grandparent, or simply interested in taking better portraits.

For details, see the City of Vincent website:
http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/Your_Community/Whats_On/Events/2011/Making_Memories_-_Photographing_Your_Children

So, you want to be a professional photographer?

Workshop Camera Club invited me to talk about my photography business. "What, you want me to tell you in an hour, what I spend 8-18 hours a day doing...!!??" Actually, I enjoyed it and a number of people related to my approach to photography, life, travel and children - and perhaps some even related to my approach to business as well... ummmm... on second thoughts... probably not that! The talk went well and was followed by a couple of short slideshows. Choc mud cake was a big bonus during the socialising afterwards!

The story behind the image

The Soroptimist Group in Bently invited me to do a "show and tell", where I showed a number of images and told the story behind them. Driving rain didn't seem to put many people off! The evening provided some lively discussion and was generally enjoyed by one and all. Yummy dinner to go with it... Thanks Chris.

Monday, 30 May 2011

Say Farewell to St Claire's Falls

Here's a tragedy... The new dam being built at St Claire's Falls means the end of one of Sri Lanka's most famous waterfalls - I've been told they will disappear altogether once the dam is finished! As I love waterfalls and mountains, I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to visit them - a couple of times. But I certainly will be sad to miss them the next time I visit the beautiful Island of Sri Lanka.

St Claire's Falls, Sri Lanka

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Christchurch Cathedral

A beautiful city, so badly damaged and so many lives destroyed in the recent earthquakes, my heart went out to the people of Christchurch - one of my most favourite cities.

As I will always remember it - Christchurch Cathedral 2009

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This is my first posting ...

I love photographing waves

Hmmmm... weird joining the ranks of the social networkers... another thing to get my head around. Here are a couple of pics which probably say more about me than words can. Never am I happier than when I have my camera in my hand, the adrenalin starts to pump and the earth moves under my feet! What a rush!


This photo of me was taken by David Sargeant - it looks more dangerous than it really was!