Photos by Robert Steel

08/06/2020

28/09/2019

The Swell Sculpture Festival takes place every September at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast.
Featuring a diverse range of over 50 sculptures it is immensely popular with locals and tourists alike.
For the tourist, it is easily accessible via the number 700 bus from the Broadbeach South tram terminus, stopping near the Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary.

04/08/2019

Recently, halfback and captain became the first player in National Rugby League history to reach the 400 game milestone in a career which began way back in 2002. In the process, Cameron Smith has amassed more than 2500 career points.
He has also captained to series wins in the as well as being captain of on the scene.
There was lots of on show at on Saturday 13 July 2019 for a night of celebration affectionately known as .

25/05/2019

With Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) hosting some of the Terracotta Warriors as part of their Winter Masterpiece exhibition, I felt it was timely to post these images of the Terracotta Warriors taken in August 2005 in their natural habitat near the ancient Chinese city of Xian. These images were taken on my then Sony DSC-V1 camera, which was severely limited in low light and low contrast situations. I have done my best to recover as much detail as possible.

31/12/2018

Wishing all my followers a very Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year.
Apologies for not posting much in 2018, hoping for more in 2019.

30/07/2018

How many of these mistakes can you identify with?

Sometimes, getting better results with your camera is as much about what you avoid as...

22/12/2017

In November 2016, to celebrate the removal of level crossings and reopening of the train stations at Bentleigh, McKinnon and Ormond, steam trains were run for a day between Moorabbin and Caulfield, stopping at these three stations in conjunction with . So popular was the day, the steam train rides were repeated again in November 2017 as part of the annual Bentleigh Festival. It is hoped that the steam trains will become an annual event every November.

20/07/2017

Vincent Van Gogh and the Four Seasons was a very special exhibition of the works of Vincent Van Gogh hosted by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne, Australia from 28 April to 12 July, 2017.
As the name suggests, the works were displayed in four separate areas representing the four seasons of Winter, Autumn, Spring and Summer (in that order).
The exhibition was immensely popular with long queues throughout the short period the exhibition was running.
Surprisingly, photographs were permitted. The photos in this album were captured on my mobile phone.
All images in this album were painted by Vincent Van Gogh and photographed with the permission of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

07/01/2017

In 2016 I set myself a goal of posting one photo a day every day for all of 2016 as part of the Melbourne Photography Excusions (MPE) and Victorian Photography Collective (VPC) Project 366. Wherever possible the photo was taken on the day of posting or as close as possible to the actual day if weather or time constraints got in the way.
Each week had a separate theme. There were times where it was not possible to take an image that matched the weekly theme during that week and I had to resort to using an image from my archives.
As the purpose of this project was as a learning experience, some photos were of an experimental nature whilst I attempted to stretch the boundaries of my photographic skills. Feel free to browse through the album and comment on individual photos, As you progress through you will witness the development and improvement of my skills and maybe be inspired to attempt to stretch your own photographic skills.
This album was initially shared in a private group and is being recreated on this public page. Some of the images appear slightly out of sequence in this recreated album but appear within the correct weeks. To date I have added the following weeks for the themes as below.
Each week ran for 7 days except weeks 1 and 52 which ran for 8 days.
Week 1 - Photographers Choice (8 days)
Week 2 - Colour Blue
Week 3 - Seasonal
Week 4 - Monochrome
Week 5 - My World
Week 6 - Intentional Blur
Week 7 - Love
Week 8 - Keys, Locks and Latches
Week 9 - Portraits
Week 10 - Colour Brown
Week 11 - Long Exposure
Week 12 - Abstract
Week 13 - Food or Pantry
Week 14 - Curves
Week 15 - Macro or Close Up
Week 16 - Colour Red
Week 17 - Still Life
Week 18 - Autumn
Week 19 - Portals, Windows, Gates, Slots etc.
Week 20 - Negative Space
Week 21 - Colour Yellow
Week 22 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Week 23 - Water
Week 24 - Freeze the Motion
Week 25 - Nature
Week 26 - Leading Lines or Rule of Thirds
Week 27 - Tables, Chairs and Other Furniture
Week 28 - Neon or Rainbow
Week 29 - My Favourite Things
Week 30 - Shadows and Silhouettes
Week 31 - Winter
Week 32 - Fill the Frame and Nifty Fifty
Week 33 - Trees and Bark
Week 34 - Colour Purple
Week 35 - Hands
Week 36 - Architecture, Buildings and Bridges
Week 37 - Starry, Starry Night
Week 38 - HDR or Panorama
Week 39 - Spring
Week 40 - Frame Within a Frame
Week 41 - Phone-ography
Week 42 - Colour Green
Week 43 - Candid Photography
Week 44 - Priority on Arpeture
Week 45 - All Creatures Great and Small
Week 46 - Movement
Week 47 - Metal
Week 48 - Black
Week 49 - X Marks the Spot
Week 50 - Symmetry or Textures
Week 51 - Christmas
Week 52 - Photographers Choice (8 days)