Autumn mist shrouds Canterbury Cathedral in the morning:

The last sunrise I photographed in Bermuda was at Horseshoe Bay, on the morning that Hurricane Irene made its closest approach to the island. Luckily, the storm was quite far away and only resulted in increased winds and slightly larger-than-normal waves. The sunrise also appeared to be more colourful than usual, and the waves were reflecting the colours quite well. I decided to take advantage of the bigger surf and reflective colours and focused mainly on the waves that morning. Here are the results:

In June, I photographed the Kent Union SummerBall for the second consecutive year (to see the 2010 photos, click here). Similar to last year’s event, it was a fun-filled night with live music from Clacket Lane, Everything Everything, McFly, and Tinchy Stryder, as well as fairground rides, food stalls, and multiple bars. Here are a few atmosphere shots, followed by photos of the live acts. Feel free to click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger picture.

Clacket Lane:

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Everything Everything:

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McFly:

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Tinchy Stryder:

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Yesterday, a new section of Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve was opened. Since most of the new section is coastal, I decided to shoot it this morning at sunrise. I could have picked better timing though – today has the longest daylight hours of this year, so a 4.30am wake-up call was in order!

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A few days after arriving back in Bermuda, I took a few quick shots of the sunrise at Devonshire Bay. Unfortunately, that day I was a bit limited on space, having shot 36GB of photos at this year’s Kent Union SummerBall (pics coming soon!) so only have one to post:

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Spring has to be one of my favourite seasons Unfortunately, it’s essay time and I haven’t had much time to take many photos lately, so I took a few quick snaps of these pretty spring flowers with my iPhone. Hey, the best camera is the one that’s with you, right?

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On June 5, Kent Union held the annual SummerBall on the University of Kent campus. This year’s attractions included fairground stalls, bumper cars, food stalls, studio photographers, several bars, and various musical artists. The main acts were Keynestock winners History of the Trade (unfortunately I wasn’t able to shoot Keynestock this year, so check out Gloda’s photos), followed by Clacket Lane, Tinie Tempah, Feeder, Florence and the Machine, and finally Maybe Gaga. The second stage featured several popular DJs such as DJ Lefty, Jo Whiley, Wideboys, and Pendulum. Here’s a selection of photos from the evening:

A few more photos from recent trips to Bermuda:

Gloda brought me some tulips I took a few quick shots, then played around with the editing of them. Here are the results:

Over spring break, Gloda came to visit me in Bermuda. We spent most of the time playing tourist, going to the beach, and getting drunk off rum swizzle One morning, we decided to get up at 5am to shoot the sunrise on Southlands Beach. Ironically enough, it was the morning after we were supposed to leave – having been delayed by a week by the volcano eruption in Iceland. It turned out not to be a bad thing – the sunrise was quite pretty that morning.

A couple weeks ago, Dan Neighbour (Modelling President of the Photography and Modelling Society) and I came up with the idea to do a photoshoot with models dressed up as various types of dolls and puppets. The shoot was a lot of fun; there was a great bunch of people, and though it was a long day, we all had a good time.