Member Portfolios

Benjamin Heally ··· Danielle Edwards ··· David Malin ··· Ellie Young ··· Gale Spring ··· James Cowie ··· Julie Murray ··· Kathy Hanton ··· Peter Kinchington ··· Steve Morton ··· Wendy Currie

Benjamin Heally

Danielle Edwards

The Giant – Sequoia sempervirens This coastal redwood, named The Giant, lives in the Henry Cowell State Park in California, USA. It is approximately 270 feet tall (82 metres), over 17 feet wide (5 metres), with an age estimated at around 1,500 years old. The coastal redwoods surrounding The Giant are part of a community. They entwine their roots around each other giving them strength and enabling them stability from strong coastal winds. These forest giants are truly connected.

Klebsiella Pneumoniae Technique/Process: Photomacrograph, approximately 4x.

Anti-nuclear antibodies Technique/Process: Fluorescent photomicrograph (FITC stain) Epi illumination, blue Excitation filter 450-490 nm.

Spotted Jellyfish – Mastigias papua Found throughout the world, the white spotted jellyfish is endemic to the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Japan. The main structure is a gelatinous bell shape with trailing tentacles designed to capture food. Jellyfish are graceful and quite beautiful to observe moving in the water. Watching them is like an underwater ballet performance. Technique/Process: Platinum Palladium printing out process on hand coated cotton paper

The Sentinel – Eucalyptus camaldulensis This venerable giant of a tree, iconic of the Australian landscape, was photographed in infrared. It is located in Pomonal, Victoria, Australia near the Grampians National Park. My intent was to capture the tree’s essence and majestic quality of light streaming through the canopy. In photographing this sentinel redgum. I hope to impart some of the wonderment associated with trees of remarkable age. Technique/Process: Infrared- Platinum Palladium printing out process on hand coated cotton paper

David Malin

Ellie Young

Gale Spring

James Cowie

Julie Murray

Kathy Hanton

Peter Kinchington

Steve Morton

Wendy Currie

Heatherlie Quarry boiler Technique/Process: This B&W image was taken on Zero Image 5” x 4” camera at Heatherlie Quarry, Grampians. Shows antique machinery used to mine stone for Victoria’s Parliamentary buildings. I was pleased to capture not just the whole machine, but also the surrounding regrowth & the mountain behind. I love the way nature is reclaiming the area.

Resident peacock Technique/Process: The infrared capture combining with the Chrysotype printing seems to give the image an air of mystery. The peacock’s pride is almost tangible.

Perfume bottle This image was part of Femininity & Memory exhibition, a collection of my late Mother’s belongings. Technique/Process: Printed using the Chrysotype process. After exposing the print, I “steamed” the image, to get split tones in the shadow areas, then developed it.

Sunflowers Technique/Process: B&W, Taken on my 10” x 8” Intrepid camera

Reeds and lily pads I was drawn to take this image in infrared to contrast the upright reeds against the flat surface of the lily pads on the water. I felt that with the whiteness of the foliage against the blackness of the water, the patterning of the shapes became more striking.