This year while spending time on land, I want to find a unique way of capturing what is around me. My New Year resolution for my photography practice is to learn to see differently and cultivate personal expression.
The beginning of 2026 doesn’t lend itself to rushing forward or being precise as I have always been. There is lots to think about, and the focus is on feeling rather than doing… although one could argue we are doing a lot to our Jan Juc place to enable us to feel comfortable, at peace and enjoy being here!
I want to create images that go beyond documenting what I see. Instead of capturing sharp details or literal representations of what is in front of me, I am working on images that are simple, stripped down and that convey emotions through a soft colour palette. It’s the slow shutter speed, the camera moving gently during exposure, the blurring of waves rolling over the shore, the hinting at people playing on the beach.
There are my personal responses to the scenery, and an insight into how I feel: I want to slow down, be creative, capture the dreamy, atmospheric qualities of these seascapes. I don’t want to be precise and exact, because nothing in our life is at the moment. We have to feel our way through this next phase, and I choose to reflect this in my photos.
Through blur, softness, abstraction, this impressionist process of photographing brings a different story, a different energy, a different view, as I discover a new way of connecting to the ocean and to nature.
So here are my offerings for this week, the first one taken at dawn on our way south, the next two taken at the Jan Juc beach, a 5 minutes walk from where we live, when the body was screaming for a break from unpacking and cleaning.
I hope you will join me in these experiments and share your reactions as I try new perspectives. This is an invitation to let ourselves drift a little and see where it takes us.
Sv-Anui 
Very calming pictures. Hopefully there will be lots of fun playing with gear and fiddling with editing.
Thanks Ann… yes, it’s a nice diversion from the huge amount of work on the house. It’s good to look at familiar places with different eyes.
I love the beautiful colours, well done! ❤️
Good morning . . . into a world I have to look at, read, try to understand and then see how I relate . . . rather new-to-me, welcome and fascinating. Since I am more used to taking ordinary colour photos of growing children in front of the Harbour Bridge or Eiffel Tower, click-click . . .have to learn, but am interested in the results brought forth . . . here the low tide one brings forth a certain mood . . . the bird rock summer a wish to be there walking . . . be well . . .
Lovely to get your reactions, Eha. This impressionist way of looking at the seascapes is not for everybody, I realise, but just right for me at this stage. I hope as I learn, the results will evolve.
Am not saying for one moment it is ‘not for me’ but am stating ‘ignorant me – much to learn – please teach’ if I am making early morning sense 🙂 !
Yes you are Eha, and I know you will hang in there, but I also know some won’t… that’s just the way it goes with change. I love getting your comments.
. . . some go, others come . . . that is life anyways and if one cannot ride with the changes one is not aware what there is to be lost . . . off to work, hugs – be well all three of you . . . 🙂 !
Hugs 🥰
Enjoying the results of your creative explorations. The colours in our environments are amazing and having the ability to capture them in different ways is fascinating. Enjoy the process !
Hello Jan, thank you for the words of encouragement. Exploring is in our DNA as you know, so why not in photography!
Watching with interest to see your interpretations of nature’s palette.
Thanks Chris, Endless possibilities… We see you are doing the same during your current trip south!
I especially like the sand and dreamy waves photo. Have fun with your new process in between the drudgery of unpacking! I’m getting close to finishing my slowest ever bathroom reno ….
Hi Elgar, drudgery is a good word. We are getting through it but it has been slow going and physically demanding. So much to do with not only unpacking but also cleaning after nearly ten years of not being looked after. I like those milky waves too… so freeing not working with a tripod!
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Not sure what this is about… maybe try again?
It looks like here.
We like these rather abstract pictures.
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you. Where is ‘here’?
Big changes for you guys – glad to hear you’re settling in to the new lifestyle. We’re back in the Furneaux Group to get away from the summer madness at home and are currently parked behind Roydon Island – one of your Flinders Island favourites.
Great to hear from you two! Totally get the madness and need to escape to the Bass Strait islands. That’s what we used to do too! Might get there in March while we get the house repainted! Hope to catch up in person with you when the big wave of work subsides. Enjoy Roydon. 😊
Looks like a nice area for your photography which I am sure you will keep us intrigued with your images. Last time I was down that way was about 40 years ago.
Cheers
Mick & Lyn.
Looking forward to having more time to take shots… lots of work still, before we can really relax and enjoy our surroundings. You two will have to come south and visit!