I now have a selection of free desktop wallpapers available for download. If you would like one please click the image below. I’ve tried to accomodate for the majority of screen resolutions so I hope you find something suitable. Enjoy!

Well it looks like I placed in the top 50 of the 2009 Better Photography Photographer of the Year Competition with my Great Ocean Road image. The funny thing is first place along with every other entry in the top 50 also got Silver Awards!!! I’m not that bad after all

To see the top 50 please follow the link.

The results are in for Better Photography Magazine’s Photographer of the Year 2009. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like I’ve won it this time but it’s not all bad news. The photos I did enter have all been given either silver or bronze awards (see definitions below). The entries are judged by Peter Eastway, Philip Andrews, Nick Rains, Tony Hewitt and Christian Fletcher. These guys are at the top of their game so to be recognised in this manner is a great achievement.

Gold Award – Exhibiting excellence in all areas, with exceptional vision, creativity and innovation
Silver Award – High standard of photographic practice, craft or skill, superior in imagination.
Bronze Award – Very good photographic practice, on the road to achieving a high standard or excellence

Twelve Apostles, Australia

Welcome to LeeDuguid.com.au the newsletter!

It’s been a busy few months since my last newsletter with a couple of photo trips and my first solo exhibition.

Solo Exhibition update
Thanks to everyone who visited my first solo exhibition at RAW studios in Manly. It was a great success with hundreds of visitors over the 10 days and even a write up in the local newspaper, the Manly Daily. I’ve posted some images from the opening night here for those interested.

Exhibition GIG Gallery
As part of ‘Northern Expressions’ a Northern Beaches groups of artists I will be exhibiting two images at the Gig Gallery in Glebe. For more information please visit the Gig Gallery’s website. The opening night is on Tuesday 27th October (sorry about the late notice), please come and join me for a drink.

Canvas prints – new pricing
After printing the impressive 39 X 59 North Curl Curl canvas (1m x 1.5m) for my exhibition I’ve decided to offer this size for all my high resolution images. It really does have a massive visual impact and looks great on a feature wall. With the introduction of this product and in the lead up to Christmas I have decided to lower my canvas prices on the larger sizes. These great new prices are available immediately so purchase soon for Christmas to avoid disappointment.

Framing & Canvas Stretching
As a free service to my customers I am happy provide print framing and canvas stretching at cost. As I have close ties with local framers in the Northern Beaches this can often be at a reduced price otherwise offered. Please email or call for further information.

New Images
To keep up to date with all my new images subscribe to the RSS feed of the latest images section. Please browse to the following posts to see new images from each area.

Victoria including Great Ocean Road, Twelve Apostles, Great Otway National Park, Point Lonsdale and Melbourne city.

Sydney & Northern Beaches including Manly, Freshwater, Turimetta, and Sydney City.

Here are some of my latest images the result of a short trip to Victoria. There are more to come so please subscribe to this post if interested.

Great Ocean Road and Great Otway National Park

No trip to Victoria is complete without a visit to the Great Ocean Road, especially as a photographer. The weather was very temperamental on this trip which is not unusual for this region. The first shot is the result of quite a long exposure (over a minute) photographed pointing into a head on wind between rain showers at ‘sunrise’.

Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Victoria

Great Ocean Road, Victoria

Great Ocean Road, Lorne, Victoria

Beauchamp Falls, Great Otway National Park, Victoria

Hopetoun Falls, Great Otway National Park, Victoria

Hopetoun Falls, Great Otway National Park, Victoria

Point Lonsdale

Melbourne city and surrounding suburbs…

Flinders Street Station, Central Melbourne

Luna Park, St Kilda, Melbourne

Hosier Lane, Central Melbourne

Jetty, St Kilda, Melbourne

Brighton Beach, Melbourne