Bob Litchfield Photographer » Landscapes

Storm Chasing

boblitchfield — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:28:14 +0000

I normally only post my work related images on my front page, but I love a good thunder storm & I managed to capture some extraodinary images recently, so I thought I’d share.

After my complaining on my Facebook business page that I was feeling board & uninspired over the Christmas season, my Xmas wish for something to shoot came true & a few days ago we had an amazing thunder storm, which really rocked my world. I live for a good storm to shoot & summer storms are the best because often they are not accompanied by lengthy rain squals as well, usually we get a lot of lightening & not much rain. On the 3rd of January I was woken out of a sound sleep at 3 AM by a clap of thunder some way off, I was out the door & on location within 30 minutes. I worked until dawn, when I ran out of dark to shoot any more, I’d taken 90 shots & had gotten some amazing images.

The lightening was still going off, so I used the early morning quiet on the roads to head into the city & check out some spots for the next opportunity. It was an amazing sight to see lightening across the river so close that it dwarfed the buildings as I drove down William St at sunrise. I’m hoping for some more lightening opportunities as the cooler weather dissipates & it heats up during this next week or so.

The featured image is the 1st shot of the night, so I hope you can see why I was so excited….I’ve added some more of the best ones into my Landscape gallery….Hope you enjoy.

Latest Awards

boblitchfield — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:45:50 +0000

You may have noticed that there are a couple of new awards listed on the front page of my site. Well yes I’m happy to announce the I took off the AAPP (WA) Landscape photographer of the year As well as AAPP (WA) Open photographer of the year for 2011 at the recent awards held here in WA this year. The Landscape award is something I’ve coveted for a little while, since Landscape is my 1st love, but I was surprised to also take off the Open award as well.

I can hear you all wondering what the Open award is, well the Open category is for images that may not fit in any other area, they may be something innovative or just simply something that doesn’t have it’s own category, like nature photography for instance. So whilst the title open may not sound particularly creative, this is precicely where the creative images fit & I’m very happy to have won the award.

My awards for the past 3 years….as someone suggested, great doorstops…;)

Provence, Satterley Property group

boblitchfield — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:02:28 +0000

I had the pleasure of doing a shoot recently down at Provence in Busselton. The Client, Satterley Property Group, engaged me to capture the essence of the location. We spent a couple of fairly intense days down there covering all aspects of this lovely location from dawn until dusk. It’s a lovely place to build a home being only a few minutes from Busselton the jumping off point to the Margaret river region. It has some spectacular Peppermint trees which the client has respected in developing the location. We had spent over a year around the area when shooting for my book cape to cape & it was great to revisit & see some of our favourite haunts again.

Cape To Cape Book of Photography of Western Australia

boblitchfield — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:23:47 +0000

Cape to Cape is a beautifully presented collection of images and impressions of the Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin Region (Southwest of Western Australia). This 148 page book contains hundreds of images which are arguably some of Bob Litchfield’s finest work to-date.

Featured in this book:

Lighthouses
Landscapes & Seascapes
Caves
Wildflowers
Fauna
History of the Capes
Wineries
Culture & Crafts of the Capes
Attractions & Activities of the Capes

all beautifully displayed in the style we have come to expect from Bob Litchfield.

The book by Bob & Caroline Litchfield, Cape to Cape: Images and impressions of the Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin Region, takes an in depth look at life between the Capes. Working over a period spanning 14 months, this exciting and diverse region of Western Australia?s south west has been lovingly captured in a series of images by photographer Bob Litchfield. The complementary text written by his partner Caroline has been crafted to further enhance the reader?s knowledge of the region by giving a factual and yet almost poetic narrative.

The book comprises 148 pages, with over 325 full colour images. It has been beautifully produced and crafted entirely in Western Australia.

The contents include: The Lighthouses, Land & Seascapes, the Caves, the Wildflowers, Fauna, the History, Wineries, Culture, Attractions and Activities of the Capes Region.

Unfortunately this book is now sold out and no longer available…..