Tag: Australia

Chromefest — a celebration of American hot rods

The oddly named “The Entrance” is a picturesque small coastal town on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the ideal location for a festival. It hosts the annual Chromefest — “a celebration of American Hot Rods” …

Brooklands: The historic venue hosts a meeting of Macfilos authors

The backstory to Brooklands is fascinating. At the turn of the 20th century, motor racing was banned on public roads in mainland Britain….

Tasmania: The devil is in the rainfall

Inspired by Australian photographer Peter Dombrovskis, John travels to Tasmania and renews his acquaintance with landscape photography

Street Photography: Diving deep into shadows Down Under

In the first of several forthcoming articles about his newfound interest in street photography, Keith makes the most of some antipodean summer sunshine. It's all about the shadows in Sydney and Auckland.

Kimberley: The Land of the White Toyota and the Leica Q2

The Kimberley is an extraordinary place. First, it is vast, at 432,517 km2. Second, it is a true wilderness and very little of it is habitable. There are only three towns of any size and the population of the whole region is no more than 55,000, of which 40% are First Nation people who live predominantly in remote settlements…

Leica X1 bites the dust after 13 glorious years

One of the world's most enthusiastic fans of the 2009 Leica X1 has finally admitted defeat. A long-running and very annoying defect has rendered his trusty old X1 useless. RIP Leica X1...

Freycinet: Where in the world is this wonderful natural resource?

An island the size of Sri Lanka, a host of natural wonders, including a magnificent place by the name of Freycinet, half a million souls and dangling 250 km south of the world’s sixth largest country. Where in the world is Faycinet?

John Shingleton gets accolade in Australian/NZ Monochrome Awards competition

Congratulations to Macfilos's Australian contributor, John Shingleton for his success in the Australian/NZ Monochrome Awards Competition

Time to say goodbye to the faithful old Porsche

Sadly, John has to say goodbye to his last classic Porsche 911...

Cooling off: The story behind a photo

A drive south on a hot, humid day. And one remarkable photograph taken on an Australian beach

Twelve pictures chronicle a year of misery and recovery

It was probably the worst year of John's life. But twelve photographs chronicle his progression through despair to renewed optimism and a zest for life...

Leica C Lux: A compact travel camera for our time

Leica's C Lux could well be the ideal travel companion. It's light, chunkily handleable and possessed of the longest snout since Pinochio exercised his curiosity...