A few years ago, at the end of 2002, I decided to take a break from the cut and thrust of London and take a year out travelling, mainly in Australia. It was quite simply one of the best periods of my life. I brought with me in my already heavy backpack a Mamiya 7 medium format film camera with 4 lenses and a stack of film. A joy to travel through and photograph, my guide whilst there (and pretty much everybody else's) was the Lonely Planet. One day in Sydney I decided to climb up the viewing tower on the bridge and shoot the harbour and views. I took a shot of the shadow of the mighty bridge with a single yacht approaching.
I guess it was with some serendipity that a few years later I sold this image to Lonely Planet to be used on the front cover of their Sydney City guide. Little did I know at the time! Although heavily cropped and sharing the cover with another photographers picture it was still a great feeling, not to mention that it paid for some of my airfare over there! Just goes to show you never know where your photos will appear...
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