My 2024 calendar is now available!
This year’s calendar includes 12 landscape images taken around Newcastle and Lake Macquarie during the past year and is available in two sizes, A4 (medium) and A3 (large).
It’s a mix of drone and camera shots and I’m really pleased with how the calendar turned out.
If you would like to purchase one they’re available through my store or on Etsy. Australian postage is free or it’s $10AU to post overseas.
Pretty sunset around Newcastle last Friday.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
A sunset photowalk around the Obelisk in Newcastle with my photo group a few weeks ago.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
Beautiful sunset today. I’ve been recovering from my first bout of Covid so haven’t been out for the better part of two weeks. It was nice to go for a short walk and watch the sun go down.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
Beautiful sunset at Swansea jetty yesterday. I wasn’t expecting much colour so it was a nice surprise when the sky exploded!
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
Pretty sunset and dusk around Swansea Bridge a couple of days ago.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
Flying my drone at Valentine a couple of days ago. There wasn’t much of a sunset but there was still some nice colour around.
I’m having fun with the drone, it’s great for seeing locations in a new way. Valentine jetty is one of my favourite jetties around Lake Macquarie and photographing it from above really shows off how unique it is.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
Walking around Newcastle a couple of days ago. It was good to get out with the camera again after a bit of a break, Got a chance to fly the drone for a little while too.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2023
My 5 favourite photos from 2022 and a mix of my other favourites below.
Looking back on 2022, overall it was a good year for my photography. We had some absolutely stunning sunrises and sunsets throughout 2022 and they’re some of my very favourite landscape shots ever.
My food photography work continued to grow as well throughout 2022 and I branched out into a few new areas as well, including doing a wedding which was a good experience.
I found the year itself very challenging though, particularly around learning to live with Covid and the impact that would have on my photography. So far I’ve managed to avoid getting Covid, which I think is mostly a mix of luck, caution and having a fairly small social circle, but I have to be very careful and that’s led to me turning down opportunities I otherwise would have accepted. Luckily some of my other work has helped to offset that but it has been frustrating, particularly when a lot of people seem to be ”over” Covid and think everyone else should be too.
The abuse one gets for taking simple precautions like wearing a mask doesn’t help either.
The big event for me in 2022 was getting a cat! Tira was a cat I photographed for animal rescue and both I and my partner fell in love with her immediately. She’s a Siamese-mix and was badly treated before coming in to care so it took a long time for her to warm up to us. During the first couple of weeks she hid in our wardrobe and would barely eat and I was worried she might never settle. But now she’s turned in to a lap cat and loves playing and has helped to make our little flat feel more like a home. It’s amazing what a little patience and love can do.
I also got a few new photography toys in 2022, the big one being a new camera system. I got a Fujifilm X-T3 as I wanted a smaller, lighter camera system for travelling and for non-professional work. I’ve really enjoyed it so far; the film-style dials and buttons are a lot of fun.
I also bought a drone which I’m just starting to learn to fly and I’m looking forward to the different kind of photos it will allow me to capture.
Thank you to everyone for continuing to support my photography throughout the past year and Happy New Year. May 2023 be a happy and healthy one for us all.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2022
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