I'm a photographer, not a criminal!

I'm a photographer, not a criminal!!! more on that a little later.

It's been a long while since my last blog, overseas travels and life in general (laziness) have kept me away. Today is my less than grand return to the blogosphere...

My photobuddy, Kane, was back from Armidale for the weekend. It has almost become a ritual that whenever he is back in Newcastle we head out for a photography session. We had grand plans for a sunrise shoot at Dudley rocks, but with the terrible storm overnight and the rain/clouds this morning, that option was ruled out pretty quickly. Instead we headed in to town for breakfast at 3 bean cafe (eggs benedict...drool!) and then off for a photo session. 

We headed to Newcastle Train Station, a spot that i had been thinking of for a while now. I had the composition for the shot pretty much worked out in my head out before i even got to the platform. We set up and started to fire away a few shots when we were interrupted by a City Rail employee (in an angry tone), "what are you guys doing?" Me, "umm taking photos of trains...is that ok? The employee trudged off. A few minutes later another employee walks up to me "Do you have permission to take photos on the platform? You'll have to talk to the station master". I reply "sorry i didn't know it was illegal to take photos in a PUBLIC place". He walked away...Kane and I kept shoot. It's almost as if they assumed i was going to do something illegal...seriously, i'm just a photographer, not a criminal. <Rant Over>

Anyway, after taking a number of pictures i realised that my preconceived photo composition wasn't quite working. I changed tact a little and a new view caught my eye. Sometimes its just funny that the shot photo you weren't planning to take turns out to be much better than the planned shot. 



Anyway here it is, edited in Lightroom.

Newcastle Train Station

Cheers
Elroy