JJ ShootsBloghttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2011-08-17T00:57:22ZSquarespace2011 - Tour de Trihttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2011/8/14/2011-tour-de-tri.htmlJames Johnson2011-08-14T10:19:11Z2011-08-14T10:19:11ZThe Tour de Tri was first held in 2008 when Mark Turner completed 3 Ironman triathlons in 3 consecutive days, raising funds for Epilepsy Queensland and the Law Enforcement Torch Run in the process.

Fast forward three years and the initial success of the 2008 Tour De Tri has been reinvigorated as a successful 24 hour endurance triathlon open to teams and individuals.

The 2011 Tour de Tri took place over 13 and 14 August and had a great laid back, festival atmosphere with camping, evening movies for the kids, wood fired pizza and plenty of characters.

Video highlights from the weekend are captured below.

Full photo highlights from the event are available here.

]]>Springtime Romehttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2011/3/23/springtime-rome.htmlJames Johnson2011-03-23T06:47:24Z2011-03-23T06:47:24ZRome in springtime - captivating, drenched in history and romantic. Here are some of the visual highlights from my recent soujoun...

Highlight -  the scenery, the history, the light, the food and gelato!

Lowlight - the crowds...

Traffic at the colosseum on Via de San Gregorio

]]>Amalfi Coast Wanderhttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2011/3/6/amalfi-coast-wander.htmlJames Johnson2011-03-06T05:15:15Z2011-03-06T05:15:15ZA recent hiking trip took us from Ravello, through Amalfi, Conca dei Marini and Praiano to Positano over an 8 day period.

The trip was a great mix of rugged coastline and peaceful forests with many small family farms dotted amongst the terraces. Travelling in May provided some amazing colours and glorious light throughout our journey and allowed us to meet the genuine locals along the way.

]]>Sunrise at Little Covehttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2011/1/26/sunrise-at-little-cove.htmlJames Johnson2011-01-26T10:09:43Z2011-01-26T10:09:43ZOne of the great things about living in Brisbane is having the Sunshine and Gold Coasts on our doorstep.

We've had crazy weather conditions in South East Queensland recently, from floods to cyclones and everything in between... Thankfully, Noosa was reasonably unaffected by the recent events and provided a great opportunity to get away for a short trip. Of course that meant getting out with my camera and capturing some of the morning glow at Little Cove.  

 

]]>Kotor & Ostrog - Montenegrohttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/10/17/kotor-ostrog-montenegro.htmlJames Johnson2010-10-17T01:27:38Z2010-10-17T01:27:38ZMontenegro was the unexpected highlight of our trip. We travelled from Sarajevo, stopping at the Ostrog Monastery and continuing to the coastal cities of Budva and Kotor.

The Monastery of Ostrog (Манастир Острог) is a Serb Orthodox Church monastery built into an almost vertical cliff around 900 metres above sea level. The Monastery was founded by Vasilije, the Metropolitan Bishop of Herzegovina in the 17th century and is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro.

After visiting the Monastery, we travelled to Budva and Kotor on the Montenegrin coastline of the Adriatic Sea. The Bay of Kotor was stunning and is a submerged river canyon, but resembles a fjord. A little piece of Scandinavia in the Balkans!

]]>Dubrovnik - Croatiahttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/9/26/dubrovnik-croatia.htmlJames Johnson2010-09-26T01:20:49Z2010-09-26T01:20:49ZDubrovnik was the final leg of our recent Balkan adventure through Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro.

Dubrovnik has always been an important maritime city, and a strategic seaport for those that have inhabited it. The Old Town shows its Venetian heritage with encircling defensive walls and streets of limestone that have been polished smooth by centuries of foot traffic. The walls that surround the city are around 6 metres thick on the landward side and up to 14 metres high on the seaward side.

]]>JJShoots gets commended!http://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/8/7/jjshoots-gets-commended.htmlJames Johnson2010-08-06T23:40:55Z2010-08-06T23:40:55ZI recently won a commendation in the Intrepid Travel photo competition for my image of Vatican City guards captured during my recent Italian trip.

Vatican guards on duty at St Peter's Basilica

]]>Sydney Harbour Touristhttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/8/3/sydney-harbour-tourist.htmlJames Johnson2010-08-03T10:16:13Z2010-08-03T10:16:13ZLast week I was lucky enough to present at the Australia Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit. The summit allowed me to present on the topic of optimising ancillary revenue for airlines and catch-up with a range of past colleagues and industry contacts.

It also provided the perfect opportunity for me to be an unashamed tourist and stroll through the main sights of Sydney’s CBD at night. Highlights were definitely capturing the ferries buzz past the Opera house and the reflections of light on the harbour. Lowlight was the very close scrutiny of security guards for taking too many close-up photos of the Harbour Bridge! (What can I say, I love texture and detail!)

 

]]>Euro Adventurehttp://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/6/9/euro-adventure.htmlJames Johnson2010-06-09T08:45:42Z2010-06-09T08:45:42ZI thought that I'd share some of the photographic highlights from my recent travels through Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Italy...

Enjoy! 

]]>Texture & detail...http://www.jjshoots.com/blog/2010/5/30/texture-detail.htmlJames Johnson2010-05-30T00:49:36Z2010-05-30T00:49:36ZI love capturing texture, detail, patterns, highlights and movement in my images.

During my recent travels, buildings, monuments, water and people all provided unique opportunities to view the world from a different perspective through their texture and detail. I've provided a few examples below, more to come...

 

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