On this day, wild thunderstorms very quickly passed right throughout the south east of Australia, bringing unusual tropical weather for this region. It began in the mountains and I stopped beside open farmland in the countryside to catch it as it passed over me, striking a rural shed and power lines as it went. Immediately after the strike, the thunder was deafening and the heavens opened to send rain pelting down as we ran for cover. It continued to the city of Melbourne and across the ocean. I love to watch a thunderstorm. I sometimes feel nature likes to remind us just how powerful it is.
I grew up on a farm in Australia, where I often witnessed the power of nature, both the good and the bad. I sometimes had mixed feelings that nature could be both beautiful and brutal at the same time, but it always left me in awe. I then came to Melbourne where I worked as a designer but was interested in photography from early on, sometimes using it in my work. When high end digital photography became accessible, my thirst for knowledge and passion grew exponentially and I began to win international awards, becoming obsessed with catching a special moment and bringing it to the world.