Getting into the groove

Basketball season has officially started and it is a lot more intense than Volleyball was. We have a new coach and it's during our mocks so I may not post for a month or two but I will return with more photos as I am going on holiday soon. But I have been able to record our basketball games and trainings and I'll try and share as much of the highlights as I can. Here is a cheeky move from me during one of our trainings.

TB Acamis

With Basketball season officially started today, I wanted to look back on the some of the highlights from our Volleyball Acamis. It was a very successful year for our school with the boys winning for the 7th year in a row and the girls ending in a hard worked 2nd place. I just wanted to thank everyone who supported us through out the season. And to next year's team, continue the streak... make it 8 guys. 

A huge thank you to my moo moo for taking the awesome guys photos :D

O by the way I'm number 11 :P

hope you guys enojoy

Go ISU

Living in a ger

Just some of the better photos that I took while I was at righteous living this week. It really is amazing to see all of these face, and the stories they have behind it. As well as the fact that some of these people have come from a normal life and now have next to nothing. It really is amazing to see just how happy they are.

A Fall From Grace

Living in Mongolia gives me plenty of opportunities to take some amazing photos of some amazing people. This is a photo of one of the new families at righteous living, they use to be a normal family living and working the the city. The mother was an accountant and the father was and is an extremely gifted musician. Then all of that vanished from their lives because of alcohol. It just goes to show how important an organisation like this can be that they are going to be able to help this family get back on their feet, and move back into the normal life that once had.

Chinese tourists in China

Something that I noticed when I was in China is that the majority of the tourists are actually Chinese. And it made me realise just how lucky I really am. I'm 17 and been to 32 countries, while this older Chinese generation may have never left their hometown. Their idea of a holiday is going to see the rest of China. Just something I thought was interesting in my recent travels. Hope you guys agree

Family Day Out

Just a cute moment I saw while I was in China. In a very low light tunnel so definitely nothing amazing. But just something I thought was cute

One of the Most Magnificent Animals

As a kid growing up in Queensland, I was taught that the Black swan is only found in Australia, but over this Autumn break which was a little while ago now. I discovered these beautiful animals in China in the Panda reserve, when I asked the lady who was guiding us whether they were native or from Australia, she seemed convinced they were native to China. And if they are that's definitely amazing. 

I hope you guys like these photos.  

Capturing the Moment

After a very successful volleyball tournament for both the boys and girls, the guys getting gold for the seventh year and the row and the girls just missing out after an extremely intense and hard fought finals. This was one of the images that I got that captured the intensity of the girls finals pretty well.
Hope you guys like

Taking a break

 From one of the restaurants I ate at during my Autumn break chinese I walked past the kitchen to this scene. Definitely glad that I saw this scene after I finished eating. But still I just thought it was an interesting scene.

Hope you guys enjoy

Temple buildings

Traditional shopping street

On one of the last days of my China trip over Autumn break I went to the oldest shopping street in Chengdu. This place is just outside of one of the oldest temples and once was a very traditional shopping centre. But in recent years it has become very modernised with very modern shops and coffee houses like starbucks and places like that. But there are still a lot of little stands showing some of the more traditional goods that you can buy. 

I hope you guys like. I just came back from my 2nd China trip in 2 weeks. And we won our Volleyball tournament 7th year in a row. I'm extremely proud of my team and will show some of the highlights once I get a chance. Hope you guys enjoy.

Faces in a crowd

Late Night Street Photography

Earlier this week I was able to very briefly go see some of the Xian nightlife, sadly it wasn't a very busy night. But still these were the 2 best images that I got from that night. Hope you guys enojy.

Panda Reserve

Definitely not my best photos, but today I went to the only place where you can see these amazing giants and their babies. This definitely one of my most amazing memories ever and I would recommend going to the Chengdu Panda breeding research base if you want to see these amazing giants and their tiny siblings. Hope you guys like

Old faces

Something amazing about China is the older generation, they have the most interesting faces and are the most interesting to photograph

Autumn Break Street Photography

So it's finally autumn break for my school which means we get a little break from school work before it becomes hectic again. So for this week my family and I decided to go to China for it. Me and my father are the only ones who had really gone to China before but mine was mainly for sports so I have never really had a chance to do some photography while in this amazing country. So the other day when we went to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City these were the best two images I got from that day.

I hope you guys enjoy them I have gotten a few good shots and will try to space them out so I have something to upload over the next week or 2. Hope you guys enjoy

Abstract day

Just some abstract fun that I have had over the past year with lights.