Julie Fletcher Photography Australia

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Julie Fletcher - An amazing photographer     Inspiring story of woman who quit her toxic relationship and city life to move to a remote town with just one pub.... and she now takes some of the most magical photographs of Australia you'll ever see.                                                                                                 **** She’s done what many people can only dream of, ditching her mundane office job to travel long-term around Australia with just a camera for company. And now the photographer has thousands of stunning and unique photos of the country’s most remote and unfrequented landscapes to show for it.                                                                                                   ****   1. First Light: - Julie Fletcher captured this photograph of Uluru, which is a bright red colour, showing off blue hues. She insists this is the exact colour the rock was when she snapped the shot.     2. Graveyard: -  This eerie scene was shot at Menindee Lake in far west New South Wales, and was published in the French National Geographic in May.Fletcher says the 'surreal milky green water is a natural phenomenon caused by electromagnetic activity from the lightning hitting the waters surface'     3.   Pathway of Light: - Taken in Lake Eyre in remote South Australia, this incredible photograph shows the planet Venus and a sky full of stunning stars.The image has made her a finalist in this year’s David Malin Awards for astrophotography.                                                                                                                    ****   A failed relationship was the catalyst for change but Fletcher had always hoped for an adventure. 'I was in a destructive relationship at the time.   The plan was to travel after I'd finished studying my diploma of commercial photography,’ Fletcher told Daily Mail Australia. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Fletcher moved to Sydney in her early twenties and worked in an office handling superannuation in what she described as ‘just a mundane office job that paid the bills’.                                                         **** 4   Local Talent: -  Fletcher snapped this horse in Silverton, a tiny outback town in far-west New South Wales, which has a population of less than 100 people.   5    - Fletcher has an incredible signature style, as seen in River Gum  snapped in Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia,   6  Delicious Light- Taken in a remote location in mid-north South Australia.   7   The Pound:  - This photograph showcasing Mt Ohlssen in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia is one of Fletcher's best-selling and favourite images. 8  Red Centre: - When she first left the city life Fletcher spent three months in the centre of Australia capturing sensational images of Ayers rock in the Northern Territory such as Nightscape.     9   - Blue Tears and Bloodwoods.     10  Passion: - The 42-year-old said photography helped transform her after a difficult relationship. Pictured here is the Glen Helen Gorge in the Northern Territory.     11  New lifestyle: - Fletcher ditched her high heels and glamorous dresses to trek through the outback and pursue her dream of landscape photography                                                                                                                                                    **** Her 12 years of travel began in the heart of Australia, at the sacred Aboriginal site of Uluru, where Fletcher explained she found herself again after her difficult breakup. The great red rock gave her a taste for the remote. ‘I guess I loved the space, it was easy to get away from everything and everyone,’ she said. Fletcher doesn’t know of any other female landscape photographers in Australia and described it as a man’s world. ‘I thought why can’t I do it? All these blokes do it. And that's what I’ve done over the years - been one of the boys.’ It hasn’t been a smooth journey though and Fletcher is only too aware of the dangers that Australia’s vast landscapes hold.                                                                                                                       ****     12. Watching: - The photographers portfolio contains hundreds of species of Australian wildlife, like this pelican in Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.     13.  In Flight:  - A flock of Corellas taking off from a dead tree in an unidentified location.     14   Egrets:  - In this shot two herons sit perched on the end of a tree branch in Menindee Lakes in far-west New South Wales.                                                                                                                         **** 15  In The Fog: - Taken in the Great Otway National Park, also known as the Otways or the Otway Ranges, this shot shows off the huge forest located in Victoria.     16   Cascades: - Uluru in the Northern Territory gets a makeover when there's heavy rain in the area, and rivers can be seen gushing down the crevices of the red rock.     17   Loner: - A flock of black swans were captured flying over the Flinders Ranges, the largest mountain range in South Australia.                                                                                                               **** ‘ 18  Cutie:  - Fletcher often manages to snap photos of wildlife up close, like this adorable marsupial at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park in South.    Australia. 19  Excuse Me: - This little kangaroo looked a little lost, or perhaps just curious as he poked his head up out of the long grass somewhere in the Australian outback.     20   Bright Eyes:  - A Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby was posed for Fletcher in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, where she has spent much of her time snapping the scenery.                                                                                      ****   21   Fog:  - Taken in late June of this year, what looks like dust is actually fog rolling across the Oodnadatta Track in outback South Australia.     22  Patterns:  - Fletcher often uses reflections and the different coloured light on|show at different times during the day as seen in the sunrise in Morning Glory.     23   - The sunset in Dancing Boabs.     24   Bedtime:  - This spectacular sunset was captured over Lake Hope, in remote South Australia.                                                                                                                  **** ‘This region in general is hard core. I love Lake Eyre, or my little spot as I call it, because I have gotten to know it so well and can almost predict what’s going to happen next out there now,’ she said. ‘There is nothing out there but at the same time there is so much if you just see and not just look. In the right conditions it is just incredible but go on a bad day and it's awful. ‘This area has made me a better photographer by challenging me all the time. I am constantly looking for a different approach on the same subject. It’s taught me to keep things simple and don’t overthink things,’ she added.                                                                                                                   ****   25   Remote:  - The photographer says there is so much to see if you just look properly and her trade has taught her to see things she previously would have missed.     26  Isolation:  - Lake Eyre located in remote South Australia takes on a new life with this phenomenal shot showing a sky full of stars and a sea of colour.         27  Aerial:  - Fletcher says the outback has made her tougher but the dangers of working in such remote areas are not lost on her.                                                                                              **** Despite still being regularly on the road on her own after 12 years since leaving Sydney, the tiny town of Marree has become Fletcher’s base. There is nothing there but one pub, one caravan park and one roadhouse. But the single roadhouse happens to be the home of Fletcher’s current boyfriend, Lyall Oldfield. ‘There's not much out here, it's pretty isolated… but I am lucky and get to travel a fair bit which breaks the monotony of being here the whole time. I need my space and travel time and my partner is fully aware of that and he fully supports me… he's a good man,’ she said. You can visit Julie Fletcher's Facebook page  to view the full collection of photographs, purchase one of her stunning images, and find out more about the Photography Classes  she offers in South Australia.                                                                                            ****   28  Lost Souls  -  Three figures gaze up at the Milky Way and Venus with Jupiter over Lake Eyre, in Remote South Australia.     29  The Bluff -  Fletcher took this stunning shot of a lone tree and its pixelated reflection in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.     30  Taking Flight:  - A Wedge Tail Eagle soars over the South Australian outback in this image.     31  Successful: - Fletcher has had much of her work showcased internationally with publications such as National Geographic

 

 

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