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Taranaki, New Zealand. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Perfection always appears at your doorstep, if you’re prepared to wait. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Wollongong is synonymous with ships on the horizon. Photo: Steen Barnes
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New Zealand can be like a cold Indo if you know where to go. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Wollongong local surfer Glen Morgan changes equipment on the wrong day. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Recent Fires clouded over Wollongong’s Historical lighthouse. Photo: Steen Barnes
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South Coast perfection. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Surfing and suburbia… nice. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Wollongong, Port Kembla, Shellharbour, Kiama and a wave. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Local Surfer/Skater Adam Lingard pulled his skatey quiver out for a shot. Photo: Steen Barnes
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National parks bordering Australia’s largest city, and a nice NE swell. Photo: Steen Barnes
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A very famous wave. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Again, suburbia surfing can often be the best. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Kneerider Chayne Simpson blurs through a local creek mouth. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Look Look – what are you looking at? South Coast Magic. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Mesmerizing – people not quite sure what to do. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Cool parts of a wave that you don’t usually see. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Simon Farrer showing what kneeboards are about. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Photo: Steen Barnes
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Simon Farrer riding in symmetry. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Two guys making their way with excitement in their toes. Photo: Steen Barnes
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This makes me dream. Photo: Steen Barnes
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A moment in Sydney. Photo: Steen Barnes
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It’s early, it’s loose, it’s on. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Wollongong’s Historical Lighthouse and a summer storm approaching. Photo: Steen Barnes
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A slab that’s fickle, but worthy. Photo: Steen Barnes
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10cm of mini wave perfection. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Another mini ocean wave, this one of the Fijian kind. Photo: Steen Barnes
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110km winds, the sea and a battling bird. Photo: Steen Barnes
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City Surfing, people jogging, North Wollongong Beach. It never stops. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Midnight Oil’s album cover “Beds are Burning” Burra South Oz. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Steel Surfing, empty waves and a couple of mates. Photo: Steen Barnes
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Chayne Simpson speed blurring a lip section, in the early hours.. Photo: Steen Barnes
Born in ‘67, I am a local at Wollongong Harbour. I’m a dad, a husband, godfather, ocean lover, kneerider, and I run a third generation self-employed family business in interior design and professional window furnishings. I have a mortgage (faarrrk), and I have taken photos for most of my life, though mostly for personal satisfaction. I have used all types of mediums and today I am the director of the photography business www.16images.com.au, and I am also the co-founder and art director for the kneeriding page www.legless.tv
I love to show real life scenes unfolding in my images – I like balance and symmetry. I like people to look at my images and imagine what they would be doing if they were in the photo, I like it to spark some kind of emotion/question from the viewer. Ultimately, I try to have as much fun as I can when taking pics. And if you don’t like them, I don’t care, because that’s a response as well.
