Port Willunga

A view of the coastal environment at Port Willunga, South Australia. It is a very popular place in the summer time.  

The photo  was made in the late afternoon near the Star of Greece  restaurant.  

Port Willunga cliffs

The sandstone cliffs at Port Willunga intrigued me because they were in a process of disintegration. Their base was being eaten away by the rising sea levels.

I had an idea of using the 8x10  Cambo and colour film to photography the erosion.  This was the first scoping exercise. That was before I knew that the Council kept clearing away the rubble on the foreshore and how difficult it would be to  carry the 8x10 over the rocks. 

rock study #3

Suddenly I was serious. I wanted to start doing  large format photography along the coastal zone. I had  restored the equipment and I wanted to use it. So  I carried an 8x10 monorail and associated equipment along the cliff top path  down  to the coastal rocks. 

It was a struggle to carry the gear in the early morning.  The poodles tracked me when they were walking with Suzanne. 




rock study #2

Made on the same early morning photoshoot as the previous image

I has scoped it on a poodle walk and so I knew what was there. It was just a question of getting the gear down the cliff face.