Decode Photography by Paul Welding

01/11/2026

My 2027 Landscape Photography calendar now has FREE Local Pickup available at checkout, if your in the local Ipswich/Brisbane area.

A3 2027 landscape photography calendar by Paul Welding, featuring 12 photographs from Australia, the UK and Europe. Matte finish, spiral bound and ready to hang.

30/10/2026

When the sky catches fire. 🌅🇬🇷

Santorini, Greece.

Sometimes nature puts on a show that no amount of planning could prepare you for.

As the sun dipped below the horizon, the sky erupted into an extraordinary display of fiery oranges, pinks and deep purples. The whitewashed buildings of Fira and Firostefani began to glow against the darkening cliffs, while the distant islands slowly disappeared into the haze.

Two very different perspectives of the same unforgettable sunset, captured just moments apart.

It’s evenings like this that remind me why I love landscape photography. Sometimes all you can do is stand back, take it all in, and hope your camera does the moment justice.

📍 Santorini, Greece 🇬🇷

📸 © decode photography | Paul Welding

26/10/2026

📅 The Decode Photography 2027 Calendar is here!

My new 2027 calendar has finally arrived, and I have to say I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out.

It features 12 of my landscape and wildlife photographs captured on my travels through Australia, the UK and Europe — from the mountains of Scotland and Wales to the coastlines and wildlife of Australia.

This year's calendar is printed in a generous A3 format with a beautiful matte finish, which really suits the photographs and avoids the reflections you get with a glossy calendar.

The cover features one of my favourite images of Tryfan in Eryri (Snowdonia), North Wales, with another photograph to enjoy every month throughout 2027.

I've got an initial batch of just 20 calendars, and they're now available through the Decode Photography website.

A$49.95 + shipping
🇦🇺 Shipping available throughout Australia
🇬🇧 UK shipping also available

If you'd like one hanging on your wall for 2027, they're now live in the store.

decodephotography.com

Thanks as always for supporting my photography. 📷

https://www.decodephotography.com/store/p/decode-photography-2027-landscape-photography-calendar

22/10/2026

A few frames from a recent weekend on K’gari (Fraser Island).

It was one of those trips where the weather seemed to change every five minutes — beautiful golden light one moment, huge storm clouds rolling across the ocean the next, with even the occasional rainbow thrown in for good measure.

I found myself photographing everything from the enormous skies and changing weather down to patterns carved into the sand, fallen trees being battered by the surf and even a colony of bizarre-looking goose barnacles attached to an old piece of rope washed up on the beach.

But more than anything, this was a weekend away with a great group of mates.

Sometimes photography is about travelling somewhere specifically to make photographs. Other times you’re simply fortunate enough to have the camera with you when the light, the landscape and the people you’re sharing it with all come together.

K’gari certainly delivered.

Which one’s your favourite?

18/10/2026

Sometimes the best photographs happen on the way back.

After an early start and a sunrise hike up to the Old Man of Storr, we stopped at Bride’s Veil Falls on the way back down through Skye.

The weather was doing what Skye does best — dark clouds rolling across the landscape, bursts of sunlight breaking through, and everything absolutely soaked in colour. With the Storr still looming in the distance, I couldn't resist getting the tripod out again.

I spent a while working the falls from different angles, using longer exposures to soften the water and experimenting with tighter compositions as well as the wider landscape.

Tired legs after the morning hike, but when the light looks like this, you keep shooting.

📷 Bride’s Veil Falls • Isle of Skye • Scotland

10/10/2026

Fire in the Sky - A Santorini sunset! An image I captured after a storm swept across the island in the late evening! What a sky!

Fine art panoramic photograph capturing a dramatic post-storm sunset over the iconic whitewashed villages of Santorini, Greece. Taken from Firostefani, this atmospheric landscape showcases the beauty of the Cycladic islands, with golden light, volcanic cliffs, and traditional architecture creating a

04/10/2026

Well, this was a nice thing to arrive in the post! 😊
Earlier this year I entered three of my photographs into a competition for the 2027 Queensland Meals on Wheels Calendar.

I was absolutely chuffed to find out that all three were selected — Superb Fairy-Wrens from Karalee for June, Queensland Burn-Off from Warrill View for July, and Abandoned Shed from Mount Walker.

What I wasn't expecting was to open the finished calendar and find Abandoned Shed on the front cover!

There's something really satisfying about seeing your photography in print, and having three images selected — with one making the cover — makes this one particularly special.

A big thank you to Meals on Wheels Queensland for choosing my work for the 2027 calendar.

Very chuffed with this one. 😊

Paul

03/10/2026

Well, it’s finally live! 📸

After what feels like an enormous amount of work behind the scenes, I’ve finally launched my new photography website — Decode Photography.

It’s something I’ve wanted to put together properly for a long time: a home for some of my favourite landscape, travel and wildlife photographs, along with a new online store where a selection of the images are available as fine-art prints.

There are photographs on there from Scotland, Wales, Greece, Australia and a few other adventures along the way — some of them with quite a story behind them.
I’ve tried to keep the site simple and let the photography do the talking.

Have a wander around and let me know what you think — and if you have a favourite image, I’d genuinely love to know which one.

www.decodephotography.com
Paul
Decode Photography

Photographer based in Brisbane, Australia. Landscape | Nature | Wildlife | Travel

28/09/2026

Agios Nikolaos — Kampana Islet, Paros 🇬🇷

Sitting alone on the tiny rocky islet of Kampana, between Paros and Antiparos, this little whitewashed chapel dedicated to Agios Nikolaos — Saint Nicholas, patron saint of sailors — immediately caught my attention during a boat trip from Pounda.
Most of these photographs were taken from the boat as we passed the islet, with the changing viewpoint giving me several different compositions of the chapel against the rather dramatic Cycladic sky.
But I wanted one photograph I couldn't get from the boat.
So I put my phone in a plastic bag, swam across to Kampana, climbed ashore and walked up to the chapel. The final face-on black-and-white image was made from the islet itself — perhaps a slightly excessive amount of effort for a phone photograph, but definitely one I wasn't going to get any other way!
There's something I love about this tiny chapel standing by itself amongst the rocks, surrounded by the Aegean. Even the seabird perched on the cross seemed perfectly placed.
Agios Nikolaos Chapel, Kampana Islet
Paros, Cyclades, Greece — May 2026