Craig Bachmann Photography

31/08/2026

WELCOME SPRING!

It’s only a phone camera shot but what a wonderful welcoming sunrise for the start of a new season this morning.

31/08/2026

It’s always exciting seeing your photo on TV.
This image is especially meaningful.
Thanks very much Tony for a great delivery!

28/08/2026

HITTING THE BULLSEYE 🎯

I made a 6 hour round trip to Belongil Beach at Byron Bay for a 1 second window to get this “Bullseye” shot that I have been wanting for years.

The light on the Lighthouse does a full rotation about every 10 seconds so you only get one opportunity on one spin only at capuring the light facing you while the lighthouse is in the centre (horizontally and vertically) of the very quickly rising full moon. So the pressure was on not to stuff it up or it would of been a extremely looooooong drive home 😂

I met up with a great friend of mine Kelvin from, Phase Four Photography by Kelvin Hennessy give him a follow, such amazing work!
He is the man in the know for exactly where to stand to get this shot by using Photopills, 2 meters either side of the spot can give you a completely different composition then what you are chasing.
We were 3.6km from the Lighthouse. Kelvin has captured many awesome shots like this over the years. Thanks for your help Kelvin.

Lastnight was very rare, it was perfect in so many ways. There was no cloud, no strong wind, no haze, and very importantly great well balanced lightning and were also dead square on to the front of the Byron Bay Lighthouse!

The other dozen photographers all knew this and were also very excited for this special evening.

📷 Canon R5m2 / Canon 500mm f/4.
- f/7.1
- 1/320 sec
- 2000 iso

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25/08/2026

23/08/2026

A shot from the No.1 Squadron Family & Friends Day at Amberley Air Base by Billy and Langas in F/A-18F Super Hornet A44-216 yesterday.

23/08/2026

I was fortunate enough to attend the No.1 Squadron Family & Friends Day at the Amberley Air Base yesterday.

I had an absolutely incredible time and a big thanks to all involved.

As soon as I arrived the first thing I saw was a F/A-18F Super Hornet positioned outside on display by itself. Having seen the the final turn at the end of the aerial display practice run the day prior I knew exactly what shot I had to try to capture with my wide angle lens. Here is the shot below, tap on Image to view in full.

Congratulations and thank you to Billy and Langas in the F/A-18F Super Hornet A44-216 for the display over the Base!

21/08/2026

Another shot from yesterday of a double take off which I had never witnessed before, was very cool!

21/08/2026

I just love this very close shot I snapped today 😍 Tap on pic to view in full.

20/08/2026

What a incredible display by the pilot of the F-35A Lightning II at the Pacific Airshow at the Gold Coast, day 2, 2026.

18/08/2026

The YAK 110 is absolutely amazing and was definitely one of the crowd favourites at the 2026 Pacific Airshow Gold Coast.
It has 2 prop engines and 1 jet engine and one extremely talented pilot!!!