Grant Swinbourne Photography

29/04/2026

Sunrise On the Coast

Sometimes light and colour just makes a scene worth photographing

18mm f/.8 @ 3.2s ISO 200
Canon 6D MkII with Canon EF 16-35mm L USM III

28/04/2026

Morning Delicacy

Early morning light on the north coast of NSW.

18mm f/8 @ 1/20s ISO 100
Canon 6D MkII with Canon EF 16-35mm L USM III

26/04/2026

Knee Deep

Sometimes you just have to wade in and make the best of it.

16mm f/7.1 @ 0.6s ISO 100
Canon 6D MkII with Canon EF 16-35mm L USM III with
Kase Wolverine Magnetic ND64 & Polarising filters

17/04/2026

Sunrise Flow

Turrimetta showing off why its a favourite of the Sydney seascape scene.

16mm f/8 @ 1/2s ISO 50
Canon EOS R6 MkII with
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM III with
Kase Revolution 82mm Magnetic ND8 filter

16/04/2026

I had the lovely experience of being interviewed by Greg & Justin on the Camera Life Podcast. Here's their blog post on the interview:

Before we even went live with Grant Swinbourne on The Camera Life Podcast a few weeks ago, he dropped something into the pre-show chat that got the conversation going immediately. He'd quit Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. After years of use. And he wasn't going back. Grant is an Australian landscape,...

12/04/2026

Textural Development

Sunrise at South Curl Curl rock pool on Sydney's northern beaches.

Blend of two exposures, 18mm f/16 @ 1/2s & 8/10s ISO 50
Canon 6D MkII with
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM III with
Kase 82mm Wolverine magnetic ND8 filter

06/04/2026

Golden Shoals

Early morning lights glints on the rocks around Shoal Bay.

30mm f/8 @ 8/10s ISO 100
Canon 6D MkII with
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM III with
Kase Wolverine magnetic ND8 filter

04/04/2026

Chaotic Neutral

Waves over rocks is great therapy!

30mm f/8 @ 3.3s ISO 50
Canon 6D MkII with Canon EF 16-35mm L USM III with
Kase Wolverine Magnetic ND64 & Polarising filters

23/03/2026

Dancing Dawn

The Oceanides sculpture, dubbed the ‘Sea Nymphs’ by locals, is located on the edge of Fairy Bower pool in Manly.

35mm f/13 @ 1.3s ISO 100
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM III

19/03/2026

Turbulence

When times are turbulent I turn to my photography for calm and tranquillity.

24mm f/1.7 @ 1/4s ISO 100
DJI Mini 3 with
DJI ND64 filter

14/03/2026

Cascade

Close up of one of the cascades at Mermaids Cave in the NSW Blue Mountains

140mm f/8 @ 1/30s ISO 2000
Canon R6 MKII with
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II