Melbourne Through My Lens V2 preview

Melbourne through my lens

A collection of artistic images by photographer
Will Faulkner







This book is a collection of images from my home town of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
I am a 4th generation Melbournian and I love this city. These images are the results of many hundreds of
kilometres of walking the streets looking for those perfect angles. Usually I would spend 5 to 6 hours
walking, ending up with blisters most days, to find an angle that I liked. Then I would make a note of the
location and which way the sun rose or set on the scene and come back when the light was right.
Then I would arrive at the scene well ahead of the light I wanted, set up and wait patiently. But of course
sometimes the shots just didn’t work, for example a person might walk into the shot and decide to start
watching the sunset just at the moment of pressing the shutter. Or I might wait all day to get a shot of
Federation square, take the tram into the city only to find that there is construction set up in my scene.
Such is the life of a landscape photographer.
I hope you enjoy these images.

Will Faulkner.

The CBD viewed from Southbank

Balloons over the Yarra river

Flinders Street station

The Melbourne Cricket Ground Notes:

This image was shot on a freezing cold morning in the
middle of winter. I like that the rower left a trail of
paddle marks in the water.

Web Bridge, Docklands

The CBD viewed from Hoddle Street

Princes Pier, Port Melbourne

Kerferd road pier Notes:

The light trail is a jogger with a head lamp running through the frame.

Hosier lane, CBD

Queen Elizabeth Park

Federation Square



Playing Chess at the State Library steps

Flinders street viewed from the SW Notes:

I like the contrast in this image. I saw this angle many
times walking by and eventually made time to capture it.
It was always going to be a black and white image.

Federation Square

Morrels bridge, South Yarra Notes:

I wanted this image to look l ike a Monet style painting.
When I saw the forecast for a foggy morning I made sure to position
myself here and waited patiently for a single rower to enter the frame.

Hardware lane

Campbell Arcade

The city viewed from Hamer hall

Birrarung Marr The Seafarers Bridge

St Kilda pier



Acland Street, Saint Kilda

Melbourne Museum The MU Building

City Square

Saint Patrick’s cathedral

The Shrine of Remembrance

Coops shot tower

Along the Yarra River

Cafes in Hardware lane

Driver Lane 333 Collins Street

Crossley Street Collins Street

Flinders Street Station Oliver Lane

Pony Fish Island

Enterprize Park

Albert park lake

The Melbourne skyline at New Years Eve



Coffee at the G.P.O.

Melbourne’s coffee culture

The Royal Arcade

Under the Sandridge Bridge

View from the Church Street bridge, Richmond

The Melbourne Botanic Gardens Notes:

I visited this location 5 times over 6 months. Each time I
revisted the location there was some building or garden works
happening. My patience eventually paid off.

Carlton Gardens