So I thought it was time to tell you all about a little side project I'm working on called JC's Australian Daydream. For something a little different, it's not film or video related. Some of you may already know this but last year I went on a three month trip from Melbourne, up the east coast of Australia to the very northern tip and back.

I had an awesome time driving solo in my four wheel drive, exploring this great land. Most importantly however, I documented the whole adventure with a photographic travel blog. At the time, I couldn't take advantage of all the technologies that are available to me now that I'm back home, so I'm relaunching the site from the beginning.

There's a whole new look and the entries have been rewritten to include stories I just could tell at the time (I didn't want family to worry to much). The best part is the Photography. Now that I've got time to sort through them and process them properly, they are looking amazing. And best yet, they are all for sale.

Another addition to the blog is the maps. Something I could do while on the road but I saved all the GPS tracking data and now you can see exactly where I was in the adventure. I'm sure this will be useful for anyone planning their own road-trip.

It's still in its early days but I'm constantly adding new and exciting stories and there's plenty more awesome Australian landscape photos to come.

To join the adventure, vistit

www.jcdaydream.com

After a three day grueling film shoot, I realised I still had the camera for one more day. I couldn't let it go to waste... I came up with this little idea and set off with my co-producer Chris Daniels and Unit manager Brad Armel, to find a place to film it.

Luckily we didn't have to go far. I found a fairly bare looking field with one great looking tree in the middle and a wonky windmill in the background. It couldn't have been more perfect. Brad operated the camera, while Chris and myself got into character.

About two hours later and I was pretty sure we had all the footage I needed.

Unfortunately, post-production wasn't that quick. A number of other jobs got in the way and it was a good six months before I got the project finished.

The was shot on the Sony HVR-Z1 HDV camera. I loved almost everything about the camera except the format. HDV is truly a terrible format if you want to apply visual effects and heavy colour grades to the footage. It just doesn't hold up with all the compression that is on it. Oh well, I managed to save both this and the other project I was shooting at the time.