Pleasure for the visual senses ......

I have to admit it. I've always been a photographer wannabe! There is something intrinsically soothing to the mind in the action of capturing a nanosecond of time in a picture. The mere fact that this moment will never be the same, nor will it ever recur again. Whatever enters the lens of your camera is absolutely and totally unique. It's not that you created it, but, what a feeling of absolute joy in the archiving of it as a photograph. I have to say also that this creative activity is very therapeutic in nature. It can easily give one a warm inner glow of satisfaction; and what could be better than that!

Today, I guess the process of photography has changed. Photographers at all levels now use digital cameras. Of course there will always be a place for film cameras, but digital equipment has brought about a renaissance of sorts. It allows a photographer to sort rapidly the success from the dross, the mediocre from the exceptional.

Of recent times, I was introduced to a photographer by the name of Nikki Dimmock. I have to say that to my eye some of her work goes far beyond the exceptional. Particularly in natural light portrait work and that of children, she has captured that certain element which many photographers strive for, and rarely find. Nikki is a local photographer and is based in Gladstone. I don't think it will be too far into the future, before her name becomes a byword for quality photography in her chosen field.

The composition of her photographs is superb, and as you will see, the quality is superlative.

Enough said. Feast your eyes on what follows, and remember the lady's name. Nikki Dimmock.