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DAVE GLEESON COVER PHOTOGRAPHER
I started SurfShots Photography in 2012 after moving from Sydney to Noosa with my young family. My aim was to capture the daily action on and around the Noosa beaches, one of Australia’s favourite surf and family holiday destinations. Since then I have shot thousands of surfers in action, but my business has grown to include landscape, product and action shots. I am the official photographer at many events such as the Noosa Festival of Surfing and World Series Swims, but I still find time to shoot family portraits, weddings, product, aerial and real estate imagery. See more of my work or book me to shoot for you at surfshots.com.au ON THE COVER This image was taken on an early winter’s afternoon in 2016 at Sunrise Beach shortly after sunset, captured on a Nikon D610 with 24-70mm f2.8 Nikon lens (at 70mm). 1/50 second, f6.3, ISO 200, handheld.
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We’ve all seen the memes and inspirational quotes (they tend to do the rounds on Instagram and Facebook) that urge us to embrace life, to live with passion, to follow our bliss. So, are you living with passion? Are you following your bliss? In the pages of salt, you’ll meet many locals who, if I put those questions to them, would easily respond with an emphatic “yes”. Take Janine Hall (page 24), whose life changed the moment she answered an ad. Janine followed her passion and created her own skincare products, though she never expected that her homemade lip balms would take her to Hollywood. But they did. Now Janine has a thriving business she can pour her energy and her talents into. She’s living a life she loves. I’m also inspired by local wordsmith Lynette Noni, who – without any formal training or experience, and certainly no guarantee of success – gave up months of sleep to create her first manuscript. Lynette writes the type of books she wants to read, and fortunately many others have now read them too. You can check out her story on page 26. We also meet timber craftsman David Suters, who first fell in love with the craft while watching his father work. David is keeping an almost-forgotten tradition alive and has now passed on that creative spark to his daughter. His unique pieces are beautiful, touchable and made with love. Flick over to page 122 for David’s story. Janine, Lynette, David and all the other creative and passionate locals that we are meeting in this autumn edition of salt are proof that if you live with authenticity, if you work at what you love, you can create a life and a business that sustains you. I hope you find these locals and their stories as inspiring as we do.
JEMMA PEARSON EDITOR
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Speaking with Ben Skerrett from Equine Connection gave me goosebumps and left me feeling inspired and full of love. Growing up with horses taught Ben so much about himself and he now uses his experiences to help others in their own self-development. Ben’s work is not only revolutionary and transformative but comes from an altruistic desire to help others.
In the Paraplegic Benefit Fund photo shoot for this issue, I thought I’d juxtapose “disabled’ athlete Darron Shields against a group of healthy young athletes. There was little contrast though, as Darron’s energetic presence commanded the attention and respect of the younger athletes as he interacted with them. It completely challenged my definition of “disabled”.
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