Welcome.

Scott Bird's a writer, photographer and all-round fitness freak.

For the photography side of things (heritage photography, mainly around Sydney), swing by scottbirdphotography.com. You'll also find a list of all the newsletters and guides here.

And for everything relating to strength training, swing by Straight to the Bar. And of course the various lists on Twitter.

Cheers.

images of sydney

To give you an idea of the types of things I photograph, here are a few images I've captured nearby (Sydney, Australia). As you can see, it's a beautiful place.

For the full gallery, swing by SmugMug.

watching

I've listened to and watched a number of podcasts over the years, covering a great range of topics. One of my favourites is Ted Forbes' 'The Art of Photography' - wonderful show.

To give you an idea :

Other Podcasts I Like :

• the complete picture
• photoshop & lightroom tips (serge ramelli)
• martin bailey photography

Over to you : what are you watching/listening to these days?

keywords

I photograph a number of Australia's heritage sites - particularly those covering the first century or so of European occupation. To get an idea of the exact locations & names covered, head over to the Keywords page on my SmugMug site.

community

I use Twitter quite a lot myself, both to research (and share) my own work and to see what everyone else is doing. If you tweet a lot about Photography, Creativity or Australian Heritage, let me know.
Tweets from https://twitter.com/scottbird/lists/australian-heritage

research

I frequently use a number of history-related sites to research the various sites I photograph, and to share discoveries with. Of particular note :

• ABC radio national hindsight
• australian screen online (@australiascreen)
• blue mountains history blog
• city of sydney history & archives (@cityofsydney)
• inside history magazine (@InsideHistory)
• dictionary of sydney (@dictionaryofsyd)
• engineering heritage register (