Scott Andrew Bird
Writer, Photographer & Fitness Enthusiast
Fitness and Health
The bulk of my writing looks at fitness and health, primarily via my strength-training site Straight to the Bar. In addition I've written several articles for other sites, a few of which are listed below :
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 :
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 (@EngAustralia)
- glebe society (@glebesociety)
- granville historical society (@granhistorical)
- historical atlas of sydney
- historypin (@historypin)
- leichhardt local history blog
- national library of australia (@nlagovau)
- newtown project
- nsw state records (@srnsw)
- police & justice museum
- state library of nsw (@statelibrarynsw)
- sydney architecture (@archipaedia)
- sydney culture walks app
- sydney - city and suburbs
- screen australia
- sydney sidetracks
- trove (@troveaustralia)
- speakers corner
- sydney observatory (@sydneyobs)
- And on flickr : powerhouse flickr, slnsw and nsw state records
recommended
This is the main photo-sharing service I use, and is easily my favourite (full review here). Whether you're looking to purchase prints, check out my portfolio or set up your own site, SmugMug's ideal.
This is a large collection of downloadable books & courses (think of it as an online shopping mall), and I use it frequently. Each time a friend of mine asks what I think of their new offering, or someone points me to a specific book/course I might find interesting.
(And if you'd like to do that yourself, drop me a line).
Although it's primarily a way to enjoy your iTunes library on a big screen (think movies on your TV), it's also a great way to share your photos with friends and family. You can either show the photos (again, on your TV) that are stored on a Macbook/iPhone/iPad, or view the ones stored in Photos.
Either way, it's a beautiful way to share them.