Andrew Clarke

Image: Sugarloaf Rock at Sunset

Andrew J Clarke is a multi-award winning commercial, landscape and travel photographer with a passion for the stunning Australian landscape. Andrew is also an accomplished photography educator and has been working with Sony Australia as a Sony Digital Imaging Advocate since early 2019, hosting workshops, tours, presentations and other events through the Sony Scene platform.

A finalist in the Emerging Photographer of the Year category at the 2018 AIPP Western Australian Professional Photography Awards, Andrew has received numerous accolades for his landscape and abstract images over the years. Andrew has been a judge for the Australian Sony Alpha Awards in the landscape and astrophotography categories. He is also the photography partner of the Western Australian Youth Orchestra and a brand ambassador for Haida filters.

Andrew also runs a commerical photography and videography business in Western Australia called Edify Media.

What is in your camera bag?

I love to travel light when I can, so often all I've got in my bag is:

- my Sony Alpha 7R V;

- a wide angle prime (20mm f1.8 G) and a standard zoom (24-70mm f2.8 GM II);

- a couple of Haida filters; and

- my lightweight travel tripod.

What is your go to in your Alpha kit and why?

For the kind of work I do it's hard to go past the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II - good focal range for most landscape situations, but versatile enough for my commercial work too. Plus the sharpness and contrast is stunning throughout the frame!

Smiths Beach at Sunrise 1 / 10

Sunrise in Augusta, WA 2 / 10

Early morning fog at Wentworth Falls Lake, NSW. 3 / 10

The Stirling Ranges, WA 4 / 10

Composer R.E.Smith at the Perth Concert Hall - a commission for the Western Australian Youth Orchestra. 5 / 10

Sugarloaf Rock, Yallingup WA 6 / 10

The Geminids in Kalbarri National Park 7 / 10

Rockpools, Yallingup WA 8 / 10

Mortimer Bay, WA 9 / 10

A completely normal, everyday Perth sunrise. 10 / 10

Most memorable moment shooting with Alpha?

There are too many to count now. But one which will always stick with me from my early days with Sony, was waking up for an epic view of the monasteries of Meteora in central Greece.

I used my Sony Alpha 7R II to capture a series of shots, which I later stitched into an ultra-high resolution panorama. Despite it being a tourist hotspot, no one else had braved the morning conditions and we were rewarded with a vibrant spring sunrise all to ourselves!