APS Photography

APS Photography Unique places, Unique photographs! Follow Aaron's adventures from around the world.

A showcase of my images from my adventures travelling throughout Australia and overseas. Highlights including storm chasing in tornado alley USA, expedition cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic circles to living and working in Antarctica!

13/04/2026

Finland from above 🇫🇮 4K

Vast landscapes, quiet forests, and a sense of scale you can only feel from the sky.

🎵 Fibfy – Two Times

🚀Today, while the world looked up at the same Moon we’ve always known… a small crew slipped silently behind it—into a pl...
07/04/2026

🚀Today, while the world looked up at the same Moon we’ve always known… a small crew slipped silently behind it—into a place no human eyes have ever seen.

This morning’s image isn’t just the Moon.
It’s a moment in history.

Somewhere beyond that familiar glow, Artemis astronauts are now on the far side—completely cut off from Earth. No signals. No contact. Just trust, precision, and the weight of human curiosity carrying them forward.

They’ve travelled 248,655 miles through space over days… to stand on the edge of the unknown.

And as I captured this frame from Earth, it hit me—
we are witnessing the return of deep space exploration in real time.

It was amazing to hear the crew say when they returned from the dark side of the moon that they could see Oceana and Africa, and that we were all looking up to them and they were looking down to us! ❤️

📷 Canon R5
Canon 100-400mm
Canon 2 x extender
1.6 crop factor

MoonPhotography ExploreMore Humanity NightSky CanonR5 canon

☁️Clouds nearly stole the show… but the universe had other plans. 🌕On 3 March 2026, Melbourne was treated to a total lun...
05/03/2026

☁️Clouds nearly stole the show… but the universe had other plans. 🌕

On 3 March 2026, Melbourne was treated to a total lunar eclipse, the last one clearly visible from Australia for several years. Totality began around 10:04pm and lasted nearly an hour, turning the Moon into the iconic “Blood Moon” as Earth’s shadow completely covered its surface.

For the first half of the eclipse the sky was completely clouded over. I honestly thought the night was a write-off.

Then right before totality… the clouds cleared revealing such a beautiful sight!

Just enough time to capture the Moon transition through the deepest red phase of the eclipse — a moment created when sunlight bends through Earth’s atmosphere and paints the Moon with the colours of every sunrise and sunset happening on our planet. 🌍✨

These images show some of the different phases of the eclipse, tracked and captured using:

📷 Canon R5
🔭 Canon 100–400mm lens + 2x extender + 1.6x crop factor (1280mm)
⭐ iOptron SkyGuider Pro tracker
🖥️ BenQ photography monitor 

Sometimes astrophotography isn’t about perfect conditions…

…it’s about patience and a little bit of luck.

💥Did you manage to see it through the clouds?







“The Flight I Didn’t Plan”I was framed up on the iconic Lloyd’s Building and the sweeping curve of the Willis Building, ...
22/02/2026

“The Flight I Didn’t Plan”

I was framed up on the iconic Lloyd’s Building and the sweeping curve of the Willis Building, studying the lines, the symmetry, the way the glass bends the sky…

And then a plane entered the frame.
Climbing out from one of London's many airports, it passed perfectly between the two buildings. I kept the camera relatively steady and kept shooting as it moved through the gap.

Twelve frames later, the sky had drawn its own line. And the composite idea emerged.
What you’re seeing isn’t a single moment — it’s a composite of that unexpected trajectory.

The aircraft appears to curve, almost mimicking the bowed glass of the Willis.
Is it banking?
Following a great circle route over a spherical Earth?
Or is it simply perspective and optics playing with us?

Sometimes the best compositions aren’t designed.

25/01/2026

Every photographer dreams of this moment!

I dragged myself out of the house, slightly under prepared and unsure of what the night would bring. Arriving on location after dark, I could already see a faint aurora glowing on the horizon. With the last traces of airglow from sunset still fading, I waited — and then the real show began.
This display was triggered by a powerful X1.9-class solar flare from the sun and an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, one of the strongest we have seen in a while.
Compared to other major solar storms, this one appeared mostly white to the naked eye, but the camera revealed its true colours. Even so, it remains one of the most unforgettable moments I have ever experienced.
💥If this is the kind of moment you dream about, keep an eye out — I have been working on something behind the scenes.

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07/02/2025

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💥 What a magnificent start to 2025! 🎉Watching the 930pm fireworks in Docklands followed by the midnight fireworks at the...
01/01/2025

💥 What a magnificent start to 2025! 🎉

Watching the 930pm fireworks in Docklands followed by the midnight fireworks at the shrine of remembrance with thousands of others...

The new laser show was a great hit. The largest laser show in Australia. Unfortunately the fireworks show is starting to get a bit old..... Same old fireworks display.

It was a great night out in the city of Melbourne.

Happy New Year 🎉

#2025

📸Canon R5
Tamron 28-300mm
Nisi Natural Night filter

💥 The apocalypse ☀️The sun is so orange right now. A large bushfire in the Grampians around 200kms away is raging out of...
20/12/2024

💥 The apocalypse ☀️

The sun is so orange right now. A large bushfire in the Grampians around 200kms away is raging out of control 😥 The winds have pushed the smoke west over Melbourne and beyond!

As unfortunate as it is, it's a great time to see the sun spots without having to use my solar filter system. Just using the clouds and a circular polariser to block most of the harmful rays to quickly snap a few photos.

The dark spots are called sunspots. They are regions of reduced surface temperature and are usually located in active solar regions.

💥 Melbourne 2025 Calendar 💥Limited stock. Available now. Link through website. #2025
14/12/2024

💥 Melbourne 2025 Calendar 💥

Limited stock. Available now. Link through website.

#2025

💥 The sunsets are better in tropical far north Queensland ☀️
07/12/2024

💥 The sunsets are better in tropical far north Queensland ☀️

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