Welcome to my website, where I (John Colin Mayer) share some of my favorite images of landscapes, people, seascapes, and other photographic somethings just because I can.
Come with me on my travels near and far and see the world I see through my lens. The pictures I take are made by me for me and I don’t mind if you like them or not; but, I do hope I’m able to share a moment in time with you and that some of my images speak to you as they do to me. I don’t talk about what gear I use as that’s like asking a gourmet chef about which saucepans he uses to create his favorite dish. What I can say about the images I take is that I shoot both digital and film through a variety of cameras, even on my phone, but it’s only my favorite pictures that end up in here. If you want to see more you can follow me on Jocoma_photography on Instagram if you like.
The images below all contain collections of images arranged by time or theme, they’re not overly structured, but that’s just me - let the pictures take you on a journey.
Enjoy!
Colin Mayer
Emerging from the sun light into the darkness of a tunnel, people walk purposefully to get somewhere in a hurry. They don’t seem to notice the curves and creases in the walls and ceilings playing with the sunlight, bending it, reflecting it, dimming it until it spills on the dark floor and disappears into the shadows.
The Taralga Rodeo and Campdraft, which is held near Australia Day, is a not for profit event and all money raised is donated back into the Taralga community.
Barangaroo is Sydney's newest and buzziest waterside precinct. An ambitious urban renewal project transformed this former container terminal into a hub boasting beautiful parkland, fantastic shopping, delicious restaurants and innovative architecture.
Whilst formally disbanded, a group of rebel NSW Police Officers continue to play the bagpipes as the NSW Police Pipe Band.
This annual Brigadoon event began on 21 October 1978, its principal aim to raise funds for local charities and bring tourists to Bundanoon in particular and the Southern Highlands in general thereby benefiting local businesses, guesthouses and hotels. Continuing to this day, “Bundanoon is Brigadoon” has become one of the most successful events staged in the area. From its humble beginnings of a handful of pipe bands and spectators, and is recognised worldwide and has grown to into one of the finest Highland Gatherings in Australia
The Queen Victoria Building is a heritage-listed late-nineteenth-century building located at 429–481 George Street in the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
A Qatar Airways Airbus A380 flies over Kurnell Beach befor landing at Sydney Airport
Waves at sunrise. Sawtell
Abbey Road Sydney
Forgotten Songs commemorates the songs of fifty birds once heard in central Sydney, before they were gradually forced out by European settlement. The calls, which filter down from the canopy of birdcages suspended above Angel Place, change as day shifts to night; the daytime birds’ songs disappearing with the sun, and those of the nocturnal birds, which inhabited the area, sounding into the evening.
Abstract shot of construction of One Sydney Harbour
Dark Spectrum, Wynyard Tunnels, York Street Sydney taken during Vivid Sydney.
Eagle-eyed Sydneysiders may have noticed that platforms in Wynyard station start at the number three, with a bit of a mystery surrounding platforms one and two.
The two platforms initially saw trams that once crossed Sydney Harbour Bridge stop on their journey through the CBD.
The trams were phased out through the 1950s with the last one arriving at Wynyard in 1958.
The tunnels then fell out of public consciousness, going relatively unused for over six decades, before getting their chance to shine as a part of Vivid Sydney’s Dark Spectrum.
No more Sydney trams, instead Dark Spectrum @ Vivid Sydney.
You might be mistaken for thinking this is a fire escape. Wrong! It’s one of Sydney’s best Tuscan inspired steak houses.
A lovely set of clouds at sunset taken near Adelaide after a day where most of the time was spent scurrying from shelter to shelter.
One of my abstract photos of a traffic light with the backdrop of a car park wall covered in different shaded reflective tiles. Loved the tone variability of the light reflected from the wall tiles.
I like Art Deco architecture and this lovely beach house in the Glen Elg suburb of Adelaide was a great sight to see. It had been beautifully restored to its former glory.
Another piece of Adelaide’s street art.
Looks like a hard lump of hard refined sugar mass. In fact its a natural geological feature. The shape is due to the erosion by the rain and wind over thousands of years.
Q Station was established in 1832 to quarantine early immigrants afflicted by disease. Upon arrival in Sydney, immigrants were stripped and forced to take a shower to clean themselves of disease.
Melbourne has to have some of the best street art on the planet. I took this shot having arrived at the end of the world.
Melbourne CBD from Victoria Markets. Where do all the kids that live in the city play?
Susan trying on a steam punk hat for size.
Colourful wigs in a Melbourne Market
I guess even Mickey Mouse gets a bit stropy when passers by ignore him.
Love the abstract shapes on some buildings in Melbourne.
A shop keeper in Victoria Markets Melbourne
Peppers
Flinders Street Station melbourne
St Kilda is full of fantastic cake shops.
Sydney Opera House in monochrome taken early morning in December
Cruise ship arriving at Sydney’s Circular Quay just before dawn
Sunrise over the Opera House sails was blocked by the large cruise ship for a short while. They are the sky scrapers of the sea.
Abstract from Sculptures by the sea
Garbage bins @ Sculptures by the sea
Sculptures by the sea
Sculptures by the sea
Abstract @ Sculptures by the sea
Some of my favourite photographs have been taken during visits back to my country of birth, Scotland.
Australian Landscapes.
Portraits
Self portrate
Buildings
Wollongong Street Art