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The first morning gives an insight. We were driven from Launceston the previous afternoon and arrived in darkness. We were fed and entertained like royalty and put to bed in the uber-comfort of architect Ken Latona's masterpiece. Dragging ourselves out of a warm bed for a cold dawn photoshoot is no easy task, yet Turner and five willing charges make it to a beach nudging the Tasman Sea for the soft morning light. Turner is available for advice about angles; about light; about his two-dimensional vocation that seems to have so many other dimensions. "They make it easy for us,'' he says of modern equipment. "In the old days of film the sky would have coloured my shot blue.'' It's before 7am and the sun is still clearing its throat in preparation for the morning chorus. Already there's enough light to see that this will be a clear day. Tripods are set up on the beach as Turner and his aficionados seek that ultimate shot. In keeping with Turner's fishing analogy, the hooks are baited and in the water. The morning might bring minnow or marlin. We spend an hour on the beach and climb the short track back to the lodge. Predawn light has its appeal but so does breakfast, especially when it's prepared by expert hands. Rob Gluckman and Aimee Woods run Bay of Fires Lodge and share the food preparation duties with guides during the busy summer walking season. The guided walk to and from the lodge is what thrust the Bay of Fires on to the world stage. The lodge was designed by Tasmanian architect Ken Latona and opened 10 years ago. It nestles among she-oaks on the side of a hill overlooking the Tasman. Last year it stayed open through winter for the first time and this winter the owner, Anthology, will take guests again. Winter is a different pace. In summer, one group of 20 leaves and another group arrives the same day. You suspect Gluckman and Woods take this busy time in their stride. Our small group enjoys their complete attention. No sooner have you arrived back from an outing than an offer of a cuppa or a wine or a snack is made. Similarly, our walk guide Claire Tetley pitches in. Tetley's a Hobart-based oceanography graduate originally from Manchester. She and Woods lead our day-one activity, a four-wheel-drive journey to Eddystone Point and return walk. How long this walk normally takes I'm not sure, but it certainly takes longer with avid photographers in tow. There might be a couple of gulls or dunes or breaking waves that escape capture this day, but not many. We start by having a snoop at Larc Beach, where a couple of fishermen are setting a net and checking crayfish pots from a tinny. The photo opportunities around Eddystone Lighthouse are many. IF YOU GO |
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GRENVILLE Turner likens photography to fishing. 
