Coastal Gallery

Coastal Gallery

What is it that makes the coastline so endlessly captivating? Perhaps it’s the sheer expanse, or the way light reinvents the same stretch of shore every single morning and evening. The calm days, the wild ones, and everything in between — it is all of this together that makes coastal photography such a rewarding pursuit.

This collection spans the Central Coast NSW, Tasmania, and New Zealand: sunrise coastal photography from Norah Head and the Skillion, moody seascape photos under storm skies at Bruny Island, and sunset seascape images that shift from gold to deep rose. All are available as coastal fine art prints.

About This Coastal Gallery

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Fishermen at Norah Head — three fishermen standing on a rock ledge at Norah Head as waves break around them under a dramatic overcast sky, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Fishermen at Toowoon Bay showing silhouetted anglers on a sandy spit at sunrise, with dark foreground rocks, gentle surf, warm dawn colours and a distant headland on an early April morning, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Fishing Boats at Patonga shows two fishing boats silhouetted on calm water before sunrise, with warm dawn colours, Broken Bay, the Hawkesbury River entrance and distant Barrenjoey Lighthouse, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Dawn at the Skillion, the headland silhouetted against the yellow sunrise sky, photographed by Ola Garpenal Photography.
Morning Breakthrough, fine art print of sun rays breaking through clouds over Norah Head Lighthouse, Central Coast NSW, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Gap in the Dune, a fine art print of Stockton Beach showing the gap in the dunes and the emerging storm, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Moody Afternoon featuring Delicate Nobby on the Mid North Coast, with a sweeping beach, reflective wet sand, rolling surf, dramatic storm clouds and subdued coastal tones in May, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Norah Head at Dawn, fine art print of Norah Head Lighthouse beneath a dramatic sunrise sky, Central Coast NSW, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Norman Island, granite island with ochre, grey and pale lichen, cloudy sky, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Off Limits! — a weathered rope and timber fence climbing a coastal sand dune toward the horizon, with golden grass and a storm-darkened sky, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Norah Head Lighthouse at Sunrise, fine art print of the sun rising beside the lighthouse on Norah Head, Central Coast NSW, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Photographers at Shelly Beach showing silhouetted photographers with tripods on rock platforms before dawn, reflected in tidal pools beneath a glowing October horizon and calm ocean sky, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Storm at Cloudy Bay showing wind-swept coastal grasses, rocky shoreline, rolling surf, distant headlands and dramatic storm clouds over southern Bruny Island in March, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Photographers at Broken Bay showing two silhouetted photographers on a rocky headland beneath a dramatic sunrise sky, with glowing clouds, reflective ocean waters and distant coastal headlands in July, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Rotoroa Island, panoramic fine art print of forested ridgelines and sandstone cliffs in the Hauraki Gulf NZ, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.
Sunrise at Norah Head Lighthouse, fiery sky and dark ocean photographed by Ola Garpendal Photogaphy
Sunrise at the Skillion, dramatic mackerel sky in deep gold, orange and rose, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Walker Island showing rolling coastal headlands near Stanley in northern Tasmania, calm Bass Strait waters, dramatic layered clouds and soft blue and golden tones in March, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography
Morning Breakthrough, fine art print of sun rays breaking through clouds over Norah Head Lighthouse, Central Coast NSW, photographed by Ola Garpendal Photography.