Paul Jurak - Kayakcameraman Portfolio

I’m a kayaker who has fallen in love with photography. What I love about paddling and photography is that it provides me with an incredibly calm head space. “It’s my meditation.”

You will find me paddling on Lake Burley Griffin most mornings and evenings, quietly snapping away at the unique seasonal and light changes that take place around me.

I began paddling on the lake as a way to rebuild both my body and mind after enduring an intensive three month bout of chemotherapy due to testicular cancer.

I grew up in Newcastle, NSW and surfed but I had never paddled a kayak. Paddling on Lake Burley Griffin reunited me with the water and allowed me to capture the sunrises and sunsets that I experienced during my youth. No two days are the same, and each day provides me with a natural light show that sometimes leaves me gasping in wonder. I hope that you enjoy the photos as much as I have enjoyed capturing them.

Please find below the links below the social mediums that I regularly upload to.

http://kayakcameraman.com/ Website

https://www.facebook.com/kayakcameraman facebook page

https://twitter.com/PaulJurak Twitter page

http://instagram.com/kayakcameraman Instagram

http://500px.com/kayakcameraman 500 Px

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Media portfolio

2 March 2013: Daily Telegraph Article – How I Beat Testicular Cancer ABC - How Art Changed My Life ABC730ACT - report feature Canberra Time Article – Kayak Happy to Greet the Dawn After Darkest Hours Post Cards of Canberra exhibit ‘100 views of Canberra’ Book publication and exhibit for the Centenary of Canberra. 2013. Finalist (top ten) for the Ballart International Foto Biennale – amateur book category 2013. Links shared by Canon South Africa Links shared by Canon Australia Sponsor agreement with C- Kayak Australia since 2013. Header photos on the website by me Quest speaker at the Burley Griffin canoe club annual presentation night 2013.

Published in the ‘100 views of Canberra’ book August 2013, year of Canberra Centenary Guest speaker at the official launch of the 100 Views of Canberra 27-8-2013 at the

‘Paperchain book store in Manuka. Photoville New York USA – container sent to America from Centenary - 2013

Article in the Canon booklet for the 2013 digital show Melbourne 2013 - Finalist and winner of the ‘People’s Choice Awards’ for my book at the 2013 Ballarat

International Foto Biennale. -2013

Judging panel 100 for 2014 - Article by ‘In The Taratory’ – prominent Blogger in the ACT Photo on the Back Cover of the Canberra Times ‘Food & Wine Magazine. Cover photo and more shots and article / interview in the Canberra Times special edition

‘foreshore Magazine. Release date is the 2nd Dec 2013. 6/2/2014 – Canberra Times Article – Kayakcameraman website is archived by the National

Library of Australia Link provided by the National Library of Australia the Pandora - Australia’s Web Archive

11-2-14 – Wall Creations – Featured Artist 11-2-14 – Regular features in the #Canberra Daily online news paper 10-3-14. You tube video – Hot air balloon towing a kayak - 22-4-14 – Visit Canberra features Kayakcameraman on FB, Twitter, Instagram. To over 24000 1-5-14: Interview on 666ABC Canberra – Alex Sloan 2-5-14 – Featured on Australia.com – facebook page. Over 6000 likes and over 600 shares. 6-5-14 Canberra Times Autumn feature 20-6-14: Feature image for the 7.30 A.C.T Report 25-6-14: Front page highlight and an eight page feature and interview / article in the June –

July Capital Magazine. 25-8-14: Asked by Canon Australia to test and review the new Canon PowerShot D30. 5-9-2014: Featured in Canberra Times (Sunday paper and online) Father’s Day tribute 17-10-2014: ABC 730 report interview / feature – Lake Burley Griffin Birthday - 17-10-14 Photo featured on the ABC website 20-10-14: Featured in the City News online magazine 17-11-14: Photo used for Senator Kate Lundy – Christmas card

21-11-14 - Capital Lens – 100 years of Canberra exhibition - Print displayed at the Hyatt Canberra for six months

28-11-14 – Final closing photos of the ABC730ACT report 10-12-14 – Feature interview article RIOTACT by Amy Birchall – online paper - 1-12-14 – Head feature on the City News Canberra - 20-12-14 – Invited to submit my Kayakcameraman book to the ‘Mack Publishing’ First Book

Awards in England. Nomination only from the International Biennale Board.

Invitation to submit 'Kayak Cameraman' for consideration for the 2015 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Projections Program

21-3-15 – Feature article Canberra Word of Mouth - 22-3-15 – Article/s Canberra word of mouth -

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6-4-15 – Feature – Global Paddlers ‘Humans How Paddle’ 8-4-15 – KCM ART PANELS – Huge 2.4 x 4M art panel installed on each foyer landing level of

a 9 storey building. 14-4-15 – Canberra times article online and page 3 of the Canberra Time News Paper – Huge

Art Panels 28-5-15 – Guest Speaker at Canberra’s Biggest Morning Tea – to raise awareness and funds

for cancer – Forest Hotel 5-6-15 – Article in the Canberra times – Live Tweet at CMAG – Canberra Museum and Gallery

– Live slide show 11-7-15 – First feature Projections Program 2015 Ballarat Foto International Biennale

22 Aug 2015- Finalist Ballarat Foto Biennale ‘One For the Books’ Competition 24-8-15 Live radio interview about my exhibition on 666ABC Radio with Alex Sloan 3-9-15 – Exhibition Opening – Kayakcameraman at Local Press Café 20-9-2015 - My large Landscape Book of Canberra won 2nd Place in the Ballarat

International Foto Biennale – One for the Books Prize. Missed by two votes! Won first place in the Open Category & the Age-Friendly City Category for the Community

Services ACT Life’s Reflection photo comp.

1 Jan 2016 Cover page of the Visitcanberra Tourism Guide 3 & 10 April 2016: Solo Exhibition and Artist Talk at The Photography Room – Gallery

(permanent artist) 15 April 2016: Feature Video Interview with IRT Group 16 August 2016: Out in Canberra feature interview Capturing Canberra with

Kayakcameraman 24 Aug 2016: Different Perspectives: Paul Jurak, Kayakcameraman - with the - Environment,

Planning and Sustainable Development Sept/Oct 1st 2016 prize winner – Canon Collective monthly brief 15 Nov 2016 – Water in the ACT video – with the - Environment, Planning and Sustainable

Development Feb 2017 Finalist – Canon Image of the year for 2016 Compact Category – Awards night held

at Sun Studio Sydney. 28 Feb 2017 – Feature Article – Her Canberra Taking Our Lake To Further Shores 16 March 2017 – Feature Article – Canberra Weekly Magazine – Print. 13 April 2017 – Headline image for Canon Australia website