In this episode, landscape photographer Pete Mellows joins the Camera Life Podcast to share his journey from shooting live music to running mountain bike tours and capturing Tasmania's wildest locations. He dives into the pros and cons of Pentax gear, the value of shooting multiple genres, his YouTube ambitions, and how he’s showcasing Tasmania’s beauty through both stills and storytelling.

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Pete Mellows is a Nipaluna/Hobart-based landscape photographer driven by a lifelong curiosity and love for the road less travelled. From childhood family drives down forgotten roads to exploring remote corners of Lutruwita/Tasmania, Pete has always sought the unexpected—and captured it through his lens.

Now in his fifties, Pete continues to photograph evocative scenes that stir emotion, earning recognition in the Australian Mono Awards, Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers, and Wilderness Photographer of the Year. His journey has taken him from a mining and logging town to sound engineering, graphic design, and running one of Hobart’s iconic pubs—all while deepening his connection to Tasmania’s rich landscapes and history.

As the founder of Wild Bike Tours, one of Tasmania’s first mountain bike tourism businesses, Pete helped adventurers discover the wild beauty of Southern Tasmania. Today, he brings that same spirit to photography, creating powerful single-shot images collected both locally and globally.

https://www.petemellows.au/
https://www.youtube.com/@petemellows
https://www.instagram.com/petemellowsphotographer

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