It is the end of another year and the start of a new one that offers endless promise to be better than the previous one and a chance to leave behind all the baggage that was in 2015. So in the sprit of a new start, I took to the streets as I normally do every new year to try and capture the sprit of the new Year as I go about mine.

I have broken it up into three parts the first is the build-up of people around the Sydney CBD, what I got up to new Year night and finally New years day.

New years eve night is like one giant brithday party where every one is the birthday boy or girl. Over the years I have done the Fireworks, stalking the city streets trying to get that one magical shot that sums up new years and of course I have done that lonely night at home on your own.

This year it was about board games and food at a friend’s place in Stanmore. So after running around the city trying to grab some shots I had to quickly duck into the closest supermarket which happens to also be close to Circular Quay and let me say the bottle shop was full to the brim and a lot of the shelves in the supermarket were empty.

I had intended to only stay till about 11pm and then head back into the city to grab some black and white flash shots as they headed home after the fireworks as I have in the past. But the company and the games were just too much fun to pass up. It is always fun hanging out with actors and creative types though it was a little annoying to lose Settlers by one point to the only engineer at the party.

For the majority of the population (city people that is), will only see a couple of sunrises in their lives and the most likely one is on New Year’s Day. This is the second year I have gone down to Coogee for sunrise as most other photographers would think about going to Bondi.

This year it was rather cool overnight (18C) so there were not as many people about and even fewer in the water than last year. Even so, it was interesting to see what everyone was doing to bring in the new year. By this stage of course I was ready for a quick nap before heading to Bondi for sunset.