About Rob

Robert Vine is an accomplished Landscape Photographer with over 20 years experience exploring and creating art with cameras. His images bring the beauty of the natural environment into many homes across Australia and have been displayed prominently in government buildings, including the office of the Chief of the Air Force. 90 images from his service in Afghanistan are a part of the National Collection of the Australian War Memorial.

Photographer Robert Vine at work on a beach in 2006.

Rob photographing the wreck of the MV Sygna on Stockton Beach in 2006. Photo by Steve Allen

Rob remembers always being curious about photography. This curiosity got him into some trouble, as a child he opened his dad’s film camera and ruined a roll of exposed film!

By the age of 10 he had his own camera and was busy documenting the world. He still has all the prints made from this camera.

“Looking back I can see a few images that show potential, compositions that would still use today”

A trip to a Ken Duncan gallery in 2003 would change all that. Seeing the beauty of the world captured so majestically sparked a 20+ year obsession. With a busy career, new marriage and limited income meant that improving his art was a slow process.

That all changed one day in 2004, Rob’s dad was a contestant on Who Want’s To Be A Millionaire. With a hefty prize in hand, his younger sisters got a trip to Disneyland - and Rob got a digital camera.

Rob's first digital camera. A 6 megapixel Canon 300D.

Rob’s first digital camera - 6 whole megapixels!

The digital camera allowed Rob to learn the art and science of photography quickly - seeing the effects of various techniques immediately allowed him to adjust his style rapidly.

Landscapes quickly became his favorite genre and Rob thrived creating art from nature.

“Landscape photography is possibly the most difficult form of art, you have control of so few variables and to capture a scene you might need to go to some unforgiving locations at strange times of the day and brave awful weather conditions. And after all that you might not be able to create a good image.”

Rob thrived in this genre - exploring the world and creating beauty from it became his escape from the stress of life and a way to recharge.

Holding an iceberg with my Mum in Antarctica! 2013

Raising the Australian Flag in Afghanistan. 2007

Hiking to the best waterfalls will get your dirty! Hawaii 2014.

Grand Canyon - another tough day in the Air Force! 2014.

Rob kept up photography through good times and bad, perfecting the technical and artistic aspects of his hobby.

In 2023 Rob found the time to take a career break and focus on setting up Sunburnt Prints. He admits that the business aspect has been hard! Early mornings photographing the sunrise have been replaced with morning setting up a display at a local market.

As a professional photographer his passion has only grown - both for the art and for bringing the magic of the landscape into your space.