Richard Watson's Webpage

Hello and welcome to Richard Watson's website! Here you will find an online portfolio of my work and various engineering, photography, video and musical projects which are currently on the go.

I also have a bit of a travel website with a daily blog of my travels through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland, Japan, China and India. These are all places I have been to during the last 18 months. So if you want to check out some nice travel pics, or hear some crazy travel stories, I invite you to visit my travel page.

Desert Feet Tour - October 2011, Kimberley Region

A group called the Desert Feet Tour headed off into remote communities in Western Australia. It was an amazing tour and so awesome to be part of it. If you would like to find out more, please head to http://www.desertfeettour.com.

Helicopter Flight with GoPro camera

A slightly shaky landing but a great view. Now to work out the next filming location.

Boomrock - last day of The Great Crusade in New Zealand.

Bungy Jumping in Taupo, New Zealand - The Great Crusade

Bouncy Castle Madness - Exploring the inside of a bouncy castle!

And yes I am sporting a sexy Mo for Movember. Please don't try this yourself! It's very dangerous... and heaps of fun.

A classic game of soccer

Filmed at our weekly friendly soccer get together. Such fun!

Never Give Up - The Great Crusade

This is my fifth and final entry to the Great Crusade Competition. It features 3 ideas rolled into one. I hope you enjoy it and if you like it, please head to My Great Crusade Video and click the like button on the bottom right hand corner of the text. Thankyou for the support!

What to pack?

This is my fourth entry to the Great Crusade Competition.

The Wallabies are Ready

This is my third entry to the Great Crusade Competition.

Embracing New Zealand Culture

This is my second entry to the Great Crusade Competition.

The Wallabies - Larger Than Life

This is my first entry to the Great Crusade Competition.

Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina

This is one of a series of videos I will be putting up from our travels in South America. The Perito Moreno Glacier is one of 3 glaciers in the world which is not receding and tourists flock there to see large sections of ice calve into the water. We even went on an ice trekking tour along the inner ridges of the glacier itself.

Magic Water Tour, Lima (Peru)

The Magic Water Tour is a water fountain park in Lima, Peru where you can actually watch video, lasers and light all interacting with water jets in an incredible display of motion and sound. There are also interactive fountains and a maze fountain, just two of 13 in total.

Engineering

I graduated from the University of Western Australia with degrees in Computer Science (IT applications) and Electrical Engineering (Power Engineering).

I worked for almost 3 years at Western Power both as a vacation student and graduate in the fields of Asset Management, Power Quality, Protection Commissioning and Services, Power Station Maintenance (now Verve Energy) and System Management.

I am now working part time on a research and development project for Close Comfort in the field of air conditioning, as well as a variety of ongoing personal engineering projects which revolve mostly around sustainable energy or electric vehicles.

Photography

I have taken up Photography semi seriously in recent times with the purchase of a Nikon D90 and various lenses. I sell some of my photos (and video) on iStockPhoto.

If you need a photographer for a project, feel free to get in contact.

I have put together a number of video projects for various clients. I have filmed, edited and made videos for graduation ceremony, music videos, weddings and other projects. If you would like to find out more about what I can offer in the way of video services, please have a look at Video Online my video making website.

I started playing piano classically when fairly young, but then picked up the cello at primary school. (there were only 3 instrument choice options at Albany Primary School at the time). Shortly after picking up the cello I gave up the classic piano training. In year 10, I was lucky enough to try some Jazz Piano lessons under retired big band co-ordinater Will Upson, and loved it! Since then I have played solo piano at 5 star hotels, performed with a variety of jazz singers in and around Perth, as well larger swing bands at Quaranup Music Camp. Now I teach basic chord theory, jazz and blues improvisation to several private students in Perth. If you are interested in learning piano, then please contact me. I always give my first lesson free, so there's nothing to lose.

Now I play accordion in Perth Gypsy Tango band Zigatango. The piano accordion is quite similar to the piano in that the right hand side is literally a smaller piano keyboard layout mounted vertically on the instrument. The left side consists of a series of buttons which are aligned to give major, minor, 7th and diminished chord influences, each consecutive row cycling through the circle of 5ths.