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Being a celebrity for a day
or the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle experience Yesterday, 12 October 2013, was the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle. This event has been running for a few years and is basically an excuse for people to dress up like whatever takes their fancy, rip up their outfit, cover themselves in fake blood and pale make-up and lurch around the…
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USA – Urban Monuments
Post number six in my collections from the US; urban monuments. There are some places that just inspire photos, and a lot of them that are from New York! It’s like I’m all about the east coast. I like the idea that these are man made objects that have become the object of worship and…
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USA – Natural Monuments
For part five of my adventures in the United States I decided to put together all the really awesome nature shots.
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USA – Food
As the fourth in my instalments of themed photos from my trip, I present FOOD. Yes I was one of those people who whipped out the DSLR at restaurants and cafes and fast food stops, and you know what? I don’t care! I was on holiday and I wanted photos of what I ate. I…
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USA – Arty
The third in my series of photo essays from my travels in the USA. I like to think of these as the ‘arty’ shots; here I put less emphasis on what the photo is of, and more emphasis on the aesthetically pleasing elements captured in the image. Given this, I’m not going to tell you…
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USA – Urban Decay
In the spirit of thematically grouping my photos from my travels, I now present to you photo essay number two: Urban Decay. This sign was on the wall of a public housing building in uptown New York. I found it fascinating for two reasons, firstly because it speaks to a cold war heritage that we…
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USA – Ordinary People
While I was on my travels I took an enormous number of photos. I have been back for a couple of weeks, but life got in the way a bit and I am only just getting on to organising my photos into themed photo essays for this blog. I am starting with a theme I’m…
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Fairfax 1440 Photographic Essay Competition
I think I mentioned recently having entered the Fairfax 1440 Photographic Essay competition. It was to be announced at the end of June, so given that I haven’t been notified that I won I am going to assume that I didn’t. Since I didn’t win, I feel I can now publish the photographic essay that…
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I’m going on holiday!
I’ve been a bit quiet lately. I guess blogging, like writing and just about everything else in life, goes through peaks and troughs. During the space since my last update I’ve had exams (one of the joys of going back to uni) and have booked myself a trip to the United States for a month…
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My Genre
I find it odd being told that something is ‘my genre’. I was told this on Saturday in my writing group. I had brought along two short, humorous poems which were both extremely well received. One of the comments made later was that this was clearly ‘my genre’, and was much more enjoyable than some…
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