Photography
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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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Melbourne City Adventure
Yesterday I spent the day in the city centre of Melbourne with one of my oldest and dearest friends. He is really into photography and has an awesome photography based business back in Hobart. We chatted, had lots of cups of tea/coffee and wander around taking photos. These are some of the ones I took…
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Bright Sunshiney Day
Today I bought myself a new toy! I bought a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 lens for my camera. I have been reading a bit about fixed focal length lenses and I have come to understand that they are good for portraiture, as well as being faster (thus allowing lower light photos to come out better).…
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Daylesford Adventure
Last Sunday I drove about 120km out of Melbourne to Daylesford. The area is well known for it’s natural mineral springs, and was a favoured holiday spot of families and glitterazzi in times gone by. Apparently my maternal great grandparents were among those who frequented the area. The spring water is slightly fizzy with a…
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Alowyn Gardens Adventure
Today my housemate and I went on an adventure to Kinglake and Alowyn Gardens near Yarra Glen in Victoria. I took 125 photos, but I thought I’d just share some of the really good ones. Gourds in a wheelbarrow. This really reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Lovely colourful grasses. The sunniest sunflower. A birch forest.…
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Urban Parklands Adventure
I took myself on an adventure today and ended up in Box Hill. I went to a park which was called ‘Train Park’ in my family when I was a child because there is a miniature railway there. It’s correct name is ‘Elgar Park’ which is much less fun. The miniature railway still runs every…
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Yes, it’s a New Year’s Resolutions post
I was thinking about not posting anything for New Year’s but I have been spending a lot of time over the last couple of days thinking about resolutions. Last year I didn’t really make any resolutions because I felt like I’d made all the changes I wanted to make in November. I feel a little…
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Abandonned
Today I went on an adventure and ended up in Mordialloc, a beach about half an hour from Melbourne. There is a boat repair place just back from the beach, along the creek, and in front of it are the skeletal remains of dead boats. I think the shadows in this one look a bit like…
Fleur Blüm 