With the exception of an Afghan Hound, I’m not sure that the dog world contains a more beautiful breed than the Rough Collie! I just want to brush them and pat them and bury my face in their fur! These 2 handsome gentlemen are Newton (tan and white) and Galileo (tri-colour). We spent some time…
Warm weather romping
When the weather warms up we modify dog walks to take into account snake activity, but also because Delilah is not a fan of the heat and likes to cool off in as much water as possible! We have a lake very close by which is perfect for this, but sometimes I like to jump…
“My dog will NEVER sit still…”
Everyone says or thinks this at some point in their dog’s life (or all the way through it) and sometimes this is enough for them to give up on ever having a great or even acceptable photo taken. My own dog is a bag of nuttiness a large amount of the time; we had to…
Photoshop before and after
While getting everything right in camera is definitely the way to go, sometimes a little more work is necessary. In many cases processing a RAW image in Lightroom is enough, but these are examples where a little more work was required after that to remove distracting elements. I also gave them a little more attention…
Westside Wedding
Occasionally I’m asked to help out other photographers with events and was lucky enough to assist the very talented Imran of Westend Photography with a wedding in the Western suburbs. This wasn’t the kind of wedding I’m used to- it was carried out entirely in 2 different family homes and some of it was loud!…
Exhibition time!
Being somewhat of a shy person I’d never considered submitting any work to an exhibition before, but Darebin City Council announced that they were taking submissions for an exhibition for local artists just as I was beginning to plan something fun: Resin coated photos! I’d made small versions of this in the past, but this…
The beauty of old lenses
My great uncle was an enthusiastic photographer, so when he passed away he left behind a lot of equipment and a huge amount of Kodak slide film which expired in the 1970’s. My first film camera came from this collection – an Olympus OM-1 – and a few of us worked our way through the…
Delilah
On the 31st July 2017 we said goodbye to my beautiful old dog Caesar. He was so healthy for most of his 12 years, but his kidneys were just too tired to keep going. At first I thought we’d have a dogless period and enjoy some freedom before making a commitment to another dog, but…
Hating photos of ourselves
Children seem to love photos, good ones, bad ones and blurry ones, sometimes the worse the better. But then adolescence arrives and we’re too self conscious to allow others to capture our vulnerability and imperfections in a photo. Carefully curated selfies aside, many of us lose the ability to relax when confronted with a camera…
Diner en Blanc
Last Saturday I was a part of the photography team for a fantastic event at the Treasury Gardens in Melbourne- Diner en Blanc. It’s a wonderfully photogenic event, with a large crowd dressed in white, but even more so given the garden location! I only spent a small part of the evening taking photos (the…