If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile you would have picked up that I participated in Project 365 last year. What this meant was taking a photo a day and posting it with a group at Flickr. This was a great exercise to participate in as it made me think daily about going outside…
Butterflies at the park
Back at one of my favourite places to walk, Lysterfield Lake Park is brimming with butterflies and dragonflies at this time of the year. This is one of the butterflies I saw when walking last weekend. It had beautiful markings under its wings whereas most seem to be rather pale in comparison I have a…
In Trudi's garden
As we walked around the garden on a lovely summer afternoon, this very large skink watched us from where it was sunning itself on a rock. Then it decided we had gotten too close and slithered off into the rocks, but not before I could get a couple of shots of it.
Client testimonial
As a result of my newsletter article (because of a photography competition win) I picked up my first paying client recently. I went to his place to take photos of a family of Tawny Frogmouths in his garden and to do some prints for him. He was very happy and wrote me a letter saying…
In Trudi's garden
I mentioned about Trudi’s calendar that I made for her for Christmas. One photo that made her chuckle was this one. There was a story about how she got so many wheelbarrows which she happily shared with me.
In Trudi's garden
I mentioned yesterday how I love going over to her place to take photos of her garden. I surprised her at Christmas by presenting her with a calendar called Trudi’s Garden but I don’t think it was till she got to the March photo that it dawned her that it was truly her garden. The…
In Trudi's garden
Our neighbour Trudi has a garden filled with Salvia, of almost every imaginable colour. She’s with the Salvia Society and co-writes their newsletter. I love going over to her garden early mornings to see what birdlife is there and also to take photos of her various plants when they’re in flower – there are much…
And back on the street in St Kilda
Back on the streets at St Kilda, you can see the Luna Park entrance and some of the visitors enjoying a ride.
A visit to St Kilda
Here are two separate wind surfers doing their thing…
A visit to St Kilda
Did I mention it was windy when we went. As we headed towards the beach, this is what we could see in the air. Naturally I was keen to get close to the shore to see the action.
A day in St Kilda
We went to visit our daughter for her birthday on the weekend and although it was a rather blowy day, there were still things that could be photographed. Here two buskers pose as firemen on top of ladders (I have no idea how they balanced them) juggling batons of fire. I was a distance away…
Canoeing on the lake
While at Lysterfield on Saturday morning, I noticed this man canoeing on the lake. It was a warm windy morning and there were quite a few people at the park, and several at the lake.