Tag: photography
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The Hidden Genius of Vivien Maier.
I think this is pretty amazing. Whilst digging into the topic of photography on YouTube I came across the story of Vivian Maier. In the mid 1950’s Vivian lived in Chicago’s North Shore area where she worked a nanny. She was a very private person who would spend her days off walking the local streets…
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National Arboretum Canberra.
Location: ///luxury.fire.draw35°17.55096’S, 149°4.29126’E Took Juno for a walk up to the arboretum to catch the golden hour and perhaps grab a couple of snaps. Only he had other ideas, certain that the only reason we could possibly have come up here was so he could pee on a tree from every country on the planet.…
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Its warm inside.
As you know, I am trying to improve my photographic skills. Today I rode my bike into town with my camera (a Canon M50 in case you were wondering) to try a little more street photography. I am still very self conscious walking around with a camera in my hand. This is compounded by the…
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Theatre 3.
Location: ///solved.barn.anyone35°16.89438’S, 149°7.3425’E Theatre 3 is home to one of Australia’s oldest theatre companies, Canberra REP. It is a simple brick building with a seating capacity of less than 200 and it usually stages around six productions a year. Back in another life I played the trumpet, and it so happened that I participated in…
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Juno behind glass
Waiting to be let out. Contemplating the deep dog things. So many trees So little time.
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Final day at Byron Bay
Last day in Byron Bay before following the temperature gradient south to Canberra where the Maximus Celsius has been around number nine. A frosty reception awaits. And here is a Koan: A student asked Dongshan, “When cold and heat come, how can we avoid them?” Dongshan said, “Why don’t you go to the place where…
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Cafe culture
Enjoying a meal at the picturesque Byron Bay General Store, I delve into a delicious acaci bowl while engrossed in a book on monistic idealism and quantum mechanics, scored from a remote second-hand bookshop.
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A thousand bits of paper.
I’m here to encourage less scrolling through the endless shouting and pointing of social media and more browsing the blogs of people who take time to contemplate and create. Kate is a poet, writer and photographer who lives in Queensland, Australia. This is a post from her blog.
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Wish you were here.
Location: ///suave.glittered.replica28°38.41446’S, 153°36.73026’E Another postcard day walking the sand at Byron Bay. Sure the town has become the embodiment of everything I hate about over-development. But the beach…the beach remains just as I will always remember it. Seaspray, spirit-scapes and sand in the swim trunks.
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