Saturday.......off to Sydney with Lexie, Lauren and Moo to see the taping of Good News Week at the ABC Studios in Harris Street Ultimo. Parked the car, had some food, bought stuff at paddys markets and walked to the studio. Even after all that we arrived miles too early. In fact we arrived just after they closed the doors on the earlier taping. A very nice security bloke saw us and asked us if we were late. No, early. So he offered to sneak us in for the first show too!!! Yahoo!!! it was fantastic. Adam Hill is the funniest bloke and a tidge naughty too. There was an american comedian on the same episode and he was either under the influence of something possibly illegal or he had a very strange sense of humour. Either way there was a fair bit of laughter everytime he opened his mouth. The taping of the first episode was heaps longer than the taping of second episode, but both were fun.

Only took a few shots inside the studio and even fewer in Ultimo itself. Took this shot and LOVED the colours. It was an old bill poster on a derelict facade of a long since mostly demolished building and it grabbed me! I only took 2 shots, but for some reason the poster grabbed me!

Another Long Weekend!

Another long weekend has come around. I'm beginning to like the whole RDO system. This weekend began with closing the Gallery Raw exhibition on friday night and dinner at the Tapas Bar in Hamilton, then saturday I delivered one of the three images I sold at the exhibition to Mrs Eley in Newcastle. Sunday saw Lexi, Lauren and myself hit Catho Beach to photograph the coal loader before it disappears forever. Lunch at Caves Beach was rather nice and I took a few interesting shots there. It is now monday and that seems like a great day to go shopping!

Well this one sold! And it was the second one sold at the Gallery Raw exhibition in the Hunter Street Mall. No-one was more suprised than me when Mark St Clair, the exhibition curator, rang me twice on saturday saying he had sold my shots. Whoot!! Whoot!!

So easter has been pretty big photographically speaking. Took a few pics at the traditional Good Friday fish BBQ at Rods place, saturday sold two images and monday had a trip to Sydney with the flickrchicks for a shootout at the Chinese Gardens at Darling Harbour. This one is from the Gardens. Moo had a clash of cultures when dressed in traditional costume and the urge to perform like a Toyota commerical swept over her.

Yes, she is loopy!!

This weekend might hold some indoor photographic pursuits as apparently it is going to bucket down!

So this is the shot. My first attempt at photographing a semi clad person. Here is totally lit by natural light for a big bay window. It came out ok, I think. Well he is happy with it at least.

Since then I have been very fortunate in being selected to have some of my images displayed in Gallery Raw, in the Hunter Street Mall. Opening night this friday. Yah! Sure there is always two sides to a coin, the downside here is that some people are unhappy that i had so many images selected. But I am proud and happy. I'll be flabbergasted if anything sells, I think the shots are either a bit personal or too obscure to be seen as wall art by the masses. Again, I am very happy with my achievements and delighted that Gallery Raw exists and is available to enthuasists like myself.

In dire need of a break from the coal face, I wangled a week off. With an RDO at the exit end I now have 10 GLORIOUS days off..........but what is a girl to do with 10 glorious days off? Well if today was an average day I shall in face have 10 glorious exhausting days off!!

Shuffling cars, mothers and loads of washing gave way to an afternoon birthday party for a beautiful one year old Eliza. 165 images later (oh I should have shot in jpeg not 21mp Raw) I am still converting to jpeg now. Downloading took FOREVER, but did give me a chance to get some dinner into me and some washing up done. I had hoped to upload a photo or two to flickr tonight, but I don't think that will come to fruition now.

Tomorrow I will have my first ever attempt at shooting a semi clad person with my flash/softbox combination. MMMMmmmm I THANK HIM for being my guinea pig. I don't really hold out hope for great images, but Rome wasn't built in a day, apparently!!

First day of another 3 day weekend for me. There is so much I need to do and so little of it will be fun! I'm still de-shitting. Removing things from the house that I don't use or don't want to see. I'm nearing the end of this process and down to the really fiddly bits. My interest has wained. I know the result will be good, but the process is bad! I'd prefer to be out with the camera taking a few snaps, but this mess won't clean itself up! There are piles of 'stuff' everywhere. 'Stuff" i don't want is all going to vinnies. Even though I thinned out the wardrobe and drawers after the Vic fires, I reckon I can do another cull today. Storage is the big issue. I have none left!!!

Monday will be interesting. I'm going out to take some pics (going on a shoot sounds so pretentious) with 3 mates. We are heading back to the old Ward 21 ruins. I'm driving the Laser in.......so I'll pack a few shovels for the trip!! There has been a fair amount of rain and the tracks might be a bit harder than normal to traverse, but we'll give it a go. I'm happy to walk in but one guy is bringing a portable lighting setup and doesn't fancy crossing the collapsed bridge with his gear. Dunno why? It is only about an 8 foot drop into the water!!

Here's a pic I took last trip there.

I wonder what, if anything, will be left standing this trip.

Now I'm going to try an add a photo....

this may or may not work!