On Photography - A Record of a Moment - Joel Meyerowitz (Tue 11 Aug 2015)

Self Portrait - Canon IXUS on Shen Hao LF Camera - La Perouse (Fri 07 Jan 2005)

Joel Meyerowitz on Photography and a Moment:

It's always fun to turn the tables on someone who is filming you and do it back to them. If nothing else it becomes a record of the moment, and that has value too.

via Turn the Tablle by Joel Meyerowitz.

And so I did and so it was.

On Trent Parke and Life - Nick Mitzevich /Gina Fairley (Fri 27 Mar 2015)

Reeds - Pemberton / Western Australia (Fri 16 Apr 2015)

Nick Mitzevich on Trent Parke and Life :

By stripping himself bare to reveal his own imperfections, Parke pursues the bigger meaning of life and in doing so he challenges us, to reflect on our own lives.

via The world loves Trent Parke … who? by Gina Fairley.

And that is what I have pretty much done here. That's maybe why I can relate to his work and motivation.

On Reflection - Saul Leiter (Wed 19 Aug 2009) / Adam Harrison Levy (Wed 27 Nov 2013)

Reflection - Uluru (*) / Central Australia (Fri 04 May 2001)
Saul Leiter (*) tries to Reflects (*) on a Life (*) well Lived (*):

I don’t understand how I did what I did.

via Saul Leiter: Remembered (*) by Adam Harrison Levy (*).

On The Sydney Opera House - Juliana Engberg / Guardian (Thu 17 Oct 2013)

lines, lights, reflections and details - Sydney Opera House (Tue 31 Jul 2001)
Juliana Engberg (*) writes about The Sydney Opera House (*):

We need only look at the beautiful photographic studies of Wolfgang Seivers, Max Dupain and David Moore to see, through their lens, the gorgeous lines, lights, reflections and details of this magnificent structure.

via Sydney Opera House, the grand beating heart of the harbour city, is 40 (*) by Juliana Engberg (*).

Grace - Alexandria (Sun 10 Mar 2003)

Grace - Alexandria (Sun 10 Mar 2003)
Natural lighting with Canon IXUS.

On Photography - I love to make portraits - Kirk Tuck (Fri 07 Dec 2012)

Grandpa (Eric) [1] - John Sharman (*) Gallery / Mogo (Sun 07 Dec 2003)
Kirk Tuck (*) writes about the beauty the wonderful relationship he has with photography in (*):

I love to make portraits.

I love that not all of my subjects are required to smile.

I love that we can spend time talking about life while we're making portraits.

I love to work in black and white but I don't fear color.

I love light that can be both dramatic and flattering.

I love the contrast of dark shirts against light skin.

I love longish lenses and continuous lights.

I love going back and looking at old contact sheets to look at the "paths" not taken and then re-scanning and reprinting to see if my tastes have grown or changed since we last peeked into the contact sheets and made our choices.

Another amazing piece of writing about photography by a professional photographer. Got to love that. Thanks Kirk.

[1] Random Recollection - This is a photo of my Grandfather (my Father's Father). My brother, along with my Aunt took him on a drive and at my Aunt's suggestion we ended up at John Sharman's Art Gallery. My Aunt knows him well and she has a few of his paintings. John had also made some paintings from the cliff on the edge of my Grandfathers property at Malua Bay. One of the paintings is the unframed painting behind my Grandfather. This is a nice reminder of my childhood days spend at Malua Bay with my Grandparents.

I have a few more portraits from that day which I will publish here at some stage.

Twin Lights - Then and Now - ATP / Redfern (7:48pm Wed 21 Nov 2001)

Twin Lights - Then and Now - ATP / Redfern (7:48pm Wed 21 Nov 2001)
11 years ago today. Must try to get a photo tonight on the way home from work.

Sculpture #2 - Sculptures by the Sea 2004 / Marks Park / Tamarama (Sun 31 Oct 2004)

Sculpture #2 - Sculptures by the Sea 2004 / Marks Park / Tamarama (Sun 31 Oct 2004)
Really like the way the light falls on this sculpture.

Sculpture - Sculptures by the Sea 2004 / Marks Park / Tamarama (Sun 31 Oct 2004)

Sculpture - Sculptures by the Sea 2004 / Marks Park / Tamarama (Sun 31 Oct 2004)
Just stumbled across this looking through some old photos.

Ninita - Canberra (Sun 11 Jan 2004)

Ninita - Canberra (Sun 11 Jan 2004)
The colours seem to work here - one of my favourite photos. The little IXUS 100 had a great colour palette. The modern cameras have many more pixels but they just don't seem to do what the IXUS could with colour rendition.

Tree Details - Fraser Island (Wed 24 Apr 2002)

Tree Details (1 of 2) - Fraser Island (Wed 24 Apr 2002)
Tree Details (2 of 2) - Fraser Island (Wed 24 Apr 2002)

Fishing - Kingfisher Bay / Fraser Island (Tue 23 Apr 2002)

Fishing - Kingfisher Bay / Fraser Island (Tue 23 Apr 2002)
10 years ago today. A few more from the trip to Fraser Island to follow over the next few days.

Twin Lights - Australian Technology Park / Redfern (Thu 20 Mar 2002)

Twin Lights - Australian Technology Park (ATP) / Redfern (Thu 20 Mar 2002)
10 years and a few day ago - still can remember taking this photo on the way back to Alexandria after work. Put it on photo.net (*) a few months later. Just seems like yesterday.

Intersection - Corner Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets / Sydney (Fri 10 Oct 2003)

Intersection - Corner Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets / Sydney (Fri 10 Oct 2003)