Mt Kosciuszko Summit (Wed 29 Dec 2010)

Geoff and Jo - Mt Kosciuszko - 5:37pm Wed 29 Dec 2010 (picasa)
Another 12 months passes by - the tradition continues.

Happy New Year to all from Canberra now.

Sculpture Garden - National Gallery of Australia - Fri 31 Dec 2010 (picasa)
Looking forward to 2011.

Poster - Watkin Street / Newtown Hotel (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Poster - Watkin Street / Newtown Hotel (Thu 16 Dec 2010)
A ripped A4 Poster pasted to the side wall of the recently reopened Newtown Hotel.

I like this a lot for some reason. The sweeping wave-like hill and it's detailed surface (with figures and all), the weeping willow, and the warrior with his sword and fancy boots to match the curvature of the hill. Seems to have some Chinese influence, but it would appear to be of European heritage.

Poster - Watkin Street / Newtown Hotel (Thu 02 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)
Lurking ominously just a few roller doors up the street is this sign ..

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Book - 10 Years of In-Public (Street Photography)

Cover - 10 Years of In-Public (google)
Bought a copy of this Book for myself for my recent birthday. The Book was wrapped in plastic and for some reason it took me about three weeks to get around to opening it.

The book is published by In-Public founder, Nick Turpin from his publishing company, Nick Turpin Publishing.

To celebrate 10 years of In-Public, Nick asked its 20 members to select 10 photographs from their portfolio's and to write a page on what Street Photography means to them.

An amazing book, not only because of the photographer's photos, but more importantly their words. Some fantastic insights into the minds of some great photographers.

Nick starts the book with the following title page and photo. The location of the photo I recognised instantly, even though it is half a world a way. This motivated me to write about my photo (see below) recently.

Nick Turpin Title Page - 10 Years of In-Public
Nick Turpin Street Photo - 10 Years of In-Public
My photo of London Bridge - London (Sun 28 Aug 2005)

Winning by Design, not by Chance - Vernon Gambetta (Wed 22 Dec 2010)

Winners are winners because they choose a path less traveled. It is not a path of comfort and complacency. The challenge to all of us is make the choice to pursue the journey to excellence. It is a journey that never ends. Enjoy the journey, it is journey filled with adventure and surprises.

From Winning by Design, not by Chance by Vern Gambetta (Wed 22 Dec 2010).

I liked the bit about the Journey.

First post from my iPhone while waiting at the Airport to Board my Flight.

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Our favourite, though seriously led astray, pooch, is transforming before our eyes.

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)

Exemple Technique Bateau Dragon H2oplayground 2010 (15 Dec 2010)

Exemple Technique Bateau Dragon H2oplayground 2010 (15 Dec 2010)
Montreal Based Indoor Training Center. Shows the technique that Kamini talked about back in June 2010. This is a great video as it allows us to see how the legs and buttocks move during the stroke. There is a lot going on. For us who paddle outside foot forward, the outside leg drive becomes an inside hip drive when both legs are forward. The final variation is to have just the inside foot forward.