I have been infatuated with The Story Bridge in Brisbane my whole life. My Mum, Dad, brother and I would drive to Brisbane at Christmas time quite regularly. It is almost 1,000km which took us about 12 hours with stops along the way. I remember asking my parents how long until we saw the bridge.…
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Today’s theme is Connect and, like the other themes, there are a number of ways to interpret it. For me, I think the best way is to consider my morning routine: wake up, check WordPress notifications, check FaceBook, check Twitter, check LinkedIn. The last one usually co-incides with my morning coffee and the start of…
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What a fun week it was last week. Very busy and challenging, but such a refreshing and fun way to “get away” from the usual. For this weekend, I came up with a project for Christmas. My friend likes to get a photo of herself with her dog (Olly) to use as a Christmas card…
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I always try to stay at an Art Series Hotel, if I can. There are four in Melbourne: The Olsen, The Cullen, The Blackman and the new one is The Larwill Studio. I have yet to try The Blackman, but I have been lucky enough to stay at the others. These hotels are named after…
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In solitude, where we are least alone. ~ George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Today I am flying home and I had eager plans to photograph a scene in the Qantas lounge to reflect the solitude and also the loneliness that can be caused by frequent travel. I imagined a weary traveller sitting at his…
Read MoreThis one was delightfully obvious for me. I am in Melbourne for work and was unable to check what today’s challenge was until about 4pm (it’s released at about 11am here). When I saw the word “bliss” and with the fact that I’m visiting Melbourne, I immediately thought of Adriano Zumbo’s Patisserie in South Yarra…
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Again today, a challenge. I left home at 6am for my flight to Melbourne and the challenge was released while on the plane. Working all day, so tricky to fit in a photo sesh. But I had an idea! Water is life, and for someone like me who travels often it’s most often a bottle of…
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12:15am finally go to bed after a late night photography session 4:55am alarm…stupid alarm 5:04am snooze 1 ends, second stupid alarm 5:10am give up, get up 6:05am leave for airport, realise I need fuel, get fuel 6:40am arrive at airport 7:00am relax in Qantas lounge with coffee and yoghurt, catch up on blogs, FaceBook, Twitter…
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Greetings! It was a long day at work today and I didn’t finish until late, so my photography happened in the dark. Quite a challenge. Since I was at my parents’ place, I dragged my Dad out with me to hold the light 🙂 I got a few shots at the intersection near my parent’s…
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What a challenge! I spent the day at work, thinking about what home means to me, and occasionally checking the feed to see what people were up to. Like many of the other participants, I’m no longer living “at home”, as in where I grew up. My parents have moved away from there as well,…
Read MoreI’ve stayed at the Quality Sands quite a few times; it’s close to our head office in Warriewood. The location is lovely, right across the street from the beach. Bad location if you need to be in the city, but you wouldn’t stay there if you needed to be in the city, right?! There are…
Read MoreConrad Piggins is close to our head office in Warriewood. On Wednesday nights, they do a Chef’s Night Out. I’ve done something similar in Queenstown, New Zealand – it was called Trust the Chef and it was great. The Conrad Piggins experience was slightly different – it was basically a set menu for $45 and…
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