Day 314

Happy Birthday, Sesame Street!! Home made by yours truly. :)

Day 313

My two favorite photos from the Newtown Festival:

Taken in Newtown/Sydney, Australia.

Food for Thought

So, I've been doing some reading today on Flickr about how to market your photos and make money both through stock photo sites like iStockphoto and Getty Images as well as through private sales (primarily within Flickr) and I've had a lot to think about. I plan on posting something on it later so please keep reading this blog. I think it's pretty useful stuff for anyone who would like to make a buck or two off their photos. Plus, I've also been meeting some success with all this recent advertising for my photography. Today I'll be photographing the Newtown City Festival as an official photographer for the City Centre. Lots of good stuff to follow, I'm sure! So be ready! This blog is going to explode this week!!

Day 312

Yesterday Jeremy and I went out to Bondi beach and did the Sculpture by the Sea walk. The Sculpture by the Sea exhibit is a free outdoor gallery of local artist's work. Some of it is really abstract and other peices are just fun and silly objects that you can esily interact with. I'm sure you'll have no problem figuring out which kind I like the most... :) It was absolutely beautiful and a perfect sunny day for photos and I had so much fun. Check out a few of the day's catch:

There were these big mirrored boxes out on the rocks and one had a triangle peep hole through the middle. Of couse I would stick my lens down it! Then, whenever someone put their face up on the other side to look through, I would hear horrified screams of "There's a camer in there!" from the other side. Too funny!! But the photos came out really really cool. Kind of like a kalediscope (I'm am sooo sure I spelled that wrong!).

I caught a glimpse of these silly kids making faces in the mirrored boxes. How great it was to be a kid!

This is looking up through one of the exhibits which was, as far as I can tell, a miniature abstract house made of wood pallets. It was definitely one of my favorites.



At one point along the way there was a bigger park like area along the path with lots of pieces in the grass. This one was obviously a tube of sorts. I took this photo with my fish-eye. The others came out well too but I love how this one just captures the nature of play. So many kids were running in and out of these things!



Another of my favorites was the flags. The shapes they made were really cool. I've always loved walking under flags. :)



This just cracked me up. Someone put big glass eyes into the cliff-side and made a face along the path. LOL. It was pretty funny. I almost got ran over taking this photo though--WAY too many people!



And this is Bronte beach where all the fun began!

Day 291

More photos from out on the boat with Sydney Tall Ships today.

I really like this last photo. I messed around with it in Photoshop quite a bit but I like the way the color turned out--muted and such. Maybe I should add some crackly texture... Age it a bit. What do you think?

Day 283

This is Chelsea Yu. She just graduated from the University of Sydney with a master's in accounting and finance and asked me to come along and take some photos for her family. We had a really good time and I was so excited to be a part of her special day.



And this is her with her boyfriend Norman, from Bangladesh. Such a sweet couple!

Congratulations, Chelsea!!

Day 277

Today, for my birthday, I hit up the aquarium. Though the focus is of course off, the composition is good, I think. I love the color, the shadows, and the sun light coming through the surface. I think the mood is mysterious and menacing--just like those sharks. :)

And afterward, I hung out in Darling Harbour at a Latin Dance Festival with Jeremy. It was super fun and this death character in a Columbian dance definitely got us laughing.

Day 275

Today was my first professional gig as a photographer, doing work for Sydney Tall Ships. SO MUCH FUN! And I even loved editting the photos. I'll let you know when they put some up on the website. :)

Day 259

Some strong winds blew dust from South Australia all the way across the state and dumped it all in Sydney Wednesday morning. This is from outside my house and though it isn't a great photo (I had to work and couldn't go out for the day), it does give you an idea of how dark and beautiful the city was.

Day 239

This is a giant fig tree just up the road from us, located in a graveyard. I just love walking by it nearly everyday on my way to the store. It's just such a powerful looking tree. Perhaps an Ent?



And one more for good measure!

Day 221

Taken during a picnic at Sydney's Botanical Gardens. Aren't these the strangest looking plants you've ever seen? And they were basicall 9 foot tall stalks with no leaves other than those little ones. Weird Austalian flora...

Day 186

This is Bondi Beach in Sydney where all the city surfers go. Jeremy and I went out here to have a picnic and read in the park though I must admit, I was a little mesmerized by the surf boarders and didn't read much. I've always thought surf boarding was a cool sport.

Day 174

Brisbane's Story Bridge by night.



I figured I'd post a color one too. :)

Day 166

Jeremy and I went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary today and I can't say I took enough photos. I only got about 250... :) I think this one is my favorite but honestly, there are SO many good ones. Please check out my Flickr page to see more of these cute little animals!

Day 161

This was taken in Sydney just outside the Oprah House. I was trying to get some cool photos of these interesting orb-like lamps along the footpath and noticed the reflection of the Oprah House in the glass. I figured it was an interesting way to see the city and I snapped off a few shots. What do you think? Epic success or epic fail?