Posts under this category are related to a project. The project may be long running, i.e. take many years, or a once off project.
For my second week of Self-Portrait (a little project I sneaked in last week), I decided to use try something new: monochrome. Now, I know I can photograph in color and convert it to black and white in Lightroom. However, I decided that I need to start seeing things in gray scale for me to […]
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I almost didn’t go take photos of the Old Treasury Building because of how cold it was. I had planned, albeit not announced it, to go yesterday to the Old Treasury Building at night to take photos for The Lights of Melbourne project, and I ended up going. I was happy that I would be […]
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So today I decided to use Dean, my husband, for a Joy Project session. Late in the morning we had the interview (at home) and then we went off site to take the photos. We spent a great afternoon all three of us: Dean, Hughey (the dog) and myself. Hughey was a bit bored and […]
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After an excessively (for my standards) active photographic period, I’ve hit a lull. Well, a cooling period while I organize my things. This doesn’t mean I’m not doing photo related things, on the contrary. Because I’ve had to reduce my hours executing photographic related things to deal with a few non-photographic things, it is helping […]
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Sunday, 28/03, I photographed the third session for my Joy project. I had the participation of Caroline. She has a great personality and is so much fun to be around. Her spontaneity and honesty are so delightful that you spend an afternoon with her without even noticing time flying by. Caroline’s Joy is Plant Propagation. […]
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So, this past weekend I was supposed to do a photo session for my Joy project. Unfortunately, due to the rain and the nature of the Joy, I was not able to execute the session. We have agreed to postpone and now I need to assess how adequate it is to do the session after […]
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I get all excited when a new photo session for the Joy project comes along. Next Monday I will have my next session and can barely wait. I’ve run through my documentation, I’ve prepared my questions. Come the weekend, I will pack my bagS (one for the camera equipment, and two others for lighting material). […]
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Yesterday was a really sad day. I had to say goodbye to my three feather babies. This is the last post of 52 Weeks of Chickens – 2nd Generation. The Chickens As the past 1.5 weeks progressed, we started keeping only Valentino in a sound proof shed overnight. At 9am, when it is already acceptable […]
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This week (past fortnight) we discovered a tragedy… Valentina is Valentino. We are trying to figure out what to do with him. We love him so much, but our local council does not allow rooster. As a consequence, we need to make tough decisions. The Chickens The confirmation that Valentino’s crowing was because he was […]
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Had too busy of a week/end and was not able to take photos this past week of the chickens. Next week (to be week 17) will come with bombastic news.
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Week 16 was a “normal” week. This weekend the dog we were taking care for went home, HORAY!!! It is bitter sweet to see him go, as he was such a good dog and so warm, but there were issues with his presence in our home, as I may have highlighted in other posts. He […]
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