Show us an edge — a straight line, a narrow ridge, a precipice. This was today’s instruction for Photography101. The photo I chose for this theme was taken in Trieste earlier this year and has two edges. I went out one evening and spied a group of fishermen. They were sitting on the edge of […]
We’ve been asked to incorporate glass into today’s image. It can be a window, a mirror, a drinking glass, or even sunglasses. I wandered around my neighbourhood looking for the perfect shot. I finally settled on this one – not perfect but interesting. It was taken from outside a fruit and vegetable shop at the […]
Today we’ve been asked to provide a shot of something that we treasure. While I treasure my daughters more than anything in the world they didn’t seem the right choice for this challenge. Instead I’m going with something that gives me treasured time away from it all each week – sailing. I took up sailing […]
As the title suggests we’re encouraged to practice some of the techniques we’ve been learning throughout the month. This week I’ve played with black and white, colour and movement, depth, and capturing architecture from many different perspectives.
A few weeks ago I read an article in The Age titled “Inside story of how Melbourne became marvellous all over again” http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/inside-story-of-how-melbourne-became-marvellous-all-over-again-20141031-11d7f9.html The article talked about the Melbourne CBD’s astonishing renaissance over the past twenty years and used some pretty convincing data as evidence – an increase in residents from 2,100 to 116,431; of […]
Landscape is today’s theme. I have so many to choose from but decided on this one. It was taken just out of Florence at a famous lookout that I can’t remember the name of. I got up there and discovered that my camera battery was dead so had to use my iPhone. I was pretty […]
The theme today is ‘swarm’ – and is meant to show a large group moving together. The best I could find from my archives to represent this theme was taken in Gubbio in Italy at the ‘Ceri’ festival where we came across a band who ‘swarmed’ down the stairs and on to the street. They were […]
Today we are asked to show a fleeting moment in our photograph. This one was taken at the night market in Melbourne. The colourful costume combined with the movement of the dance provided a perfect ‘moment’ for me to capture.
The theme for today’s photography assignment is ‘architecture’. The Collingwood Town Hall is not far from my home and a great subject for this theme. It was built between 1885 and 1890 in the ‘Second Empire’ style and is considered one of the finest Town Halls in Australia.
Today we’ve been asked to think about how colour plays a part in our images – to experiment with one colour and feature it against a neutral background, rather than having several colours compete for attention in a scene. I’ve not had a chance to go out today so have used a shot from my […]
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