Tag Archives: black and white photography

Black and white challenge – day 2

This photo was taken during a recent visit to the State Library of Victoria.  The library, located in the centre of Melbourne, was built in 1859 and features a beautiful domed reading room. The dome was covered by a copper ceiling in 1959 because of a leaky roof and stayed that way for 44 years. […]

Black and white photo challenge – day 1

I have taken on another new photo challenge (which I kind of self nominated for through Deb’s world). Each day for five days I will be posting a black and white photograph. Feel free to switch me off if you’re sick of getting emails about my photo challenges – I won’t be offended. The photo I’ve […]

A very country Christmas

What do you do on Boxing Day in a small Australian country town? You can watch test cricket on TV and eat endless Christmas leftovers, or go for a drive and take photographs.  There are no prizes for guessing what I chose to do.

Monochrome Melbourne

It’s been weeks since I posted a photograph so I decided to take advantage of the great weather and a day off work and wandered about central Melbourne taking some black and white shots. Normally I’d write about what I saw but today I’m going to let the photographs show you instead.

Photography101 – weekend challenge 2 – black and white

My second challenge this weekend is take some photos in black and white. Anyone who has followed my blog in the past knows that I LOVE colour. Whenever I have a camera in my hand I gravitate towards bright colours – a red bicycle, autumn leaves, a sunset, a brightly painted building – so black […]