“I’m feeling out of bounds, out of bounds.. I’m running out of time, out of time I know there’s no such thing as either of them, But it doesn’t make me feel any better.. Out of sight, out of mind.. We’re out of time We’re out of mind”

“Then I look at you, and the world’s alriggghhht with me. Just one look at you.. and I know it’s gonna be.. a lovely daaayyyy”

A collection of moments throughout the weeks.. including; driving home past Belair National Park and thinking my area was in flames as I got further up the hill the sunny day was replaced with thick smoke. When I got a suburb away they had a teeny tiny sign on the side of the road explaining it was a burn-off. Even though it doesn’t look it in the pictures you couldn’t see more than 50 metres in front, it was quite beautiful even if I did smell like a  barbecue when I got home…

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Someone thinks highly of themselves…

…. These next pictures are from this guy who just randomly plays the guitar in Rundle Mall, he just jams and sometimes plays recognised songs who sporadically shouted out ‘Peace!’, ‘Love!’, ‘Unity’.. he wasn’t asking for money, you could take a CD, leave cash if you want to or not but what caught my eye was this amazing ‘Local Revolution’ book that I looked through and was filled with messages of love, peace, proverbs, sayings, quotes in English and in other languages.. It was awesome… bummer that I only had my mobile on me…

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Of course I had to write something.. my all-time favourite quote I wrote on the left with blue pen by Marianne Williamson (No not Nelson Mandela like that movie Coach Carter bloopered) “What is our greatest fear? Our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…” There’s more to it but I was late for the bus and had to run….

A day at the beach…

Foo Fighters at the Adelaide Oval…

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Funny enough the first thing I noticed wasn’t the tree sprouting out the top.. my first comment was ‘Surely they would be pulled over with the windows painted over like that’… in my defense I approached it from the back, there are similar trees aligning the street and I didn’t see the front window had been painted also

“Cruising down the highway, with my friends top down and we’re all on our way to the beach..and everyone keeps laughing at those cars we are passing as we’re sucking down that funny bonnie weed”

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Saudades.. .. ..

“Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies.. somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly.. a girl with kaleidoscope eyes”

If you haven’t read the last post.. I’d recommend it otherwise you’ll have no idea what I’m talking about. The next category for the Ray Ban Photography Awards was MOBILE, and I had 2 photos be picked (Yay!) basically anything taken with a mobile phone qualified. I wonder how you monitor this because how can you reeeeaaaallly be sure someone used their mobile phone (I have my doubts with a few) but if so i would like to know what kind of mobile they have because some of the pics I’m posting are amazing! So the two images from my collection that made the grade are this one..

This was at the U2 concert in Melbourne last year.. all girls will attest to how incredibly long the wait is for the bathroom at a gig and when I got to the front I saw this little girl at the end obviously waiting for somebody, looking at her U2 tickets like they were so precious.. whipped out my mobile and took a picture. I like the tones, how she contrasts but also the symmetry of the toilet stalls how it all leads to her.. simple pic but a goodie.. .. next one..

Before a night out in Melbourne just stepped off the bus on the bridge near federation square and the sun was setting, men were rowing,  the sky was amazing and my proper Lumix camera had died so I used my mobile phone (which by the way is the Sony.E X10 not a bad camera but not the best either really have to stay still for a quality shot).. love the colours, the ripples in the water and the rowers add a nice touch.. so pretty awesome to get these two in the semi-finals. Now for my favourites from the rest of them.. ..

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Love it…!

“She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak.. I’ve been locked inside your heart shaped box for weeks”

My new favourite photographer.. .. .. ..Hedi Slimane.. .. ..I’m in love..

 

I have added a new category titled Inspiration… none of the photos are mine or will be.. these are things, quotes, art. photography that blow my mind and rock my world but I just have to share..

“Cause I am always where I need to be, and I always thought I would end up with you eventually”

“….And there’d be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind”

Had my first gig review a couple of weeks ago and it was the pretty cool Josh Pyke with The Paper kites and Emma Louise… Here’s my happy snaps!!

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Rock n Roll style; awesome boots with skinny jeans..

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Emma Louise – second support act, beautiful voice and really tried to connect with the audience telling them meanings behind her songs before she sung them even though nobody really knew who she was. A big cheer came up though when she sung ‘Jungle’.. if you’re a triple J listener like probably 4/5’s of the audience you’d of heard it..

… the only song anyone knew of hers but she’s brilliant

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This girls backup vocals and harmonies were amazing, very, very talented she had such a seventies look about her and I had to shoot her black and white with that simple black dress with arms full of bracelets and she played barefoot the whole time…

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Great accessories.. love that knotted bracelet and those bronze and metal rings

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Awesome moment when he invited the crowd to come up and sing one of his first major songs ‘middle of the hill’ and it was a great scene as you can see everybody singing along in harmony the girls and guys in the back there with their eyes closed really getting into the song. But then that guy at the front the Led Zeppelin shirt was funny trying to share the microphone, clicking his fingers with Josh Pyke and getting most of the words wrong.. absolute hilarity…

Great show… felt like a nerd there alone with my notepad, scribbling notes in the flashing lights, juggling my camera at the same time.. still do it all again!!

My Mix CD

• Middle of the Hill – Josh Pyke
• Featherstone – The Paper Kites
• Bloom – The Paper Kites
• Summer – Josh Pyke
• Hits me like a rock – CSS
• Awkward – San Cisco
• Got it all (this can’t be living now) – Portugal. The Man
• Mr Polite – The Jungle Giants
• Girls – Deep Sea Arcade
• Like Water – Ladi6 – you have to listen to this