I always take opportunities when presented to photograph the grand landscape of Australia. So when I discovered our weekend included a visit to a land-formation I'd not seen ever before, I made sure I was fully packed for every style of photograph. A few kilometres West of Balaclava, South Australia is the Rocks Reserves, an... Continue Reading →
How to Make Money from a Liquidation
Most Australians would know by now that BORDERS are in liquidation. As an avid book reader, I am dismayed by this, yet am thankful we have other great book suppliers in Adelaide. (Dymocks and Angus&Robertson to name a few!) Despite knowing about the liquidation a few months ago, it wasn't until tonight that I actually... Continue Reading →
Rotunda on Elder Park
On a regular basis I take long photo-walks alone in the Adelaide CBD. These often involve a walk around Elder Park and onto the Rotunda. Here are two of the photographs I shot in mid 2010.
Review of Adelaide Art Gallery
This morning I was in the Adelaide CBD after an overnight stay at the RAH . Since my wife was working all day, I figured a day getting a 'bit of culture into me' was time well-spent. Originally I had intended to visit both the Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, but I was... Continue Reading →
All the Stuff I did on ANZAC Day
It's been a busy day for me, which is pretty cool considering how little sleep I have had. ~ I had one of my melted bathroom photographs featured in a Redbubble group. ~ I've been on Redbubble since April 2007, just a little over four years. Whilst at my age time goes faster, it's been... Continue Reading →
15 Reasons To Never Give Up
After a recent tragedy (~someone I had the good fortune to meet several times, and talk with more than a dozen times, took his own life), I decided it was time to post this list as it has often helped me put the whole world into a new perspective. As Long As You Are Alive... Continue Reading →
One Way to Have a Great Weekend – My Way!
It's been a busy weekend of editing photographs and creating new graphics. All whilst doing some gardening, so nothing happened as fast it could have done. Yet this is not what I had planned for the weekend ... I did have plans to build an eBay store. I saw last week (via someone on Facebook)... Continue Reading →
8 Important Points to Hiring a Photographer
Being a photographer is a lot of fun, yet we sometimes get clients who take us for granted. So I'm using this article to point out the issues that bug us the most. Each point is potentially harsh - yet many photographers have to deal with these daily. My main point is to make clients... Continue Reading →
Dare to be More than Who You are Right Now
About five years ago I had each of these UPPERCASE-quotes printed in 22pt and stuck on my office petition at my government department day-job. It's obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone's life. DARE TO DO IT AGAIN Always finish your day on a positive. Pick up the telephone again... Continue Reading →
Shooting Flowers whilst Picking Strawberries
Yesterday morning, before my coughbirthdaypartycough, my wife and I went for a quick trip to the Beerenberg Strawberry Farm to pick a few extra kilo's of strawberries. We love 'em! I also used the opportunity to see if a Twitter conversation would come to any fruition. I asked the older-lady at the pay-counter if their... Continue Reading →
Calibrate the Colours of your Monitor Regularly!
Who else color-calibrates their monitor on a regular basis? I use the Spyder3 Express regularly to ensure my monitor is displaying my photography galleries in the right colours. For photographers and videographers, this is a tool you can NOT live without. It's amazing how often I speak to people who tell me their artwork is... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 Movies
Until very recently, my list of top ten cinematic masterpieces had only two upon it. Now it has three. In fact, the new movie has moved into second place. Something I never thought a movie could do. 1. Shawshank Redemption.Tim Robbins is Andy Dufresne. Morgan Freeman is Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding.~ Two imprisoned men bond... Continue Reading →
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…