The awesome team at Sony Australia have supplied a Sony Cyber-shot QX 100 for me to give away to one lucky winner. The little camera that turns your phone into a very functional camera, will come with its own thinkTank Photo camera bag.
Massive thanks to Sony Australia for their continued support!
Head over and find out more about the QX series camera HERE
The second chapter? I don't know... All I know is that now, I have a four year old (sans 14 days) and a 2 day old... Many people have commented that my life is about to change - again.
Finley Sinclair Pollock | November 3rd, 2013
He may cry, he might wake me up a few times - I'm not the one with boobs, so I just have to keep Seb asleep and we're all happy.
Pollock : Baby of...
Seb is quite taken with his little brother, he wants to hold him and carry him and kiss him all the time - instead, he just wakes him up and stresses us out trying to keep him semi-quiet. Not possible, I know.
Seb holding his little bro...
It will be interesting to see how the next couple of weeks go, I'm sure they'll go just fine... I can't see beyond today right now. Still, that's fine...
Mr. Eyelashes giving his little bro a kiss...
I had the pleasure of photographing a 100th birthday party for Dr. John William Connell.
John William Connell was the founder of John Connell Consulting Engineering Group, which is now known as Connell Wagner. He has worked as Chairman of Allthill Beef Enterprises; Director of the Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria, Overseas Projects Corporation Victoria; Vice-President and later board member of the Austin Hospital; President of the Freemasons Hospital (1986-1988); Member of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Melbourne; Scientific Associate of the Zoological Board of Victoria; Life Governor of Ivanhoe Grammar School; and Elder of the Presbyterian Church. Connell was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Hon Deng) and at the British Institute of Technology (CEng). [Via the NLA]
If you live in Melbourne, there's almost no doubt that John and his company have been a part of your life - the MCG? The Melbourne Underground Rail Loop? -- Or indeed over most of Australia and other parts of the world.
Capturing people's emotions and expression is really exciting and I'm always thankful for the chance to photograph these gatherings.
Thanks, Dr. Connell.. Happy Birthday..
My little boy went through a biting stage when he was young... I guess a lot of kids do! One morning when I was laying in bed, mostly asleep, I remember it was warm so I was only under a sheet when CHOMP, he'd latched onto my toe!
I guess it looked interesting and may have been moving, so he thought he'd bite it.. Anyway, he did and I naturally pulled my leg away - long story short, his tooth came straight out and there was blood everywhere. He took it pretty well, worried mostly about which trucks to take to the dentists! Me, I was trying not to pass out with a mixture of hurt, shame, angst and worry... Great in a crisis me, oh yeah...
Anyways, every time I see my little man smile I'm reminded of that morning..
Step forward to earlier today, Seb and I are out the front and I'm taking some photos for a client's social media, he jumped in front of the camera and gave me a lovely smile!
Sebastian and his toothless smile.
It got me thinking - should I worry about it? A few people have said "Oh, the photos will all have him without a tooth!" ...so I popped the picture into PhotoShop, got rid of some of the lunch he'd just had and wedged in a tooth - now, I'm not the best Photoshopper in the world.. I don't use it very often at all [mostly Lightroom is all] ...but, yeah, this happened. ..
Sebastian with less food on his face and more teeth in his mouth..
It was only a couple of days ago that I was reading about a woman's magazine, Verily, that has said "no" to Photoshopped images of people in their magazines, they're opting for the whole real thing - I mean, wait, what? really? ...yes! And I've got to say that I prefer my little man full of character, food scraps and his little missing tooth...
It's very easy to portray life perfectly here on the internet, but sometimes you've got to keep it real - on both sides of the line ;)
I first hear this about five years ago. Every now and then I revisit this piece and play it for an evening.
Good music, well executed music is timeless. It can take you places in time...
I hope you're well Peo, wherever you are.
