Back again….

Well here I am again….catching up with my photos …I am still going, a photo-a-day and hopefully improving…have to be honest and say that I am a little ‘over’ this project but I have invested too much time and effort to stop now!

I want to have completed a 365…its a bucket list thing….and the thought of starting at day 1 of 365 is just too awful to think about!!

So finish this I will!!

 

Day 184

 

Had an assignment to add a texture to a photo, not really my thing, but gave it a go….

 

 

 

Day 185

My darling daughter….

 

Day 186

I know….its hard to find something riveting to photograph e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y…..

 

 

 

Day 187

One I am quite proud of…

 

 

 

Day 188

The youngest offspring heads off on the school ski trip to Mount Buller…. they hit a luck and had great snow…. when I was a kid the school trip consisted of a bus trip to a grotty campsite….

 

 

 

Day 189

The middle child plays in a rugby tournament and gets to play on the MAIN field at school….hallowed ground, people…. quite the big deal, not understood unless you go to a rugby school but this field is generally reserved for the 1st team….

 

Day 190

Another day, another rugby game and the middle child is as happy as a pig in …well, mud ….

 

 

Day 191

The naughty daschund captured on the iPhone…

 

 

Day 192

The middle child on an iPhone….yes, there is a lot of iPhone action as I am playing with my film camera and the photo-a-day does not get sent off, developed and returned same day….thats film, pretty old school….

 

 

 

Day 193

A film shot….the eldest in her onesie….onesies are very IN at the moment…

 

 

 

Day 194

The youngest has never cared about fashion and has always just worn the item of clothing on the top of the pile….but suddenly he wanted coloured jeans….red coloured jeans…..!!! So off we went and this is in the changerooms of David Jones (a department store here)…

 

 

 

Day 195

 

An outing to the mall for haircuts before going back to school….

 

Day 196

A camelia in the garden….

 

Day 197

A black & white of a faded magnolia plant….

 

Day 198

 

The youngest offspring, looking all grown-up….

 

Day 199

Spud on film (well taken with my film camera)….

 

Day 200

Just love this double exposure on film…the middle child who is happiest at the beach…

 

 

 

And so my 365 continues…..

 

Woohoo…look Mum!

Hey, look I got featured….one of my images was chosen as an Editors Choice on the Clickin Moms blog…. thats such a big deal for me…. so go look and find little ole me featured among some very good photogs…. mine is 3rd one down of the yellow beach hut…. cool huh?!!

 

http://www.clickinmoms.com/blog/how-to-photograph-in-full-sun-photography-tutorial-by-sarah-vaughn/

 

This was my photo….

 

 

 

iPhone pics

Our little blog circles theme this month is iPhoneography ( not sure if thats a word but basically you have to use a phone/device).

It seems so easy but I declare myself the worlds worst iPhoneographer (if I use it enough….) …there are many, many people who fill instagram with amazing images everyday…I am not one of them!

Anyway, I had a go last Friday. It had been a busy week and we got to Friday and I sat down with my husband and a glass of wine…..

And of course the dog is never far…

Cheers…

And this was my view, a glorious winter sunset…

So thats Friday night drinks, taken with my iPhone making me an iPhoneographer! Now you can click over to see Staceys’ take on this weeks’ theme…. http://staceyrwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/how-i-view-13/

Still catching up…..

And the big catch-up continues….. I am vowing never to get so behind again….famous last words….

 

Day 183

So, as I started on 1 January…this is the half-way mark!! Woohoo, go me….I have kept up with a photo-a-day for half a year… seriously, so proud of me!!

To mark the halfway mark, here is half a face …its a little corny but thats all I came up with ….

 

 

 

 

Day 182

 

We went away to Byron Bay for a few days at the start of the school holidays with some friends. It rained, no it poured for just about the whole time we were down there!

 

The image below is taken from my dry, warm bedroom because this is what boys do when its raining and no adult will go down to the beach to supervise a swim….

 

 

 

Day 181

 

Byron Bay is famous for surfing and I was really happy to get this shot of a surfer between torrential downpours…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 180

When you go to Byron you have to walk up to the lighthouse and get a photo at this sign…. Most easterly point of Australia…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 179

He’s always happiest at the beach….

 

 

 

 

Day 178

 

An absolutely magnificent sunset…..

 

 

 

 

Day 177

The only time we saw the sun….

 

 

 

Day 176

Look what I found…. I love the retro coolness of this little film camera and am so excited to try some film photography….

 

 

 

 

Day 175

I am afraid that he’s a little over me and my camera….

 

 

 

Day 174

Watching the Wallabies beat the Lions…victory was sweet….

 

 

 

Day 173

The Supermoon…. yay, got it….

 

 

 

Day 172

First fire of winter and this little guy is never far from the fire…

 

 

 

Day 171

The youngest offspring….

 

 

 

Day 170

A macro of an ‘everyday’ item…. scintillating stuff….

 

 

 

Day 169

The view from my patio…

 

 

 

Day 168

He is so BIG….

 

 

 

Day 167

My son and his mates coming back from fishing  on the tinnie…

 

 

 

 

 

Day 166

Another Saturday means another rugby game…

 

 

 

…and I am now officially ‘caught up’…..yay xx

 

Photo-a-day catchup!

Oh dear, I am so far behind!! I have been keeping up with my photo-a-day but have been a bit woeful at the blogging part….and now I am battling! I have to keep trying to find my photo, ugh. Anyway, in an attempt to catch up heres part1 of the big catch-up…

 

 

Day 165

I love the morning winter sun….

 

 

 

Day 164

How beautiful are these tulips! Had to mortgage the house to buy them but they were quite beautiful…I have just completed a macro photography workshop so there is a lot of macro coming up….

 

 

 

 

Day 163

The Year5 wind band in action… my offspring plays the trombone (badly…but no worse than anyone else). It is compulsory in Year5 to be part of this band so you are not looking at children with a god-given talent. Us, year5 parents were a captive audience for the music recital and the year5 band performed second-to-last in a 2 hour concert!! So, after 2 hours we were treated to the most underwhelming, laboured performance of …Hot Cross Buns! Two hours of my life g.o.n.e….xx

 

 

 

Day 162

I did warn of a macro overload…

 

 

 

Day 161

Told ya…

 

 

 

Day 160

 

…and again,

 

Day 159

There is nothing as sweet as a victorious warcry !

 

 

Day 158

Glace cherries divide the masses but I am a fan and they do make the photo prettier!

 

Day 157

Oil in water …part of my photography workshop…looks very arty and abstract, go me!

 

 

Day 156

Ok, not my finest hour…complete fail but its what I got for day156…

 

Day 155

Jewelry is hard to photograph but this is my attempt….my first wedding ring and the upgrade, same husband xx

 

Day 154

Seriously, the most awful sound imaginable! Added to the trombone sound, the dog cries loudly when he starts blowing….its so pleasant !!

 

Day 153

Official start of rowing season! The annual row past where all the crews have to get on the river and its pretty chaotic at the boat shed…

 

 

Day 152

Some beautiful MUMS…

 

Day 151

Someone who does actually have some musical talent…

 

Day 150

Its quite hard to find something to photograph everyday…

 

Day 149

Yummo raspberries…

 

Day 148

Sunset over the Nerang river…

 

 

Day 147

My beautiful daughter….

 

June Monthly Blog Circle

This months Blog Circle Theme is ‘shallow dof’ which means shooting with a very thin ‘sliver’ of focus. Its quite hard to get right and I tried a few different shots during the month….

I love the look of a ‘bokeh sandwich’, this is where the foreground and background are out of focus…

…and then these are with a shallow dof to highlight a specific part of the photo by making only a selected portion of the photo in sharp focus…

The eldest got glasses and I wanted focus to fall on the glasses (f 1,8)…

…and here the middle child was doing his homework and I wanted to focus on his hand holding the pen (f1.8)…

…and this is the oldests hair…I love that the whole photo isnt in focus (f1,4)…

 

 

Now be sure to go see how my friend Christi interpreted the ‘shallow dof’…. http://mamasparrowphotography.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-depth-of-field.html

 

 

Beautiful Ugly….

Its time for my monthly blog circle and the theme this month was ‘Beautiful Ugly’……..hmm.

I had some ideas that didnt pan out and in the end I only got one photo that I thought showed beauty in something that is considered ugly, namely a common-old weed.

Don’t forget to click over to Nicoles’ blog and see how she has interpreted this months’ theme…. http://wp.me/p1uNfs-Ci

Here is my beautiful ugly weed….

My photo-a-day update

 

 

 

We are busy, busy, busy with rugby and rowing! The second term is in full- swing. The weather has cooled down and we have the most beautiful days… this is my best time of year.

Here are my photos from the last week or so….

 

 

Day 128

After-school, feet up and looking to play on his iPad….

 

 

 

 

Day 129

Some days are just onions!

 

 

Day 131

 

I had a photo assignment on texture and this is what I got…

 

 

Day 132

Mothers Day…. me and the off-spring xx

 

 

 

 

Day 133

 

Monday morning coffee…

 

 

 

Day 134

This is the exact moment he hears the postmans’ motorbike… all bets are now off…

 

 

 

Day 135

He could eat strawberries everyday…

 

 

 

Day 136

I got a new iPhone …. took me 2 days to work out how to transfer all my contacts…

 

Day 137

Yay, love some roses…

 

 

 

 

 

Day 138

Last day of being 14!

 

 

 

Day 139

Happy Birthday… had a very Happy day …

 

 

 

Day 140

A hawk moth…loved the colouring…

 

 

 

 

Day 141

Another day, another moth!

 

 

 

Day 142

Just because its hard to find something every day to photograph…

 

 

 

Day 143

Doing homework on her unmade bed …

 

 

 

Day 144

 

Someone got a haircut…

 

 

 

Day 145

It was the youngests’ turn to be Captain so here he is leading his rugby team out…

 

 

 

May is marching…

Its starting to cool down at last….. and rowing season has begun! That means getting the eldest out the house by 4h45 am three mornings a week. Its killing me and I am not even rowing!

Anyway, I am still at my photo-a-day lark….. its enjoyable and frustrating at the same time but its a project I really want to complete ….and I have a poor record at actually finishing off my projects but here’s hoping….

Day 118

Byron Bay…. one of my very favourite beaches.

 

 

 

 

Day 120

Look who got glasses!!

 

 

 

 

Day 121

Me doing some work or checking facebook, ha!

 

 

 

 

Day 122

Love that curl at the back of her neck xx

 

 

 

 

Day 123

Seriously Mom, I am trying to do homework!!

 

 

 

 

Day 124

Ha… this was an experiment in photoshop…. its supposed to look like an old painting!

 

 

 

 

Day 125

Adopt-a-boarder at my sons school…. such great kids!

 

 

 

Day 126

These two are negotiating pooling their money to purchase an iPad game…. this never ends well!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And on we go …..

 

 

 

Blog Circle

I missed my blog circle last month as I was in Japan but I am back this month! The theme this month was ‘Through glass” so I attempted some fruit with my macro glass…. it was fun!

So this is my macro fruit salad!

My friend Stacey is next in the circle so you can click here …

how i view…