One Four Challenge – Blossoms on a tree Week 1
This is going to be my last month this year for this challenge. I’m going to take November and December off and probably January as well. I’m still undecided whether to continue doing it, and […]
Monochrome Madness #44 – Ruins
Sarah from Travel with Me is our host this week and she wanted the theme to be RUINS. When she first said this I thought Australia is not old enough for ruins, not like what you […]
Celebrating a special birthday with High Tea at the Windsor Hotel
It is fast becoming a tradition around here to go out for high tea when it is someone’s birthday, even more so when it is a special birthday, or one of the big ones. My […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #367 – Everyone Should See This
We have a guest host this week, Joanne from Joanne Mason Photography, and for the challenge, she is asking to show something that Everyone Should See (this). I have to admit I have conflicting thoughts […]
Stopping off at Taradale to take photos of the Historic Railway Viaduct
On my day out to Castlemaine, we stopped at a couple of places along the way, and one of those places was Taradale. Taradale is a small town with a population of 448 according to […]
Floral Friday – My garden with a new camera and the Velvet 56
Yes, you read that right, I have a new camera. Well, not really new, but second-hand. So new to me. I really want to update my Fujifilm X-T3, and had thought I would wait for […]
One Four Challenge – Ferry boat for you to follow along with Week 4
Last week with this image and I hope you have liked it so far. I’ve struggled working out what people would like for this challenge, or if they want it at all. This month has […]
Monochrome Madness – Redoing some images in monochrome
A few weeks ago, I showed you the photos below, but this week, I thought for the free week, it might be fun to do them in monochrome and then see what we think. If […]
Just a few images taken around Castlemaine
A week or so back, I showed you some photos from my trip to Castlemaine a while back. It was one of those days that I couldn’t stop using the infrared camera. The first image […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #366 – City Mouse/Country Mouse
Tina from Travels and Trifles is our host this week, and as you can see, the challenge is City Mouse/Country Mouse. I’m not totally sure I get what this one is about, and I’ve been […]
Being a wedding photographer for a special friend of the family
I need to start this by saying I am not a wedding photographer and while I have done them, I’m not comfortable doing them. However, when my friend’s daughter rang me and asked me if […]
Floral Friday – More from my garden
Today I have some flowers that I have taken in the garden recently. Some are blooms, some are new, and some are waiting to flower. The first one is one of my favourite flowers, and […]
One Four Challenge – Ferry boat for you to follow along with Week 3
How are you going? Are you still with me? Like I said I’m trying to make these easy to do. Some simple things to do to your images that can make them pop a bit […]
Monochrome Madness #43 – Symmetry
Our host this week is Dawn from The Day After, and her theme this week is SYMMETRY. Is this something that all photographers try to achieve, or does it go against the whole rule of […]
Having some fun with AI and seeing what you can get it to do
After the AI images I’ve done in the past, I thought, let’s have some fun with it. It is amazing how ridiculous it can be and how stupid the images can end up. For the […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #365 – Longing
Egidio from Through Brazilian Eyes is our host this week, and as you can see, he has set the challenge LONGING. This was a challenge where nothing came to mind, so I went to his […]
Spending the day going to Casltemaine and taking some photos
One thing that I didn’t realise when I went to Castlemaine was how many Churches there are there. Recently, I was having a discussion about photography and why you take photos. I know some people […]