The tiny Kodak Charmera Keychain Digital Camera
When I started researching the Instax Pal camera, I kept seeing videos and such for the Kodak Charmera Keychain Digital Camera. It is a very small camera, and as the name says, you can hang […]
An almost summer sunset in the city along the river
So you can see it was almost a sunset, but not quite. All the conditions were right for one, but there just wasn’t any real colour. It is always disappointing when you go to photograph […]
Giving the second chance photos a turn for Lens-Artists Challenge #382
This was an interesting challenge thisweek, set for us by Egidio from Through Brazilian Eyes, and not one I was sure I was going to do. That is not because I thought it was bad, […]
The city has a new train station and it is Town Hall Station
For the last couple of years the city of Melbourne has been upended as they were building a new underground train line. I don’t even know where it starts or finishes, but we now have […]
Monochrome Madness – Does a colourless carousel work?
Another free week and my inspiration came from a surprising source. A friend sent me a video with a carousel in it. There was other stuff in the image, but it got me thinking about […]
Walking around the city with the Fujifilm Instax PAL Digital Camera
A month of so before Christmas, my daughter showed me this new camera she had. It fit in her palm and she said it was fun. It was also very cheap. I asked her what […]
Monochrome Madness #51 – Markets
Our first theme for 2026 is MARKETS and has been set by our host, Sarah from Travel with Me. I haven’t been to a market for many years, I’m afraid, since the pandemic. I have become […]
Up up and away . . .
A couple of years ago, I was in the city with my friend Chris, and we were walking through Southbank. There was a shop front that was open, but it wasn’t a shop anymore. Inside […]
In Melbourne you can find lanes around corners for Lens-Artists Challenge #380
In the city of Melbourne there are things around corners everywhere. You can turn a corner and be in a lane, then in the lane you can turn around another one and be in another […]
Reposting – A City Comes Alive 3 Days Before Christmas
I have another repost from my old blog. It is interesting looking back at some of this, because some of these places are very different now. Yesterday I decided to head into the city and […]
Welcome to the silly season in Melbourne
I don’t know if anyone else in the world calls the Christmas season the silly season, but we do here. It is a crazy time of the year. I’ve been posting lots of photos of […]
Turning the Town Hall in a projection screen for Christmas
I love how they do this, but it has been a few years since I last went in to see the lights or the projection on the Melbourne Town Hall and I think I should […]
Starting to feel like Christmas
It seems like the right time of the year to start doing this, Christmas is very close now.
Finding a different view of the Seafarers Bridge in my archives
When I was going through my archives recently I came across this image. I instantly liked it. There are things I’m not happy with, but overall I like the idea. Look at how amazing those […]
A different view of the Westgate Bridge in Melbourne
Most of us who live here see views of the Westgate Bridge usually from the sides, and rarely from the end. I don’t think I ever really considered the curve you drive around to get […]
Fixing up something in an image that I never really liked
This is an image I took back in 2017, and it is one that I have always liked, except for the big white spot in the middle. I was there at St Kilda pier at […]
Nature’s angels wings for Lens-Artists Challenge #376
Beth from Wandering Dawgs is challenging us to feature anything with WINGS. Today I am presenting you with Nature’s Angels, butterflies. I hope you enjoy them. All the photos were taken at the butterfly house […]