october twenty ten

i get bored easily

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take a seat...

I went through a period were I saw mattresses on the side of every street. Then I went through a period of seeing couches everywhere. The latest was an array of armchairs. I found this one on the footpath in New York City. Had I have lived in NYC, I would have taken it home.

CONCRETE CHAIR

Camera: iPhone - Hipstamatic App
Taken: New York, New York - July 2010

a spring in your step

Spring has sprung. Ok so it's the first of September and I can't see Mr Sun, but the flowers are blooming. Spring is fun. Spring means birthday time and lots of cake. Oh no. Spring means getting a year older...

SPRUNG
Camera: iPhone - Hipstamatic App
Lens: Roboto Glitter
Film: Pistil
Taken: Melbourne, VIC - September 2010

Angelina Jolie's lips in my hands

Oh. Yes. That. Pout.

True story. My fabulously talented friend was in town from abroad... and on her little trip down under, she brought with her a part of Ange as well as a miniature armature of Mr Fox, who truly was Fantastic.

Camera: iPhone - Hipstamatic application
Lens: Helga Viking
Film: BlacKeys SuperGrain
Location: Melbourne, VIC - August 2010

top hat

Going through my, probably thousands, of photos and stumbled across this ol' one. I admit, I don't necessarily take the best digital photos (I'm a massive toy camera fanatic). However, what I love about this is the lighting and shadows and simplicity of the subject. The vignetting is not by photoshop, it's all in camera! Yes, the beauty of TTV Photography - taking a photo with your digital 'Through The Viewfinder' of an old school camera. Here, I shot through the viewfinder of my trusty and much loved Holga CFN.

HATS ALONE

Camera: Canon Ixus through viewfinder of Holga CFN120
Taken: Melbourne, 2008

I'll make a good housewife one day

Yesterday I baked some brownies. Nice, moist and yummy (that sounds wrong) chocolate brownies with chunks of macadamias and white chocolate! Went down a treat :) ... In fact, I might go have one now with a nice hot cuppa tea!

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Taken: Melbourne - August 2010

Nom nom nom... :)

Remembering the happy (translation: yummy) times of my recent trip... The American's really know how to eat cookies and ice-cream! I chose strawberry ice-cream in between a choc-chip cookie and a Snickers cookie. YUM.

ICE-CREAM SANGA
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Taken: Los Angeles - July 2010

One size fits all...

Found in New York's Times Square's information centre. Go figure. They
also have one for your head, although I forget what it was called...

Lots of people but no Friends...

No one told you life was going to be this way... Yes, my friend and I
visited THE fountain today. Too bad I didn't have an umbrella or four
more Friends with me, we coulda had some fun!

Hello Liberty

Today's adventure: Survive NYC on $20. Result: Success! I visited the
Statute of Liberty, Central Park Zoo, went on a Central Park bike
ride, finished the day with an ice-cream treat, AND had 19cents to
spare!

I love Lucy

I met Lucy today. And Brad and Angelina and Julia and George and Hugh
and Woody and... Ok, so maybe the wax them. Madame Tussauds New York:
pretty cool, but not as good as I was expecting.

Macaroni + Cheese

Yes, believe it or not, today was the first time I tried Macaroni and
Cheese. YUM!

The Happiest Place On Earth

Defn: Disneyland, CA.

U.S of A

My first glimpse of America... And this was all I could find to take a
pic of! I was stuck at LAX in transit for six hours. I fell asleep.

Another one bites the dust

BYE-BYE MARY AND MAX
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: Kodot Verichrome
taken: East St Kilda, VIC - 17th June 2010

These walls, or what's left, once housed the production of Australian low budget feature claymation film, MARY AND MAX, from Melanie Coombs and Adam Elliot, the Academy Award® winning creatives of HARVIE KRUMPET. I spent over a year of my life with both Mary and Max. They didn't talk much.

PS. My claim to fame is as Toni Collette's uncredited sex sound noise double. Yes. True story.

Farmer wants a wife

I got a new toy. Canon EOS 450D.

*grin from ear to ear*
*happy dance*
*handstand*

Being on set in Freshwater Creek, provided a perfect opportunity to play around with my new toy! Cast photographed: Fiona Magnus, Billy Pope.

Billy and the real girl

Will.I.Am
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Kaimal Mark II
film: Pistil
taken: Freshwater Creek, VIC - July 2010

Meet my friend and his girlfriend. He likes her. She likes him. And they lived happily every after.

It's been a while...

Brisvegas: a one day trip...

Blue Skies Fit for a Wedding
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Lucifer VI
film: Pistil

What A Night In Brisvegas Will Do To You

camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Roboto Glitter
film: Float

Under the Stars
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: John S
film: BlacKeys SuperGrain

Dav ♥ Franki
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: Blanko

Kitty Kat: comes out to play...

Normal Kitty Kat

camera: iphone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Kaimel Mark II
film: Pistil

Kitty Kat Fantasy
camera: iphone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Lucifer VI
film: Ina's 1969

Kitty Kat's Big Night Out
camera: iphone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: John S
film: Pistil

Advanced hair, yeh yeh.

SEXY HAIR
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Lucifer VI
film: Blanko
taken: Collingwood, VIC - June 2010

A rare shot of my amazing acting teacher with a head full of hair.

I'll save you

BERT
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: John S
film: BlacKeys B+W
taken: East Bentleigh, VIC - June 2010

I saved Bert from a spider tonight. This means a lot because A) I don't like spiders and B) I'm obsessed with Bert.

Mr Sun came out to play

BLUE SKY
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: John S
film: Ina's 1969
taken: Elsternwick, VIC - June 2010

I like looking up at the sky. I like trees without leaves. You'll soon get to know that about me. I am also most likely to step in dog poo or gum because of those aforementioned fascinations.

Shall we dance?

DANCING SHOES

camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: Float
taken: East Bentleigh, VIC - 26th June 2010

Got my dancing shoes ready for a film shoot next weekend. I'm playing Kitty Kat - a quirky, bubbly, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed young lady; who likes turtles, bonsai trees and tango.

Licorice All Sorts

EGGPLANT WEDGES
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: Pistil
taken: East Bentleigh, VIC - 22nd June 2010

PLUTO

camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: John S
film: Kodot Verichrome
taken: East Bentleigh, VIC - 22nd June 2010

AFTER HOURS
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: BlacKeys B+W
taken: VIC, 22nd June 2010

A random act of procrastination resulted in eggplant wedges (Master Chef, here I come)... Meet Pluto, my dog... Ok, so I don't really have a dog, it's just a picture of a cute doggie on the bag that my Peter Alexander goodies came in... And unbelievable, but true - people working out at the gym late at night... Who are these people?!

Once upon a foggy day

POOH BEAR
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: BlacKeys SuperGrain
taken: Bentleigh, VIC - June 2010

KITTY KAT
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Helga Viking
film: BlacKeys SuperGrain
taken: Ormond, VIC - June 2010

Pooh Bear resides in Bumbles. Bumbles is my zoom zoom. Today, Pooh Bear and Bumbles came face to face with Kitty Kat, whilst out in the fog this morning.

All by myself

IN THE SHADOWS
camera: Kodak Flash Camera (disposable)
taken: Melbourne, VIC - March 2009

With my previous post about shadows, I decided to dig up this old image. It was taken last year, and was in fact exhibited in a gallery (one of my goals which I successfully accomplished last year!). I like the moodiness captured by the lone light casting a shadow over the girl's face, surrendering her faceless. Who is she and what is she doing all by herself in the dark? We are all story tellers... so, you tell me?

* This image can be viewed at my redbubble gallery

Who are you? Who am I?

SHADOWS
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Kaimal Mark II
film: Ina's 1969
taken: Elsternwick, VIC - 18th June 2010

Shadow's are rather fascinating. What exactly is a shadow? What exactly does it represent? This shadow is of me, but looks nothing like me. Which got me thinking... Who am I, who are you, who are we? What we put out there for the world to see is not always what we are on the inside. Do we ever really know someone? Chances are, probably not - I mean we can know someone inside out and how they will react and what they will do or say, but still, even those people can and will surprise us. Sometimes I wonder if I really know who I am, myself; and because of this, I like the idea of a shadow - it can be anything you want, it's completely up to your imagination.

My name is Spasil

THE BIRD
camera: iPhone, Hipstamatic Application
lens: Kaimal Mark II
film: Blanko
taken: East Bentleigh, VIC - 18th June 2010

And I am a spas... Spas likes one on one time with the mirror, sitting on your head and nibbling at your food. Question of the day: What do birds do when it rains? Do they just get wet?