kate part i

Yesterday the lovely Kate and I visited op shops in town before photographing each other. These photos give my view of a two-sided tale. My heavy eyelids won't allow me to complete the editing tonight, nor would I want to fit the final amount all in one post. Part I; 

black-eyed susans/aurora part ii

Aurora and Indiah live in the most inspiring home that I've ever visited. It is absolutely magical and bursts with creativity. The photos I took do not do it justice;

aurora making breakfast

the bathroom window which i fell in love with

aurora and indiah's mumma's artwork 

feeding the ducks

pigeons stealing the duck food

black-eyed susans/aurora part i

Photos taken of, by and with a close friend of mine.
A friend of Aurora's gave her a set of filters (which do not fit any of her cameras, or any of mine). I experimented as I've never used filters - just hovered the filters in front of my lens. I've been drawing a huge amount of inspiration from a sort of alternate style of photography that I've stumbled upon on flickr. This is the result of my inspiration;
(note: some photos were taken with Aurora's Canon EOS 7D, some with her Canon EOS 1000D and some with my little Fujifilm)

aurora

indiah 

shadow

I'm overflowing as well as being hollow; 

this last photo, though terribly edited (i like the look to be honest) sums up all of these photos. 

i am blank

for the record

Taking photos frees me.

a record an old friend bought for me from an op shop. it's split now and i hang it on my wall

as the sun drooped lower i adjusted my camera. grainy photos are my favourite

Today while in the back paddock, the kids of a house a few up from mine were playing in their yard. They yelled, laughed, screamed and their parents spoke on the stairs, watching over them. While taking photos of myself, I suddenly heard 'it's a camera!'. One kid had climbed up the fence and was staring at me. A few moments later, two of his friends had joined him. I waved at them but they ignored me. 'It's a camera, look! She's taking photos!' the first boy said, yelling excitedly to his parents as well. Then, matter-of-factly he concluded 'she's a picture lady.' 

They hung over the fence for the next ten minutes while I took photos of myself, then called 'bye' when I packed up. I've never had an audience before.