In class last night we played with different sorts of lighting, and different sorts of props.

In class last night we played with different sorts of lighting, and different sorts of props.

In class tonight we played with a light box. Here is my result.

Getting into some lighting – just to see how it works and how it looks.
It looks pretty good!

I’m part of a photography group involved in a 52 week project.
This week’s theme was ‘shoes’. Check out our interpretations by clicking the link.
Source: Week 3: Shoes
I tried something different today … capturing feet as they walked past.
If you look closely at this image, you might see something interesting.

Tim decided to take a closer look into my lens.

Fruit … and its reflection.

It’s more difficult than it looks!
Requirements: raspberry cordial, a straw, a clever and supportive husband.

Another image created for the photography course I’m doing.
A diversion today. And a change of format.
Yesterday, while wandering through Birrarung Marr (beside the Yarra River in Melbourne) we spotted a man on a bike in front of a rock, thusly:

He was balancing in a determined way, and then with a surge of energy he manoeuvred his bike onto the rock, thusly:

Wow, we thought audibly. But he wasn’t finished. He then did this:

A crowd had gathered by this time, and as we stood and watched in awe, he went through the whole balancing act in the opposite direction, jumping … yes, jumping … his bike from one rock to another.
And just in case you don’t believe me, here’s proof that he can do it in reverse:

His feat left me with a few questions: how do you learn you can do that? What kind of kid was he in school? How did his teachers treat him, and encourage him, and help develop his skill?
These are not rhetorical questions … feel free to share your thoughts.