On Melancholy Hill

These shots are of Kingscliff Beach, aka my home town. Sadly the beach does not look like this anymore. Either due to natural forces like the tide or currants, or thanks to humans and their sand pumping a lot of the dunes have now disappeared from erosion. It doesn't really matter though, thanks to the wettest December in 150 years it's not like anyone will be enjoying the beach any time soon. Srsly though, weather needs to fine up in time for New Years Eve and Sunset Sounds.

Hand me down your love.

Celestica

These shots were taken at my friend Lydia's 21st earlier this year. Starting from the top we have balloons, some of which have profanities written on them, a ginger hiding behing a black balloon, me hugging a bottle of Banrock Moscato, a victim of a good "pegging", the lovely and vibrant Katee, a pinata (pretend that 'n' has an accent), and finally the birthday girl wearing the Karen Walker necklace that I bought her.

Blood on our hands.

These photos were taken at Parklife, over a year ago back in September '09. There was an amazing contrast in Parklife '09 compared to Parklife '10. '09 was a disturbingly hot day, girls everywhere wearing pretty dresses, lots of dancing and memory loss. This year many aspects of Parklife were quite the let down. For example it rained the majority of the day, every single girl at the event had orange skin (the colour was running) and denim shorts similar to undies (I've never seen so many dimples in my entire life) and I just wasn't getting into the spirit of things in terms of dancing and bopping along. If anything I was quite apathetic the whole time I was there. I've also noticed I don't get excited anymore. I'm obviously getting old.

Sunburn

This amazing woman at work brought in a bunch of old film cameras that she had hiding in her cupboard. Amongst them was an Olympus Trip 35 which made me squee with delight. I know two other people who own one and ever since I first laid eyes on one I knew I had to have one. And to get one for free is just amazing. My first roll of film was dedicated to testing out the aperture and shutter speed because it's all manual, kind of reminds me of using my Diana in terms of ensuring your subject is in focus. I must say I am quite happy with my test shots. Next time I promise to take photos of something more interesting.

Aeroplanes

A night out with friends taken earlier this year when the Autumn started settling in but the nights were still very, very balmy. There are quite a few in these photos who I wish I could see more often.