Week Six

I love the idea of creating a personal journey portfolio. Initially I thought it would be fantastic to capture all of my favourite places and things. I wondered if it would seem a bit vain, but I just really liked the idea of creating a diary of photos. I could even set my camera to timer mode and put myself in the pictures… Or I could follow a differed route and create a collaboration of important events in my life (over the past six weeks). When I rifle through the hundreds of photos I’ve taken during this subject there are endless stories and memories; seeing a favourite band, fathers day, friends for dinner, Sydney, bidding at our first house auction, riding my bike everywhere, blowing a tire, exploring so many neighbourhoods… So maybe I’ll complete some sort of personal journey portfolio for my final assessment task. I’ll just keep on collecting photos and see what eventuates, because, really, every time I take a photo, it becomes part of my journey.

Because I take public transport, ride my bike or walk everywhere, I have the luxury of looking all around, all the time. I’ve now taken to carrying my camera in my pocket because my eyes are viewing everything as potential photographs and I’m forever seeing great things. This is unfortunate when I’m riding my bike because I’ll be riding along the road, see something, pull over, take a photo, back on the road, see something, pull over, back on the road, see something….. It takes me a while to get anywhere.

I’ve been looking at shadows and reflections lately and I’m still captivated by lines, form and patterns, as you will see below.





This was a 'pop up show' at Flinders Street Station for Melbourne Fashion week. I thought it looked much nicer in black and white, it gave it a boost of elegance. I like the way the lights trail into the distance.

 

These tree trunks, along St Kilda Road, turned a brilliant green when it rained. I thought it was beeeautiful. The patterns were striking.

Looking at reflections. I love that you can see the base of the trunk and the tips of the branches in the same picture.



Pavement reflections on a rainy day in South Melbourne.



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A spitfire, half under ground, half above ground, in Melton. I particularly like the shadows of the blades of grass.

 


The leaves look so delicate and beautiful. I love the colours, the green and greys.

 



This was a tiny, little snail and it was a pretty little thing, but it's a shame it's not quite in focus.





I love this picture. The greys are beautiful and I love the sharp, strong shadows.

  

Again, I took this for the shadows. I also like the colours and patterns.

 





Keera's cactus, Southbank.