Memory Mondays Week 6

As it is Valentines day this memory monday I thought i'd share some photos of me and my valentine. Back in June last year Evan Rice, my friend that I worked with was trying to build his portfolio so that he could book more weddings for the following summer so the boy and I volunteered to do a 'couple' shoot. With normally being behind the camera, usually when I get in front of it all I can do is smile, look directly at the camera and do they whole snapshot type thing. Evan did an amazing shoot, and even made me feel relaxed and I kind of forgot he was there sometimes as well. He first took us to a spot he had wanted to photograph outside of Halifax which had a fishing village feel to it, then to two places that I wanted to go, Point Pleasant park which is were we had our first date and to the public gardens which at that time of year was full of colour. If you are in NS and want a photographer for couples, engagements or weddings contact Evan through flickr or facebook.

To post or not to post..

So I'm sitting here wanting to post some more of my photos that I took in Europe and also something to do with love coz, well, we've all heard those two words of what is happening on Monday enough by now so I wont say it again but I'd already posted all of my Europe street love photography a while back but I also had another folder which has a different kind of love, but still a very important one, of a parent and a child.

I've mentioned it before but when starting out my trip in the summer I went to an exhibition at the Tate modern about Voyeurism. I don't know if it was because I had seen that exhibition or just because I always try and see whatever beauty is going on around me that I began to notice a lot of photos cropping up of children by themselves or with their parents. So here was my dilemma was if I should post these photos online or not. I have printed them in my book but that isn't as seen as something like a blog post.

As you can obviously tell I decided that I feel like it is okay for me to post these photos. Street photographers have always taken photos of children and families without consent and even though times have changed with the invention of the internet from the days when street photography was born the ideal is still the same, to create that iconic image that will get you known, for good or for bad. I'm hoping that you will see the beauty in these photos as I do.

Much Love

I've been reading the Much Love blog for awhile now, and in the lead up to Valentines day I thought it fitting to finally do a post in relation to the 'Much love mondays' posts.

When I was really young, I'm talking I can't remember if I was at school or not, on Thursdays my Nan would strap me into my car seat, I feel like I was spoilt in the amount of time I was allowed to use my big foam purple car seat with the terrible material, she would do this while holding her keys in her dentures by the leather key ring. We would go to Sydney on the train, then the bus where I would always want to be the one to press the button first when it was our stop to get off at my great Aunt's house, after our visit with her we would make our way back to Sydney's central station to the lolly shop which hasn't been there for years now. Nan would buy me a small bag of whatever lollies and chocolates I wanted including the conversation hearts. They would keep me quiet all the way home.

Memory Mondays Week 5

Half way there through the weeks that I'm bringing you random side stories from the year that was 2010 which haven't been shown here at all yet. This week is another cupcake related one, so just in case you're like me and haven't had breakfast yet, you better do so before you go raiding your baking cupboard to start making some of the sweet little things!

So one day I was walking down Spring Garden Rd on my way to work from the gym and I saw a poster on a telegraph pole saying two of my favorite things, CUPCAKE camp and PHOTOGRAPHY by Chelle Wooten Photography, I went to NSCAD with Chelle so I was able to ask her all the details that I was unable to get in my rush to work that morning. You can check out her blog about it here.

These cupcake campfire's won the best presentation award

So basically it was a charity event and you went along with some cupcakes that you baked and a note, of the $5 or $10 variety. I wore my cupcake dress and felt sick after eating 2 cupcakes, the magnolias recipe one- (HAD to sample that one to see if it was anything like the original, and I'm happy to say it was very close) and a cookie monster one, because well, it was just so darn cute!

My signature pink icing was also in attendance..

EtotheNtotheGtotheLAND

I'm not sure why I like saying, or at least typing that so much, I've never been one for BiG & LiTtLe lEtTeRs being together in one word but I know one thing for sure, I like England.

I'm guessing it is because my Dad is from there so I've always had some kind of connection to 'The mother country' but other than the cold weather and how much they like to talk about it. I love it. Always a new place to explore, another fish and chip shop to try and despite what people say I generally find the English friendly people. A testament to that was when I was at Oktoberfest the 3 guys that I enjoyed hanging out with the most were English.

Waiting for the Tube

The seats at Camden Markets

A man sitting in a pub in Portobello Rd

A car from Europe in a street near Harrods

The change of the guard

A rainbow going into a tree in Hyde Park

Blue doors matching the sky in Tower of London

Tower of London

A squirrel in the park

Dandelion in Kent

Early morning dew

Cherry coke on the beach in Isle of Sheppey

One of Castle Howards peacocks

The grounds of Castle Howard

A grey day in York