I know I have been a bit slack on the postings this last couple of months. I blame the discovery of
Instagram! I have to admit, I am hooked! I drive Jeff crazy by whipping out my iPhone everytime I see something I would like to share. I have also been following a couple of "Photo - a - Day" challenges.
Both are fellow bloggers and here are the links to their blogs:
FatMumSlim and
Kootoyoo.
These two ladies have really inspired me to get creative this year.
I am posting a few of my favourite pictures and projects for the year. Please enjoy!
The beginning of 2012 saw some rather stormy weather in Northam!
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| January 20 -Lightning - couldn't believe I managed to capture this! |
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| January 20 - Storm Clouds |
January also saw me tagging along with Jeff to his cycling events. These photos are in January in Toodyay for the Mark Weber Memorial race that goes from Toodyay to Gidgegannup.
The end of January saw the inaugural meeting of the Northam Photography Club. It coincided with the opening of the Northam Sound Shell in Burwood Park where summer concerts are held. Thanks to Jenny Utting and Martin Carter for making this fun club happen with lots of fun meetings.
February saw our first critiquing for our photos of the sound shell. I learned a lot!
March was my very first beginners DSLR workshop with Seng Mah from
Venture Photography. I can thoroughly recommend this workshop!
April saw me getting up at ungodly hours to go to cycling with Jeff. Since I have finished work, I have been doing volunteer work with Jeff's main club Australian Time Trials Association (ATTA). Unfortunately apart from a few meets around Toodyay, Gidgegannup and Chidlow, this means getting up at around 4am to be at the other venues in time. It is not fun in Winter though it is the only day of the week I do have to get out of bed before 7.30am!
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| Bibra Lake at Dawn |
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| Bibra Lake at Dawn |
In April, we also had the pleasure of hosting friends from Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Jean is one of my online quilting friends with whom I have been 'chatting' with via email for the past 15 or so years. Her lovely husband Blaine is a physics professor who manages to swing a teaching gig at Hue (pronounce 'whey') University in Vietnam ever few years. This year they extended their visit to Australia too. It was so much fun having them around! Jean is besotted with Australian wild life and says the highlight of the trip was getting to pat Big Bub the Wombat!
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| At the Bell House Cafe in South Perthon arrival in WA with Charlie the Koala |
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| Blaine put his feet in the Great Southern Ocean in Augusta |
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| And the Indian Ocean in Dunsborough |
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| International Quilting Buddies |
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| Jean and Blaine with Big Bub the Wombat and her handler - oh! and Charlie the Koala |
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| Charlie the Koala from Virginia meets one of his Australian relatives |
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| Blaine impersonating the Kangaroo or vice versa! |
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| Reflections in Fremantle |
May saw my best friend Gilly and I head to Hong Kong for a few days.
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| Hong Kong from the Peak Lookout |
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| Gilly with her new camera bought in Kowloon |
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| On the way to the Exhibition Centre |
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| Kowloon by night |
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| The smallest escalators in the world! |
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| My bestie Gilly hamming it up at Disneyland Hong Kong. |
Wintry June didn't let us down with some pretty spectacular skies...
and that is the first half of this year for me in Pictures!
Second instalment to come soon!
To be continued.... :)
2 comments:
Great photography! Can't wait to see the second half of the year through your lens.
Haven't looked at your blog for ages, so glad to see you've posted some stuff. Looking forward to the second instalment. Hope you do it soon! xxxx
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