King's Park

31st of March 2012, a group of us made our way through King's Park to take snapshots of the most memorable and smaller icons of Perth's most famous tourist spot. It was a busy day, filled with tourist buses and a Cyclist Hawaii fun run. It was great fun to start the day off with a coffee and brunch, a lot of sun and camera fun. 

It was very fun to take artistic shots of shadows and create my own perspective on the photowalk. Hope you enjoy, and thanks again for dropping by. It means a lot to me.

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Let The Music Play

2004 was one of the biggest turning points in my life, I started to listen to rock music. The tattoos, eccentric hair, frowning faces and piercings used to scare me because I was 14 and went to an all girls Catholic school, anything more than a short skirt was too overwhelming for me to handle. Secret's out. Good Charlotte was the first band I listened to, and they showed me the beauty of hurt and love connected through music and lyrics. So I searched for more bands, bought their CDs, put them into my walkman and listened to them until my heart was about to implode with a sense of purity and satisfaction. I grew up, and I could finally go to concerts without bringing my dad. By 2007, I was in love with the genre and with the bands I started to grow up with, the unsigned labels, the new & young bands taking a leap of faith to achieve their dreams. Lyrics started to seem more real, like they knew exactly how I felt at times and knew the perfect way to express it. Melodies and instrumentals collaborated to create a completely novel colour to an emotion, a situation or of life itself. From what I have heard, no other genre of sound can connect to me like this one does. Going to concerts, meeting with members of bands who wrote music to get me through a break up, a break down or a moment of any kind, has been amazing and no words could explain the feeling. It's unbelievable with how many other people out there experience music the way I do, and thought I was an unusual person to love music the way I do. Finding new music or new bands that are perfect in every shape and form can easily become the happiest moment in my life. It's like finding a treasure or a diamond in the rough. Music has shaped me in every way possible, and it continues to help me grow and teach me new things just by being there for me. Music has been my escape, my love, my life, my heart, my everything and I'm so grateful to have found it, because now I won't be able to live without it. And to love something that much, is worth everything I am.

This was before I had a digital compact camera, it was the best concert I have ever been to. Good Charlotte [17 Oct 2007]

Paramore was amazing. Hayley Williams is just inspiring. [10 Oct 2010]

Went to watch Valencia twice in one day. There was pretty much only 40-50 people in the crowd, so I got to hi5 and hug Brendan and George after the show. They are so down to earth. [21 Nov 2010]

We The Kings [07 March 2011]

Mayday Parade were so mind blowing LIVE, and Derek was the most sincere musician I have ever met. [03 March 2011]

Every Avenue

Every Avenue was also really good LIVE, he has amazing vocals, and again only 50 people in the crowd [03 March 2011]

ADTR was unexpectedly really well performed with a lot of circus acts to keep us entertained [08 May 2011]

Boyce Avenue, better quality than youtube, but didn't play for long enough. All in all, it was a great night. [23 August 2011]

I know these photos aren't the best, but thanks to my Canon IXUS 80, they had to survive the mosh pit and my over excitement. Music has been and will always be my everything, I'm even beaming with happiness just to share with you about how much it really means to me.  

"When I'm hanging by a thread, & I've got nothing to give. Let the music play."- Good Charlotte

One F-Stop at a Shutter.

Here's another blog on top of all my other blogs and websites. I'm not sure why I continue to pursue with making new accounts in every site available, but I've decided to make this site specific to Photography. Photography has always been a dream of mine, it's been that secret dream because no one really knew how passionate I loved photos, pictures and art. I always had an eye for angles and colour coordinating candles on a birthday cake. But I loved to draw, I needed the people, animals, buildings and objects of what I drew to be perfect. But it started to become more time consuming once I started studying Physiotherapy in 2006. Officially I stopped drawing and focusing in art class, but being able to hold my first compact camera, made me realize how perfect a photo could capture a moment and share it with people. For the most part, I think I've always tried to recollect every memory, down to the detail of how I felt in each situation because that's just who I've grown up to be, a sentimental sook! This year was the first time I decided to take a leap out of the savings bank to purchase an entry level DSLR, Canon 600D. I had to think a good half a year about whether it was really worth purchasing, and I've realized that life is too short to just let your dreams go by. So that's when I decided to just go for it.

It was the best decision outside of my career, it just opened my eyes to a world and opportunities to grow, learn and become better (Those who know me, they'll understand how big my smile can get when I talk about photography or my camera). I can't say that I'm a photographer, or hoping to one day become a professional. But it has definitely made me appreciate everything about life. Dreams don't just come when you wake up one morning, it takes hard work and faith for anything like this to become real. And studying a lot about the ugly terminology that comes with holding a camera, has made it also worthwhile. I suppose that comes with anything in life, physiotherapy being my prime example of studying for 14 exams in two weeks to now becoming a fully qualified physiotherapist, and working for almost two years now.

The more you go along this journey with me, if you choose to stay, I will appreciate every moment you decide to scroll down and read or look a little more.

The first photograph I took of me & my camera. Nothing too special, but I did some editing on the computer to drain most of the colour out. Plus, I have to thank R for helping me make a logo.

My first lens 18-135mm 3.5-5.6, he was a heavy bugger, but such a nice zoom to those hard to reach places.

Recently just bought the 50mm 1.8 II this little baby is one of my favourite at the moment, it's nice to be able to take the focus out of a foreground and get some really nice Bokeh, plus this one's light enough to carry around in my pocket!

I bought this lens along with the above lens, I haven't experimented too much yet, but once I have enough time I'm sure this will be my new travel buddy! Can't wait to see what it can do!

Just a little teaser of one of the first photos I took with Manual Focus, and it's still one of my favourite. And nearly every photo I take has some meaning, and this is all the jewelery and accessories I wear when I'm out. Focusing on my favourite spinning ring.

To me, I believe that photography is capturing a moment in one's life and sending a message or an emotion of that moment through the eyes for others to see and comprehend. Complex, I know. But that's probably why I dislike too much computer post-editing input, because people can just end up losing the reason why they wanted to take a photo. But, art is art, individuals are all different, and I'm inspired by anything regardless.

So, enough of my rambling, Dreams will come, it just takes one step at a time, or as a photographer will probably say, "One F-Stop at a Shutter."