Tuesday Textures – The Raging Tempest

That feeling of suffocation, you can’t seem to catch a breath, where did all the air go? deep ragged breaths and you cannot get enough to fill your lungs. The heat boils from inside, rivers of lava, coiling and creeping up your skin, the fear, the loathing, tastes like copper in your throat…

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Summer Outings – Balloon Bursting Fun

I was recently invited to go shoot some high action balloon bursting photography, with some fellow Togs, I had not done it before, I guess I knew the principles behind it, just had never really attempted it. I have recently discovered the High-Speed Burst Mode on my camera as well, as opposed to normal fast…

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Share Your World – 30th January 2018

If you had an unlimited shopping spree at only one store, which one would you choose? Why? Do you really need to ask? Something to do with cameras, or studio props. I certainly don’t need any more clothes, I don’t really have a shoe or handbag fetish (I used to, but seem to have lost the…

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Monday’s Musings

Do ever just wake up and think, wow my life is pretty friggin awesome? I had a few flat weeks when I went back to work full time, but now I’m back. I had an epiphany last week and as a result I spent several days completely rebuilding my Contemporary Portraits Website, IG and Facebook,…

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Summer Outings – Summer Nights, City Lights

The first outing with our Photography group we have been able to attend in 2018, I think there were one or two while we were in Brisbane, and they also now run a few during the week, that we cannot get to, due to work. So on a balmy, but much cooler Saturday night we…

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Exploring Brisbane – Day 6

Our last full day here, so we got up early (yes again), and drove the two hours to Byron Bay in NSW, silly me forgot about the 1 hour time difference (QLD Does not have daylight savings) and essentially we lost an hour and arrived at the Lighthouse at Cape Byron much later than I…

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Letter W – Needs to start with W and have two vowels in the word

Back for another week and another Letter, this week is W. There are only a few more weeks left and then I’m sure Cee will come up with something fabulous to keep us all busy and entertained. ~ Julz  

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Food Photography – Pulled Chicken Sliders

Back with another recipe with the help of my slow cooker, this time slow cooked pulled BBQ Chicken. The Pulled Chicken was actually cooked the night before and served with rice. I suppose you could easily make it pork, for tradition pulled pork. So you could use this as a main meal or something yummy…

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Exploring Brisbane – Day 5

Yes, you guessed it, up early again, the heat and humidity was the biggest issue we battled and getting up early is the only way to get things done. We went back into the city to photograph a few Bridges as well (another reason to get up early beat the traffic and find car parks!)…

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Share Your World – 23rd January 2018

Another week, another list. Want to share your world too? Visit Cee’s Page for all the info List 2 things you have to be happy about? It’s a long weekend this weekend, I have some long overdue family time and two photo shoots, happy days! I also have my wonderful family and my photography…oops I guess…

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