I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

This is her “straight” portrait.

no smile

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

Scott and I held a very strong bond when we were much younger, and it was great to feel that this was still there after all these years.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

I’ve started photographing portraits of friends and family in a project yet to be named – it’s a way of looking at people with no obvious expressions, no obvious mood, no obvious emotion. I am not sure what it means yet, but if you would like to be involved, let me know.

Everyone who attended went to so much trouble to dress up – this elevated the fun to the max, and the boys went to a lot of effort to make everything so special.

Congratulations my dear friends – I couldn’t be more happy for you both xx

This is Carly’s family today! She and Dean were engaged earlier this year, and as well as Carly turning 30, I thought it would be nice to have a little photo session as way of celebration.  Rhana the liver-spotted dalmatian still as gorgeous and aloof as ever, and Brock being his handsome, lovable self – don’t they just make the most wonderfully beautiful family?

Congratulations Carly and Dean! May your love continue to blossom and grow with every passing day. xx

You can find out more about CHD and TGA at the HeartKids website – you can also donate to help get these kids the operations they need

Dobet cooked “Fish Alko” from her native Ivory Coast.

FISH ALOKO

INGREDIENTS:
30 plantain bananas
10 sweet potatoes
2kg tomatoes
2kg onions
5 small pimentos
4-5KG fish (such as Colin, codfish)
6 eggs
flour
salt & pepper
3 Lt peanut oil
Maggi stock cube

METHOD:
Aloko:
Cut the plantain bananas and sweet potatoes into small diced cubes and fry in hot oil in large frying pan.l

Sauce:
Cut tomatoes and onions into small pieces. Put them in a bowl. Mix oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and stock cube. Make chili sauce with onion, salt and pepper in a pan.

Fish:
Clean fish if it’s fresh – once with water, then with lemon and put it in a bowl (otherwise use frozen fish)
Mix the flour, eggs, salt pepper and maggi stock cube.
Coat the fish pieces in this mixture
Put oil in a skillet until the oil is heated to bring the fish and cook until browned, then remove.
Chop the onion and pimentos, fry in a hot pan with a little oil. Add the tomatoes and season to taste.

Gianna is a great photographer herself, so it was a real privilege to be asked to shoot her wedding – this pose was her idea

The temperature on the day reached over 39 degrees celcius, yet this could not spoil the perfect ceremony surrounded by friends and family, performed just before sunset right down on the sand.

This is actually the first shot I took on the beach, and I think it’s my favourite.

Not only were they so calm, but the three girls along with friends and family had set up entire reception hall the morning of the wedding, as there had been a function on the night before. Sooo well organised… !

I LOVED shooting this wedding – I have known David since he was in nappies!! Ha ha – that just makes me feel very old…

Gorgeous day guys – congratulations and best of the best for you both for the future!

I’ll pop a few more pics up of the wedding and decorations soon – this one is just a bit of fun

The wedding was that of Naomi’s nephew Nathan, and his beautiful bride, Sage. The ceremony was held in Nathan’s father’s gallery – Mark Lobert Gallery – down in Port Adelaide.

Afterwards, we took a few shots around the old port wool stores – some really gritty disused factory buildings with loads of character to juxtapose against the crisp, clean white of Sage’s dress…

I have a few more shots that I might load here down the track from the beach, as well as the marina where the reception was held. What a great day it was!

Married at Belair National Park this was taken in the late afternoon sun just after the ceremony – beautiful fun loving couple – really easy to photograph they both loved the camera and the camera certainly loved them

I’m getting in the groove by uploading this photo of him that I shot for Oxfam a couple of months ago for their Fair Coffee promo. You can see some other photos of the coffee bread he made here.

I don’t really grow any veggies or even herbs at home, but I do have masses of nasturtium leaves at the moment, so might take a bundle of these along to see what he suggests…

A light cake base is covered in dark chocolate ganache, then thick, rich, chocolate mousse, encasing a tart, blackberry jelly layer, which is then covered in more of the rich chocolate mousse, finished off with soft white chocolate ganache buttons and a pretty dark chocolate and pistachio garnish.

This actually took me three days to finish – so rich! Just one or two bites at a time are enough to send you swooning into a chocolate coma!

“Silent Winter”

silent winter ~ softly nesting feathers bare ~ pearly swirls asleep

This is the “Nutcracker Tart” with a delicate, hand-made short-crust pastry and deliciously sweet, sticky filling with a variety of nuts including macadamias and almonds… Yum!

I bought two cakes today to make up for the lack of posts lately – oh, and because they all look so amazing in the cake window it’s almost impossible to just buy one. I’ll post the other directly

This is the first – the “Apricot and Orange Gateaux” and it has a beautiful (and delicious!) almond toffee “teardrop”, delicately balanced on top.

The whole thing melts in your mouth – the different layers of flavoured mousse – chocolate and almond and orange, and then the apricot “jelly” topping… even the extremely fine florentine (?) was backed with white chocolate. So many flavours and textures – the details makes all the difference!

Ok, that out of the way… here’s the recipe for what I did here. they were pretty good, even though I slightly over cooked them. I still prefer my brownies with pecans or walnuts, but this was a “whim cook-fest” and I didn’t have any nuts on hand!

Ingredients:
1.5 cups brown sugar
200g butter
2 tablespoons water
150g block cooking chocolate
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 farm fresh eggs (from my wood delivery guy!)
1 1/3  cups plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pack Tim Tam Crush biscuits

Directions:
Preheat oven to 180° C.
Prepare a baking pan with butter and grease-proof paper.
Combine sugar, butter, and water in a medium heavy duty saucepan. Bring to the boil while stirring constantly then remove from heat and cool, stirring occasionally.
Add the block chocolate, broken into pieces and then stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract.
Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each addition. It’s important that the mixture is not too hot or you’ll get scrambled eggs! I tipped my mixture into a metal bowl before adding the eggs to help cool it down, but then I was in a hurry to eat brownies!
Add the cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt and stir until everything is blended and smooth.
Add the biscuits chopped into approx 2cm pieces (roughly into quarters) as well as all the crumbs. This is where I would add nuts if I’d had them, or anything really. You could add dried cranberries at this stage – I reckon that would be delicious!
Pour mixture into baking pan and put into oven for 20-25 minutes.
Check with a sharp knife to see if it comes out just a little sticky. If it doesn’t, put back in the over for another 5 minutes and check again. Remember that you want them a little UNDER-done, rather than over. They will set in the fridge also, as they have real chocolate in them.
When cooked, remove from the oven and set the tray on a cooling rack.
You want them to be still a little warm (well, I like them that way!) so when almost cool, cut them in the tray into squares and serve dusted with a little icing sugar. I tried them with raspberry jam and yoghurt! and it was delicious, but plain, or dusted with cocoa or served with cream is all good

This is pretty much what I did:

Laksa Paste
INGREDIENTS:
1 shallot
2 cloves garlic
1 “thumb” both ginger and galangal, peeled
2 long red chillis
3 candlenuts
1 stalk lemongrass
1/2 bunch coriander including stems and washed roots
1 tsp shrimp paste
1 tsp tamarind paste
1/2 tsp tumeric powder

METHOD:
Roughly chop all ingredients, then pound together in a pestle and mortar (or food processor). You will use about half of this, but if kept in an airtight container, it will keep in the fridge for a few weeks. Pour a little peanut or olive oil ontop to help seal the air out.

Laksa
INGREDIENTS:
2 tins coconut cream or milk
500ml fish or chicken stock
2 chicken breasts, finely sliced
1 pack each fish balls & beef balls (purchased at Asian grocers)
broccolini bunch, chopped into 1″ lengths
2 carrots, peeled and chopped into straws
1/2 red capsicum
Vietnamese mint
1/2 bunch coriander
1 cup bean sprouts
1/2 cup snow peas
2 packs instant Udon noodles
dried onion and garlic (purchased at Asian grocers)
extra chopped chilli

METHOD:
Heat a little of the coconut oil from the top of the unshaken tin in a wok. Add half of the laksa paste previously made and cook until it separates and browns slightly. Add the coconut milk and stock and slowly bring to the boil. Add the chicken and  cook a few minutes. Turn down the heat to a slow simmer and add the fish and beef balls.

Meanwhile boil the kettle and pour over the noodles.  When the soup is nearly ready, add the broccolini and carrots.

Assemble the laksa by putting the hot noodles in a large bowl, then some sprouts and snow peas, then pour the soup and meat over. Top off with fresh herbs, extra chilli, dried onion and garlic, and extra coriander and red capsicum slices. Serve extra herbs and chilli on the table.

Other ingredients that can be added are prawns, white fish, tofu, beef, and you can use any stock that you prefer. There are many, many great recipes online – just make it with what you like best, but be sure to start from scratch with the laksa paste – it really makes all the difference!

As an anniversary present, Sally asked me to take some photos of her for Tim – I just love this setting and pose. She went to so much effort to get the clothes and the hair and make-up “just so” for this retro shoot.

I can only hope my photos have done some justice!

Such a beautiful time in the Adelaide Hills – hardly felt like work at all, wandering around taking photos of the glorious Autumn colours…

Learn more about the Fair Trade Coffee Campaign, and learn what it means to be “Fairtrade“.

They were married amongst family and friends in the main theatre, with Gavin and his two children rising up through the floor with the old “4 manual 29 rank organ”. Morag entered with her two boys flanking her sides. She was beautiful and proud, and the look on Gavin’s face when he saw her walking down the theatre aisle was priceless. Nervous, proud and overjoyed all at once!

An unique wedding, with priest, and prayers read, classically worded with a truly contemporary feel.

Once again this was for the “Fair” promotion that Oxfam is currently running.Check out their fair trade range on the website.

I’m in heaven!!

The Stirling Gum Boot Dinners launch the Stirling Autumn Garden Festival, a real celebration of gardens, gardening and gardeners on Sunday 17 April. Cleland will also be at The Festival, where everyone can walk on the wild side with some Cleland Wildlife Park animals. Cleland are celebrating their new Biodiversity Garden that was planted by community volunteers and funded by the Million Trees Project.

There were appearances from some of the residents of Cleland Wildlife Park too. A Barn Owl and an Olive Python came along and were introduced to patrons at each of the restaurants, much to the surprise of many!

From Sala Thai, we moved on to Tranquilo, The LocaVore and then onto the after-party at The Stirling Hotel.

It was a busy but fun night.

Stay tuned for photos from Sunday’s “Autumn Garden Festival” wrap-up and street party.

The weather was just perfect – sunny but cool, and the setting was equally perfect – green, lush and natural. Tall gums formed the canopy with Xanthorrhoea and other low shrubs, the backdrop behind the couple as they made their vows and exchanged rings.

Two beautiful women, committed and obviously deeply in love, shared this day with family and friends who cheered them on their way, supporting their desire to be wedded.

They, along with many, many other same-sex couples, would very much like their officiation to be legally recognised.

For some archaic reason, it is not.

This little legal omission however did not dampen Billie and Karina’s day, and Merrilyn carried out the ceremony as professionally and officially as any other marriage ceremony. A truly beautiful day that I was very proud to be a part of.

Read about Australian Marriage Equality here.

It has been a few months since I have photographed her working, yet it seemed like just yesterday that we worked together. I captured the process from beginning to end, silently grabbing moments and movements of Humna’s skilled hand gripping the henna cone, swiftly yet delicately dancing across Sarah’s skin, forming the scrolls and swoops that gradually revealed the pattern that Humna says she “receives” from the sitter…

Humna is going to be leaving Adelaide after 7(?) years of calling this city her home. Over this time I have grown to love her art and her soul. I (among hundreds of others!) will miss her so much, but know that she is going to broaden her horizons, learn new skills, and grow even more as a strong and independent woman, in London!

I wish you all the love and success possible my dearest friend Humna. Thank you for all you have given, shared and revealed over the years. I hope, as you say, that you will return one day, even if just for a visit. But I hope even more that you find your roots and plant them somewhere else for a while and settle your heart for a time… x

Gemma invited me to photograph him and his friend, Ayla a couple of weeks ago – the two babies are, within hours, exactly the same age – these photos were taken at about 10 weeks.

I photographed the babies individually first, one then the other, then swapping back and forth between feeds and cuddles from their respective mums.

Then after they had rested, had a feed and a short nap, we popped the two of them together for a few shots.

It was such a fun and funny day! Tiny babies like these have a way of making you laugh and then tear up at their expressions and overall cuteness.

Thank you so much to Oli, Ayla, Gemma and Tamsin. xx

Ayla

Thanks Terry!

We have since become great friends, and have shared many hours discussing, taking and exhibiting photos together, including an exhibition for Feast entitled Breathing Space.

Paul asked me recently to take a shot of him for his cv, so we had a bit of fun with his studio lights and this is one of the pics taken – there are many more, and some fun and silly ones, but I think I like this, showing the gentle side of Paul’s personality; open, honest, caring and sensitive.

Thanks Paul, for your friendship – it means – you mean – a lot to me.

I spent nearly five years living in Goolwa, where the Murray meets the sea. I would walk most evenings with the dog and camera along the beaches of Goolwa, Middleton, Pt Elliot and Victor Harbor, enjoying the peaceful moments and capturing them with whichever camera or mobile phone I had on me at the time.

I loved this time of day – the “magical” hour between when the sun hangs low in the sky, and a few minutes after it has sunk beyond the horizon. Experimenting with colour, light, solar flares and reflections in the sand, I would photograph this time the best I could to try and share it with others unable to be with me.

This photo was taken early on in the “second-life” of a Canon 300D, a completely unexpected and life-changing gift received from friends one day in the post. For some reason, I was never worried about damaging this camera, and would happily carry it up into the sand dunes, along the water’s edge and clambering over rocks, in order to get the shot I wanted.

This carelessness was to be the death of this camera after a few years, but before that time, the camera was integral to implanting the passion, drive and desire to take photos of all that I could see… weird and wonderful; sublime and serene…

The most intriguing thing to me was an artwork that has been in storage (for who knows how long??) in the laundry area of the gaol, which incidentally is not open to the public.

I have no idea who created it, or when, or if it has ever been on display, but what I do know is that it should be treated with a little more respect than sitting covered in dust and spider webs …

The artwork is a sculpture made from wire, and is a large bell shape, possibly 2 meters high? The wire is twisted into letters, forming words, making up the letter that was written by the only woman to be executed in South Australia, Elizabeth Woolcock. She was convicted of murdering her husband by slowly poisoning him with mercury. The full story can be heard here, and the letter here.

I would love to know who created the work, why, when, and how it can be restored and displayed for the public somewhere, such as the SA Museum or Art Gallery.

More photos from the gaol can be seen on my flickr photostream.

Adelaide Gaol is one of South Australia’s oldest and most intriguing public buildings. It operated from 1841 – 1988, housing approximately 300,000 prisoners.

Step inside for a unique glimpse of prison life. See original cell blocks, 19th century architecture, the hanging tower, yards, gallows and prisoner graves.

Explore the site in your own time, join a tour or see the Gaol in a more eerie light on a night tour.

Located in the Adelaide Parklands, the gaol is a short walk from bus stop 1 on Port Road. Buses run frequently from the city to the Gaol Road / Port Road intersection.

Open Sunday – Friday, 10-am to 5pm (latest entry time 3.30pm.)

www.adelaidegaol.sa.gov.au

It was a casual, sunset wedding held in the front garden of their home, with the reception in the backyard. John is an artist, and had created the decorations for the house, and “badges” for the wedding party consisting of painted cardboard birds of all shapes and colours, but mostly red birds, which was the theme for the wedding. Cassie’s dress was an delicate old-style one found online, and her posy was small with herbs and edible flowers.

The ceremony was carried out by Merrilyn Williams from Celebrate Life, and she made sure that the couples’ personalities and beliefs were catered for. It was real a pleasure working with Merrilyn again, this being my third wedding with her at the helm.

Here’s a little fungi pushing it’s way through the hot, dry, red earth to keep you satiated til I can load some more…

Her husband Sam was such a good sport, allowing us more time than was  originally allocated to get the shots I wanted – he even let Make-up Artist Emma McNichol apply a bit of concealer!! I was pretty happy with the shoot in general, and hanging out with Gemma is always so much fun. This was our third official shoot – this one which I featured in this blog, and another from later last year.

The girls surprised their guests with a modern wedding, including greeting and mingling prior to the actual ceremony, and then appearing from another entrance when the time had come for the vows, complete with a change of outfits!

The two young women with dreams for a more equal future for other same-sex couples wishing to “tie the knot” had hired celebrant Merrilyn Williams, who made sure that the ceremony ran smoothly, was entertaining and was incredibly meaningful for all family and friends in attendance.

Penfield Olives is a South Australian family owned and run business, using traditional family recipes for pickling a wide variety of olives and onions, and for pressing the finest olive oils. They bottle flavoured oils as well, and supply the products in retail and wholesale quantities to a large number of local and interstate stockists. Check out the “Links” page of their website for a stockist near you!

I’ll pop the “official” blurb below, but it has come about through a desire of us both to exhibit together and show a visual display of our love and life as mother and daughter. I am so proud of my mum in so many ways – not just her incredible ability as an artist, but her inner beauty even more so. She is loved by all who meet her, and most of all, by me. She is kind and generous and empathetic and strong – she has been the most amazing role model for me as I was growing up, throughout my young adult-hood and now into my middle-age…

She has always been there for me, has accepted my “oddities” and loved me all the more for them.

I have probably not been the easiest offspring to get along over the years, and have certainly taken the road less travelled, been less academic, less conforming and less fertile than my other siblings!

But I hope the challenges that I have given her, and the rest of my family for that matter, have been at least interesting, and not entirely dull.

I am so looking forward to seeing our work hanging side-by-side on the walls of this exhibition!

~ OffSpring ~
“A celebration of Life, of Love and of Spring.”

7th  October at 6pm
Bliss Organic Café
7 Compton Street, Adelaide

Renée Sage & Mandi Whitten invite YOU to the opening of their first mother / daughter exhibition…

A mother / daughter exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Mixed-media and Photography.

Special guest speaker: Anna Platten – Acclaimed Adelaide Artist

Renée has been a part-time visual artist for most of her life, and has studied drawing, painting and sculpture at Adelaide Central School of Art. She has been involved in numerous group exhibitions.

Mandi has enjoyed photography since childhood, and started taking photos professionally four years ago. She held her first solo exhibition in 2009 and has also been involved in several group exhibitions.

The exhibition runs from October 5th – 31st 2010

Bliss Organic Café is open:
Monday to Thursday: 7am – 4pm
Friday: 7am – 9pm
Saturday: 8am – 4pm

CONTACTS:
Renée Sage – 0417 881 172
Mandi Whitten – 0403 257 022
Bliss Organic Café – 08 8231 0205

www.reneesage.com
www.mandiwhitten.com
www.blissorganiccafe.com.au

SPONSORS:
Renée & Mandi would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge the following people and businesses, without whom this exhibition would not have been possible:

O’Leary Walker Wines
Patrick of Coonawarra
Ashton Valley Fresh
Atkins Technicolour
Kwik Kopy Norwood

She and Scott had the most unique ceremony in the old  Mortlock library, on part of the Adelaide University campus, surrounded by walls filled with dusty old books.

Luca is my first dog – we had a family dog – Mincie – when I was growing up, but I was never really very close to her for some reason. Whereas Luca is my girl. She is by my side now as I type, and is often found close-by. She greets me when I come home with bounds and squeals of delight. She plays like a puppy still, although she has slowed down considerably in the past year or so. She loves the beach, and is pretty good off-lead, apart from stealing other dogs’ balls!

I have a whole set of photos of her on my flickr, right from that first day she came home with me …

You can download this recipe here (pdf 465kb)

Simon Bryant (Australia)
Renowned SA chef Simon Byrant began cooking at several Thai and Indian Restaurants in Melbourne, before moving to Adelaide in 1995. Since then he has worked as Executive Chef at The Brasserie, and co-hosted the ABC TV series ‘The Cook and the Chef’.

Just. Yum.

“Goolwa has a rich history of the River trade and was once a thriving River Port with Paddlesteamers and fishing boats opening inland Australia. It is the gateway to the Coorong National Park with its pristine eco environment. Held biennially at the historic wharf of Goolwa, it celebrates one of the best Wooden Boat Festivals in the southern hemisphere.

“In 2009, the Festival attracted over 10,000 people for the three days.”

There are many old relics of the wooden boats that used to frequent the river; some have been restored, some turned into artwork to remind the locals of the past, yet many lie around waiting to have their fate decided. This photo was taken of one such old boat, with it’s tarnished copper nails, peeling paint and cracked boards… I just love these old boats!

5 years on, and I am still looking after their web needs. 5 years is a long time when it comes to online technologies, and Grahame approached me to update the website a couple of months ago. It was decided that we’d start with a re-draft of the written content, some new photos, and then build a totally new, vibrant and dynamic website from there.

Today was my second shoot at the market and café. It was a beautiful Spring morning and the place was packed, as it so often is. The staff were so friendly and clients too were incredibly at ease having a photographer milling amongst them while they sipped coffee, ate morning tea and browsed the market for fresh fruit and vegies, nuts, cakes, bread and other organic packaged goods.

The Organic Café makes the best coffee, and this chocolate cake is to die for – hard to believe it’s good for you too!

Look out for more photos from this shoot, and for the new website in the coming months.

I was taken out to O’Leary Walker Wines to shoot some photos around the complex, and into the vineyards and even into the lab… It was a fascinating experience for me to see behind the scenes of this hugely successful winery, and I felt very privileged to have such free-reign.

This photo shows the grapes being pressed, churned and mixed with the hand massaged yeast. You can see more photos on my flickr.

This photo was taken at dusk, on the walk-way between Middleton and Pt Elliot. I fell in love with these little “fluff-tails”, and photographed them on a number of occasions. They dance so beautifully in the light, catching the last golden rays of sun, sending a shimmer of movement across the open fields when the wind would catch them.

This photo was taken in the packing shed, where apples are boxed up for market.

I am proud to say that R.Ceravolo & Co and Ashton Valley Fresh are sponsoring me for an upcoming exhibition by way of supplying some of their non-alcoholic, sparkling 100% juice for the opening.

“Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body.”
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Body and Soul is a photographic exhibition that explores the gift of human life and defines the building blocks that contribute to our humanity and individuality.

These pink ones are heady with perfume, and are alive, buzzing with bees!

I take photos of Pontus most days I spend with him. However it is usually with the phone-cam, as he likes to look at them, and the phone is pretty hardy. He has taken many photos with it too

This photo was taken on a warm summer’s day just before we went out for a walk. I remember this time really well, as he had only just started calling me by his name for me, which was “Dee” – he couldn’t say “Mandi”, but shortened it to “Dee”, which I loved! The first time I have ever had a nick-name that I liked.

He’s wearing my hat, and he called it, “Dee’s tat” – as “hat” wasn’t in the vocab either, at that stage.

(Unfortunately) He has since increased his vocabulary immensely, including my full name… *sigh*

I love this kid so much!

This photo was taken of singer and guitarist, Felix Riebl, during the WOMADelaide component of  The Adelaide Festival of Arts in 2009, for WOMADelaide.

The band has just released a new album – Cinema. It’s brilliant. Of course.

THE Cat Empire’s message, on stage and in the studio, has always been about breaking down borders: musical, geographic, lingual. But they have never done it so powerfully as they do on their new album, Cinema.  The album serves up a set which captures the inexorable force – and sheer joy – of their live performances, delivered in a format perfect for lounge-rooms, backyards, BBQ’s, cafes, road trips and parties all over the world. …more

Adelaide Now article

I was asked to take some photos of this show – including pre-performance in the dressing room – and gladly obliged. It was so much fun!  This photo shows Joshua Penley as character Leaf Coneybear, mimicking a conversation between his parents…

I have done a few food and wine shoots for various clients – this one was for All Fresh Exports Australia and I did all the food styling myself, using fresh fruit and veggies purchased from the Central Markets.

Food photography is definitely where I would like to be heading in the future. If all I had to do was take photos of food and wine all day long, I reckon I could live with that!

The exhibition now has a name, a venue, an opening night date AND a wine sponsor! I am pretty excited!!

I will ask you to keep the evening of Thursday October the 7th free – at this stage that’s all you get!

The natural sunlight was warm and inviting, as he sat in a chair by the open French doors, rug on his lap, listening to the birds in the nearby gums…

I will load photos later of the completed outfit, but this is a glimpse of the bits and pieces that went together to create the whole picture. Gorgeous custom designed wedding rings, hand-made invitations, and some of the hair decorations.

Unfortunately, the Murray River has been over-used upstream, and there has been a serious threat to her existence. Continual dredging of sand at the mouth has been necessary to keep it open since 2002. The Coorong, or wetland area at Goolwa is dying.  There are many political, economic and environmental reasons that the Murray is sick, but it is going to take a “whole of country” mindset to make any difference to the once “Mighty” river ecosystem.

Looking at it realistically, it seems almost impossible to see how it will ever be rectified. I treasure the times I spent in this magical place.

They just relaxed right into the scenery, and we got some really fun shots; thanks to the understanding staff!

Linda was one of the models for a thread~ a web~ a world.