a walk in the park | veale gardens

A lovely - if somewhat cool - wander through Veale Gardens on Boxing Day...

{ the teleidoscope } | part 1

new perspective

early last year I joined a group on Flickr called The Teleidoscope. A group of photographers started it in 2011, as a 52 weeks self portrait project, with a theme for every week of the year. In 2012 they posted a new list of themes & changed the rules, allowing non-portrait photos - as long as they were an interpretation of the theme, of course.

After enjoying looking at the photos during 2011, last year I thought I'd try taking a photo for as many of the themes as I could. I decided at the beginning that I wouldn't worry about it if I missed some themes, although I quickly got to the point where I tried very hard not to miss any.

It was a real challenge sometimes, but I really enjoyed  myself & am pretty pleased with the photos. I also had, at various times, help (with anything from ideas, to construction, to taking the photo) from Mum, Kathryn & Amy.

All along I've posted my alternates/out-takes here on the blog, so I thought I'd post a selection of my uploads to the group. They're in chronological order - I don't think I could pick a favourite among them. In fact another day my selection would probably be different anyway!

impact

memory

bridge

height

newspaper

speed

{part 2}

water under the bridge { melbourne }

a bounty of bridges.....(although that last one is more like a dock, lol)

bridge { the teleidoscope }

The light was just so gorgeous, I have heaps of out takes from week #6 of The Teleidoscope - Bridge.

I made the little bridge out of wire & with Amy & Kathryn's help, used the bird bath to create a setting for it. As usual, they provided ideas, encouragement & assistance. The end result is a cumulation of ideas & discussion between us three. Below are a couple of 'behind-the-scenes' shots.

Don't worry, I removed the rocks & dirt & left the birds with some clean water :)

on flickr