dear eleanor - the zine

I have been so excited to be working on this project lately :)

Welcome to Dear Eleanor, a wonderful new zine created to celebrate Adelaide and South Australian talents, wares and hidden gems!

My friend Emma and I wanted to create a world that sings the praises of Adelaide. A city that has long been lauded as the sorry younger cousin of the brighter, bigger Eastern States and cities. Dear Eleanor is where you can join us on this glorious road trip of wonder to uncover some of the best places in this delightful State. We hope to be one of the first feature zines focusing specifically on Adelaide.

With the first issue of Dear Eleanor set for release in February, we are so happy to be able to share it with everyone - you can expect to see Peter Drew, Claire Alice Young, Cafe Komodo, White Wall Photography, Presence and much more gracing the pages along with some fantastic articles, interviews and tidbits.

Head over and add us as a friend on blogger here and befriend us on facebook here

here's a little preview of one of the great features we have for the first issue ;)

a very lomo start to the year

some film just got back from being developed (lomography 800 CN). i take my la sardina every where I go, and it's the spontaneous moments that seem to produce the best photos. Lomo is just purely wonderful.

brother

some shots I took of my brother recently whilst exploring an abandoned house in gawler. 

published + adelaide skyline

well, i wrote a letter to one of my favourite magazines here in Australia after reading an article about travel (and more specifically Copenhagen) a couple of months ago and today I discovered that it was published in the latest issue :-) what a wonderful surprise!!

In other mildly exciting news, I took a little detour on my way home from the gym the other night and headed up to windy point lookout. It had been very warm (37- 42 degrees Celsius) so as you can imagine the nights were still packed with people out and about finding things to do in this lovely town. 

I had taken my camera with me in hopes to snap some shots of the city skyline and was quite chuffed with the result. Despite Adelaide being a small city it certainly still is beautiful. After uploading to flickr, it made its way into Flickr Explore (not number 1 of course but was featured) which I was very happy about as it was a spare of the moment decision.  

Just goes to show that those spontaneous acts can result in good things :-) 

my letter published in YEN magazine
 

photo I took of Adelaide from Windy Point Lookout

peel street - shirts and hoodies now available

in light of my goal to create more art and share more on my blog, I have just uploaded a new design to redbubble which encompasses a shot I took of one of the small side streets in Adelaide (which as you can see has also found a home in my blog banner). this particular spot was magical. Some fantastic street art, gorgeous lanterns and a wonderful shop called little worn wardrobe.

There are a range of different options to purchase including unisex shirts, long sleeve, v-neck, girly fit and hoodies. Personally I like the design best in black but there are a number of different colour options available. Additionally, the image is also available to purchase as a sticker.

I've also included the original image for you all to see :)

Check the designs out here

the original image:

endless summer.

Hope everyone's new year is off to a wonderful start. Here is some aussie inspiration for you all.

xx

k&a - happily ever after

I was so lucky to be asked to photograph such an amazing, creative and magical wedding. The last year has been quite hectic and I hadn't had a great deal of time for this sort of thing so when November rolled around the sparks were flying. I shot for about 6-7 hours and was able to spend the day surrounded by truly happy individuals. Kim made pretty much everything for the day and the ceremony was held in the backyard of their lovely old home in front of their little revamped retro caravan. 

Considering how much I enjoyed getting back behind the camera, I am hoping it means 2012 will bring many opportunities and if time is limited... make some. 

Here are some of my most favourite shots from the day :) 

xx

the lions roar.

forward.

move forward like a shark through life. so many roads. so many stars. so much space. be easy. be the space between the lines. settle there. and live inside. tell me of the better days to come.

beth hoeckel.

i've always had such admiration for those with patience (mostly because I have almost none...).

A friend of mine recently shared with me the website for Ms Beth Hoeckel. This lovely lass creates a number of mixed media, painting and photography pieces, but most admirable are her collages.

All her collages are created using found paper and are in no way digitally edited (except for scanning in).

I loved her work that much that I grabbed myself one of her 'moonrise' (second down) prints, signed and numbered. A steal price at only $60.00 (US) and of course supporting such a brilliant artist. 

you can check out her website here to see more of her work and perhaps even purchase something for yourself :)

xo