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onward

2014-04-22T21:45:00.000+10:00

A belated but heartfelt thank-you to everyone for your kind comments on my (long past) last post, along with emails and instagram checkups in the interim. The second half of 2013 was basically a write-off, so I'm doing away with my predilection for continuity and instead charge valiantly toward a future where blogs sometimes actually get updated.

In the interest of such advancements; some photographs from March - the Labour Day long weekend - where we camped by the beach at Johanna. The sun was hot and the swells were altogether too powerful for swimming, but the beach was something to behold, and falling asleep to the thunder of waves crashing a welcome reprieve from the hum of the suburbs.

HALF A GLASS

2013-08-08T01:06:00.000+10:00

August? Ugh! 2013, you are too much. Herein lies an attempt at a life update:

Firstly (as those that follow me on instagram already know), I went to Sweden! Three weeks away with Apryl, visiting our friend Helen who has been living there for some years. We spent the first half of our trip in Stockholm, where we subleased an apartment in the suburbs and spent our time picnicking, swimming, sleeping in, cycling, eating foods, and generally exploring the city at a leisurely pace.

Sadly just a few days into our trip I received word from home that Meg had suddenly fallen ill, having displayed some difficulty walking one evening which digressed to complete immobility by morning. Friends rushed her to the vet but there was no hope, and there she died being petted and loved by three of my dear friends. Meg was 16 years old, a real sweetheart and a friend. The quiet of her absence was such a sad thing to come home to. She is missed.

But, as they say, the show must go on. The second half of our time away was spent cruising, sailing, summerhouse-ing, sunning and exploring. Sweden is really, really good at summer and I did, dead kittens aside, have a really great time. Promise.

And then… three days after I arrived home I was, how do you say, hit by a car while cycling home from work? I wont say much about the accident other than that I was lucky to get out of it so lightly, all things considered. A collarbone broken in two places, some impressive bruising, a few stitch behind my ear and then, two weeks later, a very small subdural haematoma - a bleed on the surface of my brain – the delayed result of head trauma from the collision. Its been four weeks now of hospital, pain, shuffling from bed to couch and back again, learning to function with just one arm, and then more (new, worse) pain, more hospital, being really sick and sleeping for a whole week (all this while being looked after really well by excellent babes), and now, finally, healing slowly.

Yes, really. Half a glass. See?

TROPICAL SHIT

2013-06-18T23:49:00.003+10:00

In March I went to Hawaii. It was good and there was heaps of pretty tropical shit. I still have another five billion photos of palm trees to share. Soon.

TOKEN

2013-05-17T01:12:00.000+10:00

Hello? Is anybody still here? Life got kind of busy and suddenly it’s almost June and I haven’t updated my blog since January. But I’m still here - around - and with some new photos to share over the coming weeks.

Above are some images I recently shot for Two Hills latest collection TOKEN. Rhi's jewelery is always so delicate and lovely, but with a hand made quality that makes them extra special. Melbourne folk can buy them at Monk House Design or Life With Bird , and for everyone else, of course, theres the internet.

Last Day

2013-01-18T00:43:00.000+11:00

The last day of 2012. A day spent at one of the nicest beaches Ive ever been to, and the night at a house in the middle of nowhere. Plus a pretty sunset and reenacting this scene always. All bases covered.

(& the first sunrise of 2012)

CORPSE FLOWER

2013-01-15T09:14:00.000+11:00

Melbourne's first Titan Arum bloomed at the Royal Botanic Gardens on Christmas Day. They are the worlds biggest flowers, smell of rotting flesh, and only open for a few short days before dying. Naturally, I queued for almost an hour for a few short minutes with this sweet prince. Plants are the coolest, forever. Amen.

Two Hills Studio - Outtakes

2013-01-14T10:00:00.000+11:00

Oh hello you, has it really been almost a month since we last met? It seems that Christmas & New Years & moving house (!!) & SUMMER may have gotten in the way of regular blogging again. Imma try & do better this year, promise. Or perhaps you should just follow me over on instagram, where I'm around somewhat more frequently, anyway? My username is bawkbawk.

As promised (...albeit a little late), some outtakes from my studio visit with Rhi from Two Hills, who shares her lovely space with fellow jewellers Henrietta Walker and Amina McPhee in the Nicholas Building (and who *ahem* happens to be my new housemate).

(view part one here)

A Unit of Measure

2012-11-12T01:36:00.000+11:00

From the week just past. We extended the Cup Day holiday, spending both Monday & Tuesday at my friend Dexters family's holiday house in Rye.

As it turned out we were a day late for swimming weather, but the rock-pools provided entertainment enough. The coat of 'fur' which covered the rocks that day was so thick & soft & made the place seem just a little surreal.

But it was so nice to visit the Mornington Peninsular for a change. I grew up in Geelong, so have a tendency to head in that direction come summertime. Though we were just across the bay, the coast here felt somehow different. Or just new, perhaps. Unfamiliar.

3 PICTURES + SOME WORDS

2012-10-16T02:05:00.000+11:00

A walk along Merri Creek, an extreme effect from expired film and some important business being conducted over afternoon tea.

It's definitely love for me and my new camera & we've been quite busy together lately. Nothing I can share here just yet, but soon I hope...

Also, thanks to everyone for the positive response to my new Print Shop these last few weeks! Ive obtained perhaps an unhealthy level of enjoyment seeing my photographs shipped out all over the world. If it wasn't already blindingly obvious, I find this whole self-promotion caper to be particularly unnatural. Its something I really need to GET OVER at some point, though, and Im working on it slowly. So, uhhhh, thanks for bearing with me through my awkward flailing and for being lovely awesome non-trolly types around here, generally, come to think of it. You guys are alright!

INTO SPRING

2012-09-17T20:35:00.000+10:00

From the community garden recently; winter crops flowering wild as we move into spring.

A Pattern Emerging

2012-09-05T01:14:00.001+10:00

A wet & windy walk, way back in May. I very nearly didn't share these images here, but finally remembered that a weekend in Queenscliff has become somewhat of a winters tradition around here. Remember last year, and the year before? Mustn't break with tradition now.

PRINT SHOP

2012-08-28T19:11:00.002+10:00

Hello! Did you know I have a print shop? As in, like, an actual store on the internet from which you can order prints of my photographs that I will in turn print, package and send to your house, via post, in exchange for cash money?

Yep, I totally do!

In actual fact I set the shop up about a million years ago, in response to email requests I'd been reiceving, but never did mention it here because, well ... to be honest, my film archiving system for the last 15 years has been to shove each new packet of negatives into any one of four plastic tubs. Big, bulging tubs that I'd have to wade through for hours each time I sold a print! Needless to say, though I was always excited to see that someone liked one of my photographs enough to hang it on their wall, the whole process of actually MAKING the print filled me with a kind of dread.

But never fear, as the above picture suggests, this story DOES have a happy ending! I've spent the last ten thousand years (2 weeks?) sorting my negatives into little plastic pockets and neatly filing them away. Everything in its place. Phew. What a relief!

In fact, I even went one step further, changed up the graphics & ordered a whole heap of prints, so I have a bunch of stuff 'in stock', ready & waiting to go. Can you even..? Its been pretty good actually - Ive been getting my film scanned straight to disc for years, and so had never even seen most of my photos printed! AND EVERYTHING LOOKS SO MUCH NICER IN PRINT. WOAH!

So yep, I'd love it if you went and took a look over there. Let me know what you think, even. Is there an image you think I really should have listed? Did I do a spelling booboo somewhere? Is the whole thing just stupid and weird? Tell me!

(Oh, and you can order something too, if you like. I mean, no pressure... But if you did then I wont even be grumpy about it or anything. Promise. You can even order any of the images up there as 'custom prints' in a whole heap of sizes. Rad!).

http://bawkbawk.etsy.com

While we're at it, why dont I just go ahead & offer a celebratory discount code? I mean, to celebrate the fact that you've read this far? How does 15% sound? Just add the code AHAPPYENDING at check out, if you wanna.

TL;DR - I was shit at life but am now slightly less so. Someone give me a medal. Also, you can buy prints of my photos here.

TESTING

2012-08-28T00:49:00.000+10:00

At home, lately. Trying to get the hang of my lovely new camera.

CONEY ISLAND

2012-08-24T12:53:00.000+10:00

Weird & tacky & creepy & fun (my favourite combination)!

Actually, thats probably it for my NYC photos; big thanks once again to Soludos for sending us there!

x

NYC FUDS

2012-08-22T21:20:00.001+10:00

Maybe the best bit about our trip was all the delicious meals we ate?

J4

2012-08-08T00:37:00.003+10:00

Well, yep, NYC. Remember when I won that trip for two there? That. Even though I've been and gone now, its still kind of hard to believe! People don't actually just win things, in real life, surely?

But I did, & we went. Apryl & I. Just like that. In fact, there was us AND a whole heap of our friends all there, sweating (or was that just me??) together. Summer!

These few photos are from our 4th of July celebrations. A pretty good view, Apryl approves. Plus fireworks & a late night stop at a diner? Good times (& more to come).

BIG SMOKE

2012-08-06T06:30:00.000+10:00

Three guesses where I've been?

MATES

2012-05-17T23:58:00.001+10:00

There are no words, just a kind of 'eeeeeeeeee' sound.

full adult / full jerk

2012-05-16T11:56:00.000+10:00

Do you remember Heni from last year? She was staying here again for a few months, so on her last day I took some new portraits to show how she's not such a wee pup anymore (because I'm a massive nerd like that). Poppy wasn't having a bar of it, though. Totally photo bombed before taking over the entire thing. & then laughing at her own 'good joke'? What a complete jerk!

YOU GUISE

2012-05-14T22:49:00.001+10:00

So, I lucked upon a long-term sublease of a plot at the community garden just around the corner from my house.

Ive just planted out my winter crop, so things don't look like much right now, but my plot (photo #3 & #4) is BIG and even has an established Asparagus patch(!!!). So many good plots to make me jealous though! The gardens are now officially my favourite place ever, especially in the late afternoon. Saaahhhhh good!

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2012-05-06T23:49:00.000+10:00

These are from 2007. Chandigarh, in the north of India. A city full of buildings designed by Le Corbusier in the 1950's. Ive been looking back through boxes of old images. Discovering new favorites.

Plant of the Day

2012-04-27T09:15:00.001+10:00

The first 15 days from a little project I accidentally started over on Instagram Am having a bit of fun trying to see how long I can keep this up for; I am by no means running out of plants to shoot, but am running out of ones small enough to shoot myself / available daylight before I leave for work in the morning. I might have to recruit some help! My name is bawkbawk over there if you want to follow along (join in?)!

& a quick update on Meg to let you all know that while she's still not 100%, she's doing a whole lot better! Thanks everyone for all your best wishes. xx

GET WELL SOON

2012-04-04T11:08:00.000+10:00

This one has had a pretty scary few days but is now home in lock down recovery mode. Poor thing!

Very much hoping she regains use of her legs (AND BLADDER! UGH!) soon. xx

PRIMOEZA

2012-04-01T20:55:00.000+10:00

The end results of my shoot with Melbourne based knitwear label PRIMOEZA.

It was a real honour to be able to work with Elizabeth, whose products are always so beautiful and whose blog I love too.

& special thanks to Lara for being such a sweet and patient model!

(Did you spot Meg in one of those photos?)

end of roll

2012-03-27T00:01:00.002+11:00

Some end of roll images from another lovely lookbook I shot last week. Am excited to share the images here & hope to have everything ready in a day or two.

& speaking of excited, I somehow won this Oyster Magazine X Soludos photo competition!! The Prize? ... oh, just trip for two to NYC & The Hamptons. No biggie. See you soon, USA?