I Heart Faces - 2011 Photo Contest {A Slice of Life}

"A Slice of Life" is the subject for this weeks i heart faces challenge. In other words, an image that has more of a photo journalistic approach. A candid capture.

The image that I would like to share with you all shows a very typical part of our family life. My husband and my 15 year old son always working together, trying to fix something that they have found. It is all very serious business to these two - this fixing of things. It is generally something that my other son, my daughter and I try to stay well clear of.

I love this image as it shows their intensity and how well they work together. It is typical of their relationship and something that I hope continues to evolve.

Don't forget to head on over to i heart faces and check out some wonderful images. Let people know you have visited their blog by leaving a message too xx

I Heart Faces - 2011 Photo Contest {Sunflare}

{Sunflare}

This week, over at i heart faces the theme is sunflare. (Click on image to view at better quality)

Sweet, because that is one of my very favourite things to shoot!

I chose this one of my daughter Bee, because I adore the colours, (the chucks!) and her!

Head on over to the i heart faces blog to view some amazing sunflare images!

I Heart Faces - 2011 Photo Contest "anything but a face"

This week’s theme is “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes…Anything But A Face!”  so here is my entry of my daughter Bronte holding a gorgeous ceramic bird she gave me as a gift.

Head on over to the IHF blog and check out all the fabulous entries this week! 

Kate xx

35/365 - Deluge

 

35/365/2011

(Canon 50D, Canon 85mm f/1.8 Lens)

 

 

 

 

Decided to go for a drive around dinner time and thought I would head to Elwood Beach which is probably about 10 mins away in the hope of catching a sunset or something. I caught something and got caught in massive, torrential rain. The rain was soooo hard and visibility was almost zero. I, along with many other drivers, had to pull over to the side of the road and tried to wait it out. It lessened so I drove off the main Beach Road and onto Point Ormond Drive where I too the two purple-toned images through my car window. Long story short - I left home at around 6pm and did not arrive home until after 10.30pm! The flooding was horrendous. Traffic congestion was amazing. But I did manage to take loads and loads of photos! (always an upside!)

34/365 - Waiting for the bus....

 

 

34/365/2011

(Apple iPhone, Hipstamatic Application)

 

  

 

 A whole new world, not only High School but Public Transport travel! Here she is waiting for the bus and I think that as I saw her driving away on the bus - I felt more sad than I did seeing my baby off to High School on her first day. It was such a poignant scene. She was nervous and a tad anxious but now she is an old hand! Doesn't take long!

33/365 - First Day of High School

33/365/2011

(Canon 50D, Canon 85mm f/1.8 Lens)

First day of High School and nerves were around. 

The photo on the left was as relaxed as I could get her - in fact, I felt very lucky to get a photo at all!

The photo on the right tells you how she felt when she got home! The school is big compared to her primary school, in fact, there are almost as many kids just in Year 7 that were at her old school! And it is all girls - such a big change and gosh she has coped well with the changes. (touch wood!)

32/365 - Fish & Chips at Port Melbourne

32/365/2011

(Canon 50D, Canon 85mm f/1.8 Lens)

 

An outing to Port Melbourne with just the oldest and the youngest. We spent a pleasant time walking around the docks and had fish & chips by the water. Managed to take this image - you wouldn't think that we were in the middle of the city would you?