A Gift of Roses

My husband brought me flowers!  I found the perfect spot for them, where the late afternoon sun falls on them to create beautiful shadows.

I heard a beautiful quote today:

“Whatever you are, be a good one” – Abraham Lincoln

The colour of early morning

Our latest assignment was to try to capture the colour and feeling of early morning.  So everyone had sheets of cellophane hanging on c-stands to create coloured light.  My props were quite heavy to carry through the city, but I think it was worth it in the end.  I had a lot of fun and definitely learnt a few new techniques.

The first one is with blue and yellow light, the blue adding to the shadows and the yellow to the highlights.

Then we tried some red and blue

I couldn’t resist trying some gold and magenta light on this little girl set up.

Have you noticed some of the colours the light creates early in the morning?  It is amazing how the light’s colour can affect our mood.

Walking Around Carlton (Scott Kelby World Wide Photowalk)

I got  a chance to take part in this year’s Scott Kelby World Wide Photowalk.  We walked around Carlton, past the Melbourne Museum and through some alleyways.  It was so much fun just walking around with other photographers, seeing the world through different eyes.  I am still working on the photos, but here are a few of the first ones.

Lots of old buildings with interesting designs on the doors

 

 

Fabulous trees with the most interesting branches against the sky (ok, I cheated and turned the grey sky blue for a bit of an abstract)

Fabulous colours everywhere.  I seem to get attracted to the blues most of all.

I haven’t walked around the back of Melbourne Museum before. The park is gorgeous, especially with all the fallen leaves everywhere.

The skies turned dark and gloomy every now and then, but that works when you take pictures of the sky! (ps this is a colour picture.  I didn’t make it black and white.  The sky made everything grey for a while)

Here and there were a few colourful roses in gardens.  Spring is not too far away any more.

 

The abstract shapes the museum forms, make a fascinating contrast to all the nature and historical images around.

More soon, time to put my little one down for her nap.

The smell of roses

With the heat has come masses of roses.  The bushes seem to be trying to outdo each other.  As the wind changes while you walk, you get the loveliest scents wafting past.

This house fascinates me.  It has tons of roses climbing up the walls and along the balustrade to the door.

I spotted this little flower in the shade underneath other bushes.  It was lit by a ray of sunlight.  It just looked so wonderful.

And the blossoms are creating confetti everywhere!