August Break - Lemontines 365 and a Polaroid Generator too.

The August Break photo group, organised by Susannah Conway, introduced me to the work of Lemontines 365, among others.  That was a delight in itself but Lemontines, in turn, introduced me to the photoshop action that created the polaroid look-alike below.

It’s a faux Polaroid action, a…

I love flowers ... August Break Series

This morning, nursing a sore throat, taking iron replacement stuff, and painkillers, and feeling a little pathetic quite frankly ... the 2 small glass mayonnaise jars I had saved due to their cuteness suddenly begged for some flowers.

And the thing is, we have our first real-live garden ... as opposed to a balcony garden but our flowers are more…

The August Break Summer Series of Photographs

Susannah Conway has done, and continues to do, some remarkable things. 

To put it simply, she’s inspirational.

Her latest idea involves more than 300+ people ... so far.  You are welcome to join in on her August Break project.

I began today, 4 days into August, with…

My NEW Photography Website is Online ...

Yes!  My New Website is breathing its first official breathe ... and I’m loving it.

It’s all about the photography, the thing I do best in this world, on that small list titled Things Di Does Best.

I needed something that made things clear ...
- What I Do
- What I’ve Done

A Remarkable Evening ...

Just in, at midnight, from the most delicious BBQ in Brussels.

We were hosted by Simon and Paola, and not only did we get to experience the most delicious of foods and wine, we were also subject to the divine sound of the Irish.

I found myself in a corner with two of the loveliest Irish…

The Future ...

I took Little Miss 6 to the zoo and look, she wants to be a photographer.

Modesty Forbids ... and yet Market Myself I must.

Modesty forbids that a girl from smalltown New Zealand speak highly of herself.

We leave our childhoods, more often than not, having had humbleness and modesty and all those other conventions hammered into our very souls.

And so ... one becomes a photographer and hopes that marketing herself and her work is something she can just kind of ignore ...…

‘When I Grow Up ...’

Or that’s what he seems to be saying to me ...

1am, time to close-down the whole post-processing part of my mind for the night.  So much to do, I need to create a few 48 hour days and stop doing a little of each thing that I love.

Off to an Arabian Horse Show in July.  My camera…

Sunday 20th June, 4pm!

It has been an insanely busy 48 hours but it’s done now ... well, except for the photo processing and continuing work on the project plans, preparing marketing for the marketeer maestro and all that.

But you know how it is when you turn up to take photographs of some of your favourite people and end up going home with…

The Family ...

I love documentary photography, for sure ... but there’s something quite magical about photographing a family.

Cloe ...

a portrait

Tell Me What You Know ... please.

David Wall, is an old friend, a superb photographer and a New Zealander… and he is a bit of a guru for me.  He was well into his professional career when mine was barely a twinkle in my eye but he made the time to talk depth of field and iso, to discuss…

Photography as Passion.

There is only the frame.  That is our craft.  Painting with light, in slivers of time, within the frame of our image.
David duChemin.

I’m reading a new photographic hero of mine ... David duChemin. 

His book, Within the Frame - the journey of…

An update from my World.

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began
Mary Oliver, The Journey

I’m busy ... crazy-busy but breathing still.

The most exciting ‘busy’ is about working on crafting a series of adventures ... photographic journeys where you and your camera are welcome to come join me as I wander the worlds…

Jessica Hilltout - an interview with a photographer

I wandered over to Brussels to chat with Jessica Hilltout, Belgian photographer and serious wanderer, curious to know more about the woman responsible for the beautiful images I had found on her website. 
This is what I discovered ...

Stephanie Roberts and Little Purple Cow Productions

Stephanie Roberts, over at Little Purple Cow Productions,  provides me with one of the places I go when I need creative inspiration, encouragement, or a nice place to hang out.

Make sure you have some time and sit a while when you go visiting her website but I wanted to borrow from…

Jessica Hilltout Interview - coming soon

I recently spent some time talking with Belgian photographer, Jessica Hilltout ... an interview coming soon, the image just a small taste of her exquisite work.

Also coming, an interview with one of my favourite poets, Maya Stein.

All this in the new year, as I take a deep breath and slow down before…

Jane Bown, Photography

Photographers should neither be seen nor heard.
Jane Bown, photographer

Based on a comment made by Minnie, I went searching for a little more on photographer, Jane Bown and really liked what I found.  I think we agree on many points, not the least being this idea of the photographer as invisible but…

James Nachtwey, Photographer

I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.
James Nachtwey, Photographer.

Further research led me to a photo agency James and six others began back in September 2001, called VII Photo Agency. If you are interested in the…

Family Portrait Session, Beautiful People, I

I spent a truly lovely few hours with one of my favourite families here in the flatlands and what follows is a small sampling of how our time was spent.

Family Portrait Session, Beautiful People, I

Eve Arnold, Magnum Photographer

If the photographer has forged a relationship which permits an atmosphere in which the subject feels relaxed and safe, there is an intimacy that allows the person being photographed to be uninhibited and to reveal unknown aspects of herself.
Eve Arnold, Magnum Photographer

Evening Light from my (borrowed) Kitchen Window, Genova

At some point, I fell in love with the idea of capturing light.  Perhaps it was the new camera, the Canon EOS 5D series II - a camera that has changed my life as a photographer.  Suddenly all those lessons made sense and the camera became more of an extension of myself, as opposed…