MY LIFE IN IMAGES

Here are my highlights from my birthday month of August which, looking back, seems to have been a pretty good month, there were too many to choose from if I say so myself! Remember if you want to see more of 365:2010 you can visit the set on Flickr, if you have a Facebook account you can become a fan and get the latest photo posted daily to your news feed.

CONCRETE CURVES
Underside of a section of the MLC Centre, Martin Place, Sydney. Sat 7 Aug

LANEWAY
Afternoon sun illuminates a Darlinghurst laneway late afternoon. Mon 9 Aug

LINDOR
One of my favourite chocolate treats, Lindt Lindor. There are a few Lindt cafes in Sydney and you can get the full range with all sorts of great flavours like raspberry, cookies and cream, peppermint, and more! Tue 17 Aug

IRIS
When you can’t find anything else to photograph there’s always yourself. Created using my iPhone and a loupe. Mon 23 Aug

BOARDWALK SNOOZE
One way to pass a lunch hour is to take a snooze in the sun. Tue 24 Aug

NEON
One of Sydney’s most famous landmarks, this neon Coke sign on Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross, has stood since 1976 in various guises. Wed 25 Aug

STRAWS
Brightly coloured party straws all in a row. Sun 29 Aug

Running behind as always here are my highlights from the 365:2010 project for July. Remember if you want to see more of 365:2010 you can visit the set on Flickr, if you have a Facebook account you can become a fan and get the latest photo posted daily to your news feed.

MoS
Sunlight creates a mirror image in the entrance to the Museum of Sydney. Thu 1 Jul

WET BENCH
A little bit of rain helps colours pop out in photos, here some orange peel and a newspaper are discarded on a long row of empty benches (see how the armrests continue into the distance) in Wynyard Park. Fri 9 Jul

WALKING THROUGH TRIANGLES
Underneath the Plaza Building, Australia Square. Tue 13 Jul

SHADES OF ESCHER
Fire stairwell in my office building drops into the abyss, reminding me of the drawings of M.C.Escher. Tue 20 Jul

GRATER
Watch your fingers! Wed 28 Jul

INTERLOCKING
Wall feature of interlocking timber sections in the Piccadilly shopping centre food court, Sydney CBD. Fri 30 Jul

The 365:2010 project hit the big 200 milestone on Monday 19th July. Unfortunately the event completely passed me by as it was a working day and I didn’t even notice! The next biggie is 300 which falls on October 27th, I’ll try and remember that one.

So here are my highlights from all the images taken in June. Remember if you want to see more of 365:2010 you can visit the set on Flickr, if you have a Facebook account you can become a fan and get the latest photo posted daily to your news feed.

COTTON
I love finding colourful displays like this, racks of cotton reel in Lincraft. Tue 1 Jun

RAINY DAY BLUES
Looking up through a rain covered glass building entrance canopy.

TOADSTOOL
This fairy tale like toadstool was sitting in a small cluster of them in Centennial Park.

BIG RED TOMATOES
Cute little display of squeezy tomato ketchup dispensers in a kitchen accessories store.

SINK REFLECTION
White sinks, chrome taps, mirrors, black and white = good combination.

UNDER THE CLOCKS
I couldn’t visit Melbourne without including an image of the famous entrance to Flinder’s Street Station. Many locals and visitors meet under the clocks.

MYSTERY LIFT
Where exactly am I going to get off in this lift? Into a spaceship? Into infinity (and beyond)? Into a Star Wars Tie Fighter?? Or perhaps I just exceeded the weight limit.

Over the weekend I visited a couple of exhibitions which are part of Canon’s EOS Festival of Photography currently running in Sydney. Firstly, ‘Photos 1440‘ is an exhibition of images taken by Sydney Morning Herald photographers. 1440 represents the number of minutes in a day, though I’m pretty certain there aren’t that many images on display. A slideshow with a selection of images can be seen on the SMH site. Here’s one of my favourite images, taken by Dominic Postiglione:

Secondly was the ‘World Press Photo 2010‘, an exhibition I visit every year. It celebrates the best in photojournalism from around the world and features an amazing selection of images, some confronting. If you can’t make it to a city holding the exhibition you can view all the winners on the WPP site. Both exhibitions are on at the State Library of NSW with Photos1440 running until August 1st, and WPP10 finishing on July 25th. Here’s one of my favourites from the WPP, an amazing capture of a Stealth Bomber doing a flyover at the 95th Rose Bowl game, by Mark Holtzman:

Month number 5 is done and dusted and here are my favourites from May. Remember if you want to see more of 365:2010 you can visit the set on Flickr, if you have a Facebook account you can become a fan and get the latest photo posted daily to your news feed.

COCO
Shoppers pass by the bright and colour facade of the Chanel store in Westfield Bondi Junction.

SUN SHAFT
Shafts of sunlight highlight a number of Sydney landmarks against a dark sky; left to right; tip of the Perpetual building, MLC centre, Sydney Tower, Commonwealth Bank, AWA building. Converted using the Magazine filter in the Camera Bag app on iPhone.

AUTUMN LEAF
A single leaf lies on the wet steps outside the Cook & Philip Park Pool.

PEEL
Love the colours on this close up shot of mandarin peel, converted using the Colourcross filter in the Camera Bag app on iPhone.

LUNCH BREAK
Office workers sit around a fountain in the Australia Square complex during their lunch break.

4x3D
There’s a 3D craze happening right now, it’ll pass I’m sure, in the meantime I played with my newest iPhone app, Quad Camera, with these retro 3D glasses.