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Today i had the honour of shooting photos for Max's naming day.
It was a very lovely ceremony with all of Max's crew there plus their assorted parents, and he seemed to have a pretty good day, and I managed to score some excellent trifle and chocolate cake. But it's all about the kiddies isn't it? :)
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Pancakes and beer with Elli and Kerryn and Joe. All such awesome people that it's hard to believe that we all really only just met recently (except Joe of course)
nice lunchpack joey
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After nearly 10 years at KPMG Joe has decided to head on out into the wide world and see what it's like when you don't work for a large accounting firm. According to the people who have already left. It's a lot better :)
singing up a storm
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The Wilderness Society held their annual march to protest against woodchipping and to help commemorate World Environment Day and Vanessa was a part of the Wilderness Choir, who sang up a storm with some TV personalities :)
Good work 'nessa
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3 june 10pm - More craziness from the Lectro crew, they definitely know how to throw a party and I am so glad I happened to walk into that first Lectro party all those months ago. so glad :)
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Found a new space in Richmond for some shots, so I'll be trying to visit it a bit and get some more cool shots.
I still can't beleive these guys are real
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Having taken some time off work to take some photos, I thought I'd better get off my arse and go take some. Therefore I headed into the zoo for a bit of a run around, grabbed a few shots, had a bit of fun looking at the animals, and came home :)
p.s.: The Mandarin Duck, how freaky is that? :)
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Managed to catch up with some of the old crew, saw Ali's new place in fitzroy, complete with a very cool wall painted by Vlad. Caught up a bit with Paul M, Paul C, Ali and Vlad.
tweaked!
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On Friday we went along to Honkytonks to help our friend Nadine celebrate her birthday and have a bit of a dance. Nadine may be better know to you as DJ Elektra and I think we've become friends not just because she's a fantastic Dj but also because she's always up to some crazy party shenanigans, which is a good thing.
It was also a chance to catch up with Fifi who has been away from the party scene for a while to try and focus on some other things and also to confirm she could live without the club scene. Now that she's proven to herself that she doesn't need it, she's back out and about again and it was bloody good to see her again :)
The Bedroom Philosopher
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If you haven't been to a show by The Bedroom Philosopher, then you're just weird. there. I said it.
Kate and I actually kinda saw him last year at The Comedy Festival by accident, in that we wanted to see someone else and they were all booked up and so we went to see him and it was extremely funny. So this year we went to see him on purpose as part of his "I'm so postmodern" tour. He was supported by a few other acts, including a very good gypsy jazz band called "Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra". These guys were very good, although a little dishevelled, but you get that sometimes :)
Justin Heazlewood himself was, as previously discovered, piss funny, and the incandescent Kate was of course, delightful as always (I have to suck up, she reads this you know) (although it's true) (not more sucking up, I promise)
Anyhoo, it was lots of fun and a barrel of laffs and a good time was had by all, including me.
From Web to Wall
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Well the time has come, the exhibition opens tomorrow at 69 Smith St (Click the picture for more details). The last two days have been spent in preparation, hanging the work and sorting out all the little problems that arise. Most of the hanging was completed yesterday in a very long day of bending and reaching and carrying and measuring and thinking (the hardest part) and cleaning and generally doing whatever it took to get the stuff up on the wall in a presentable fashion. Today was left for a few remaining touch ups, final cleaning of the glass and last straightening.
Also today Marcus (DJ Mudgutz) and I were interviewed on RRR Radio in their Arts show.
Anyway, it's all up and ready to go, so I think you should all come along and see it, maybe even come to the Opening party on Saturday and have some free drinks and see some great photos :)
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Did some drive by shooting on Thursday night. Haven't done any in ages because it was not as easy to get the right effects with the SLR, and it's also heavier, harder to handle, more expensive (no hanging it out the window) but I had some driving to do and thought it was worth giving it a shot.
Got some nice stuff and I think it worked well, now I just need someone to drive me around on the freeways so I don't have to do it the dangerous and illegal way :)
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Went for another few night walks this week to get some shots done and get back into the habit. The Flickreens were going on a flickrwalk on Thursday night but I wasn't able to attend so I did my own one on Wednesday night.
I did some tripod stuff Tuesday night but for Wednesday I went handheld and managed to get some good stuff too. I like the tripod but I tend to do really long exposures with the 'pod now and I like the freedom of movement when handheld. :)
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For Mother's day this year I once again made the pilgrimage down to Rosebud to have a family dinner. Mum cooked up a good feed as usual, although I think we may have finally convinced her to let us sort out dinner next year :)
Dad told his usual jokes, I did a few updates on her computer, Cam, Cindy and Courtney were there as well, all in all a fairly pleasant evening was had by all.
I don't know why but I never seem to get the camera out when I'm with my family, it just seems to be part of a separate world, so as a consequence I don't have any shots of mum for mother's day, just this shot of the moon I took on the way home.
looks like someone squealed to the pigs!
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Saturday we attended a party to celebrate the birthday of one of my favourite people at the moment, Elli.
The party for Elli's 31st was in The Lucky Coq (formerly the Duke of Windsor) and was a bit of fun. Joe and I went around to Kerryn's first to help her drink some of the vodka she had lying around, since we were both a bit poverty stricken, so we got a bit hammered first on Absolut Vanilla vodka with lime and lemonade and it was pretty nice.
After we'd gotten sufficiently drunk waiting for the party to start, we jumped in a cab over to Chapel st.
Elli chose to celebrate her birthday by dressing up as a cop, a very hot cop, in fact she was an extremely hot cop, and we were all pretty happy with her decision. In part I was happy that she had chosen something fun, and in part because she was hot (probably still is, let's face it) :)
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I was starting to get a bit upset with myself for not going out and taking more photos so I decided to do something about it and do a few photo walks this week. This one is from the MCG. It's not even clear what these things are when you're standing in front of them. They're just these huge oval shapes in the middle of the pedestrian walkway. I suspect that they're there to provide some break in the crowd, to stop people being able to crowd to the edge of the area, but I don't really know. They look cool though :)
Barry finally gets in trouble for his Gangsta ways
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Another Flickrmeet, this time at the Great Britain hotel in Richmond. Met some more flickr people, added some more contacts, and caught up with the usual suspects :)
Barry was there of course, although his latest incarnation as a Gangsta managed to catch the eye of the police, and his chicks had to sweet talk them out of arresting him. ;)
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It was a pretty big weekend this time around, Two big parties in a row, Technoir on Friday night and aLive on Saturday, with a few bits and pieces in between. Technoir is looking like a pretty regular thing, especially given the quality of music they lay down, and the effort they put into the party decor. aLive was, as always, a great and dangerous messiness wedged into an afternoon and evening. Many shenanigans ensued, Becy played again this time and she absolutely rocked. Vanessa and Kathryn joined us this time and got involved in the various silliness. Spent Sunday morning on the couch watching movies with Vanessa and generally joking around. Such a great chick.
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Went for a walk in the park near Kathryn's place to take a few photos. Quite an interesting park for such a small place, and Kathry's company is always worthwhile.
Happy Birthday Kate
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Went around to Kate's place to help celebrate her 30th Birthday. The theme was that of a children's party, with games like musical chairs and pass the parcel, and cupcakes and fairy bread.
It was a great party, lots of interesting people, all the usual suspects in Kate's crew, plus some new faces I hadn't met before. Sh definitely has a very high calibre of friend, which is to be expected for such a great person :)
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Went on a bit of a photo walk with Joe and Clayton down along the Yarra for some night shots. Got some good stuff I think, and had a look at the newly renovated Sandridge bridge.
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Anzac Eve we went to The Lounge as it was the last day Luke McD was playing there. It was a pretty good night, had some dinner, saw Funkee Monkee and Grania, hung out with Vanessa, Kathryn and Ryan. I have to say, I have yet to have a bad time hanging out with Vanessa and Kathryn :)
From Web to Wall
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for those of you who don't already know, a bunch of us melbourne flickrnauts are having an exhibition of our work out in 'meat space' :)
The exhibition runs from 24 May to 11 June, Wednesdays to Saturdays, with the official opening from 3-6pm on Saturday 27 May.
If you're able to, please come along and have a squiz at everyone's work, it's shaping up to be a pretty good exhibition, with lots of very interesting works on display. Especially mine :)
Happy Birthday Vanessa
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Saturday was the occasion of Vanessa's birthday, and she held a fancy dress party. She came as Wonder Woman, I went as Dick Dastardly (although I also doubled as the guy from the monopoly box), Joe came as one of The Sopranos, Kim went as Dr Livingstone, there was also a Hunter S Thompson, , 3 Guinness cans (guinNESS for vaNESSa)Cat Woman, Fu Manchu, and Iron Chef (with Iron). It was a pretty good party, lots of decent people and cheap food and drinks, since it was held in a pub, and even though it started early (7pm) didn't finish up until 4am when they finally threw us out, 4 hours after the pub officially closed. :) They are a pretty good bunch of people, which is to be expected given how cool Vanessa is :)
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Friday night was all about catching up with the Canberra crew :)
Joe and I met up with Dean, Felicite, Mick and Steph at Transport, where we had a few rounds of drinks in the crowded conditions, and then headed off to dinner. Joe has recently become obsessed with the Shanghai Dumpling House in Tattersalls Lane, so that's where we all headed for dinner. It's weird having a proper dinner on Friday night, as it's normally just some sort of nasty junk food snack at the end of an evening of drinking :) It's funny to head home at the end of the night and not need to stop in to KFC or McDs for a junk food top-up :)
After dinner we headed into the Lounge for a few choice tunes and then headed home. It's funny because I have been to Lounge heaps of times but never actually went to the bar/cafe part downstairs. It's pretty cool :)
next stop please driver
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Instead of going to the movies this thursday I went to a flickrmeet and photowalk instead. The weather was pretty crappy so I only got a few shots, and I actually find I don't work well in a crowd, I find it hard knowing that everyone else is hanging around looking for the perfect shot. :)
It was good though to meet some new flickrnauts :)
After the meetup Kerryn and I went up to RMIT to join Helen Jamieson and some friends to be members of the studio audience for Chartbusting 80's, a locally made video show featuring 80's music videos, trivia, and live bands playing 80's tracks. It's a pretty funny show, with a very over the top hostess named Josie who you can't help laughing with. Anyway, as cheesy as it is, I had a pretty good time :)
Fran & Kate
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Managed to catch up with Kate and crew (Nick, Judy, Fran, Siobhan) for some Comedy Festival capers. We went to see The 4 Noels, which was pretty good, although difficult to photograph :) At first it looked like it might be pretty crappy, but then it turned out to be very funny indeed. We also had some time before the show to have a bit of a joke around and catch up. It was pretty good, I really need to spend more time with these people :)
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Yet another superb Lectro party has come and gone, with all the usual elements of great decor, fabulous floor show, outstanding people, and this above all else: music music music.
More super electro loveliness was blasted out into our heads, this time by the ultra sweet Nexo stacks at the Mercat Cross Hotel, the new home of Lectro (and also the new home of aLive, making it our new home away form home).
Met some new crew, saw some old crew, dances to some new tunes and bopped to some old tunes, and overall just had a fabulous time. again. If you are considering coming to a party, Lectro is definitely a candidate, trust me :)
thanks beau
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Time fr another flickrmeet, this time at The Windsor Castle in windsor :) A good bunch came along, lots of new faces, and all the flickr schwag had shown up so there were all sorts of badges and stickers being handed out, which was pretty cool. Elli had also made up a bunch of Barry stickers, so we stuck them around all over the place until we started to get in trouble. When the meetup started to drift apart (due to an overcrowding pub and weather starting to get too cold for the beer garden) Joe, Marcus, Kerryn, Elli and I headed over to La La Land for a few more drinks and general shenanigans :)
These kids are all pretty cool, and the funny thing is that Most of us are really friends due to a mutual third party, Beau. Good people, all of them. :)
Death's seduction
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After Risque I popped over to the Mercat to check out Nutshell. It was a pretty good gig, with a few of the usual suspects, definitely worth checking out again. Even if future floor shows don't have partial nudity ;)
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Friday evening was another work social club function down at the boatsheds by the yarra, another night of drunken accountants and trying to enjoy stubbies of VB. Joy :)
Actually it wasn't too bad, since we don't really talk to the accountants much and just hang out in our little clique and laugh at them :)
After the social club Joe, Bec and I headed up to the John Curtin Hotel to check out Risque. It was a pretty good night, with a mix of tech and electro from some guys I hadn't heard before. Met the promoter and hung out a bit with some of the crew and then headed off. The John Curtin is shaping up to be a pretty good location, and i look forward to seeing more events there.
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Saturday Night we went to dinner with a bunch of guys to celebrate Bec's Birthday. It was a chance to catch up with some people I hadn't seen in ages and a damn fine meal to boot. The only problem was that the meal was so good I ate too much and nearly fell asleep on the table :)
sally likes beer
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Well this looks like it was the last aLive at The Retreat, at least until summer rolls around. We managed to have a pretty god time, despite the venue mucking the guys around a bit, chopping off the tail end of the gig, but everyone seemed to have a blast and we squeezed into the undercover section to escape the rain and the cold as the day went along. :)
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Joe and I were asked to go and shoot some photos at Room680 for their Ferrari pre-race party.
It was a pretty good party, with a really nice vibe, and we also popped outside to get a few shots of the girl in a million dollar dress. The dress itself was made up of small diamond shaped sections of solid gold formed into a zig-zag pattern and interlinked into a designer dress more a work of art than everyday garment. Not everyone wants to wear a 7.5kg dress either :)
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It seems to be a month of birthdays :)
This time it's the turn of Marcus, aka DJ Mudgutz. Joe and I went out to his place of work in the burbs (Seamus O'Toole's in Knox) to help celebrate his existence and to meet some of his friends, especially his girlfriend Sally, who is very nice :)
It's always a bit of fun with Marcus and this was no exception. The hangover at work the next day was a testament to how much fun we had :)
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Leah and David asked us to shoot their wedding and we were somewhat nervous.
The shoot ended up going pretty well, although we made a few mistakes, we got the shots we needed and had a pretty good time. I must admit though, at the end of the day I was knackered from spending so much time looking through the viewfinder :)
Apart from that the wedding and reception were great, just a good simple ceremony in a very beautiful old Bendigo hotel and then out to the open spaces of the Bendigo Aero club for the reception. Pretty good party too :)
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An old friend was in town for a week for work and invited a bunch of us up to his suite to have some dinner and catch up. His suite was on the 17th floor and had some magnificent views of the city and surrounds. Needless to say, I took a butt-load of photos :)
The Goblin King
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Another fantabulous Lectro party at Brown Alley, where Shez presents a crazy party of costumes and antics. You haven't lived until you've seen Chestwig and Grania dressed up as David Bowie (The Goblin King in the movie Labyrinth) and the head goblin, prancing around to 'Dance Music Dance' cheesy 80s classic :)
A real fun night, with a real fun crew.
Happy Birthday Kathryn
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Friday we went out to Room680 to celebrate Kathryn's birthday by seeing Jan Johnston perform. Jan is the first angel of trance music, with a truly beautiful voice, and we had actually seen her last time she was out here, which was also for Kathryn's birthday last year, so it seemed fitting to return again for her birthday this year.
Joe had to go home early because the music was so loud it was damaging his ears, but Kathryn and I stayed on until the early hours of the morning, listening to Jan sing a few times and generally just having a bit of a dance around :)
I was also shooting the event for inthemix.com.au and while I was there Nat from Room680 asked if they could also get a copy of my shots as the photographer they had hired hadn't shown up for some reason. This meant that they gave me access to some other areas of the club to try and get a better angle, and I think it helped me get some great shots. But this is a shot of Kathryn, it was her birthday after all :)
Sian
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I had my first ever paid photo assignment, courtesy of Sara the photo editor for inthemix.com.au, who had been asked to provide a photographer for a product launch that evening, where Kosheen would be playing a set. The gig itself was pretty interesting, and I think I got what they were looking for, but I was just rapt to get to see Kosheen perform, especially to be able to get some shots of Sian belting out the tunes with her golden voice :)
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Another day in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, but this time for Earthcore in the Park, same size crowd but a much more relaxed and enjoyable, not having to walk all over the hill for starters, and hanging out with Joe and Vanessa just mucking around all day. Good Stuff :)
cheeky monkey
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Local radio station KissFM held a fundraiser event at Sidney Myer Music bowl to help increase awareness of the station and raise some funds.
This event attracted pretty much every local DJ of any note and filled the bowl with thousands of people and a wide variety of music.
I had the official photo gig for ITM, and wore myself out marching up and down the hill what seemed like a million times, but it was all worth it to hear so much good music and photograph so many people having a great time in the sunshine :)
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On Saturday Elli (pictured) invited us to come help celebrate her friend Kate's birthday at Union Bar on chapel st. We had a pretty good time, Elli is always fun to hang out with, and we met a few of her friends and generally mucked around :)
Tronikelesch
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Well, this is the first time i've been specifically requested to shoot a party, and I have to say, it was a pretty good party. Technoir at the Mercat Cross hotel, some of our old friends like Bubble 'n Squeak, Heath Myers and Elektra (my favourite electro dj, trying a techno set for the first time), and some new friends, Ranjit Nijer and Tronikelesch. Some very good music being played and some swish decor turned this 'favour' into a new compulsory event on the party calendar :)
joe and baz go way back
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Yet another Flickrmeet with all the old cronies and some very special guests indeed. Shooz and jrg_ were in town from the UK and wanted to meet some local flickrenos, so we organised a meet.
Also in attendance were new faces snork maiden, knicole7, and barrybear, and despite barry (picture above with joe) losing an ear in the proceedings, it was a great day :)
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And while we were travelling through drunkenness after the Screw you Alive party we stopped into Bridie O'Reilly's in Brunswick for Erin-Jade's birthday.
We were drunk, they were drunk, we nearly got thrown out for taking photos, then we left and went back to the Screw you Alive afterparty :)
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What a momentous occasion, the combination of the Screw crew parties and the aLive crew parties, Screw7 & aLive7 joined into one event, crazy electro/tech upstairs and live creations downstairs, all on a boat steaming around the bay.
What a fantastic party. Both of these crews know how to throw a good party, and together they managed to throw a phenomenal party. The best party I have ever been to, ever. period.
There's something pretty special about drinking vodka all afternoon, dancing to some of the best music , on a moving floor, using the motion of the boat to add to your moves, watching the sun go down over the ocean and just plain hanging out with a damn good bunch of people.
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Joe and I shot our first wedding today. A friend from work was having a small registry office ceremony on the weekend and he asked if we'd mind coming along and getting a few snaps. We were more than happy to oblige since Sean is a good bloke, and we also needed a little practice for a wedding we'd been asked to shoot later in the month.
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We went to another session of Moonlight Cinema, this time for Leah's birthday. We had a good time, mucking around as usual, but I have to say, don't ever go there if you haven't seen the movie. We went to see Shopgirl, which I hadn't seen before, and it was really annoying because you can almost never see the whole screen, and everyone around you talks and laughs and it just gets too annoying :)
Lovely night though, and it's always nice to see the city skyline at dusk and enjoy one of the last warm spring evenings.
