Thursday Thirteen #19 Blind Photography

Over the last couple of days, I have been 'entertaining' a friend of a friend of mine, who had come up from Melbourne, as a photo of his was being exhibited in a competition, Arts Access Australia - Art for people with disabilities. He took out the inaugural, Peoples Choice Award!!

Andrew is vision impaired, and is legally blind. The way he explained it to me was, he has zero sight in his left eye, so close your left eye, now 'squint' your right eye, so as you can only JUST see something about a meter in front of you... that is all the sight he has! Bad hey! So with that in mind, I showed him around, as best we could, some of the Sydney spots for his upcoming work, 'Day is Night' which will be exhibited in August 2013, and here is some of my shots from the two days in Sydney...

1. Woolloomooloo Gate - The Royal Botanic Gardens
   
2. Fort Denison - Sydney harbour
   
3. Kangaroo Paw - Mrs Macquaries Point
   
4. Photographer and his Guide Dog
   
5. Sailing Ship
   
6. 'Talent'
   
7. Sydney Ferries
   
8. Water over Rocks
   
9. Opera House, Harbour Bridge (and a Ferry)
   
10. Light Painting a Photographer
    
11. Sydney CBD by night
    
12. 'Andrew' and the CBD by night
    
13. Sydney Olympic Park - Boulevard
    

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Wordless Wednesday No. 66 - A night at Harry's

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

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Wordless Wednesday No. 65 - A Movable Feast!

Just a few words to explain - if I can? George St here in Sydney, is one of the busiest streets in the CBD. It was closed on Saturday night, for the 'Food Trucks' to be stationed, for the 'Movable Feast'! this was a great concept, but it was far from 'movable' as there was far too many people, it was gridlocked! BUT, it was a great thing to do on a Saturday evening... Now, onto the wordless...

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Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Sydney Food Trucks

Movable Feast - Crowd

Movable Feast - DJ

Movable Feast - Movie Screening

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Wordless Wednesday 59 - Sydney Olympic Cauldron for the 2012 Paralympics

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 127 A Smell You Adore

Firstly, I thought, how do you take a photo of a smell?? So a little 'outside the box' thinking was needed for this one. A smell that I do adore, apart from the standard perfumes etc (Michael Kors being VERY high on the list) is that of flowers, and more so, the smell of freshly cut grass. No surprises there hey?

Turf Trials

I don't know what it is, I just like the smell of fresh cut grass, much the same as a storm that is not to far away. Also, again weird I know, but in the middle of summer, on a hot bitumen road, when it starts to rain, again when there is a storm nearing, ahh the smells of summer...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 116 Somewhere you went

The other night, we went out on the town to do some night photography. We shot across to Circular Quay, the Harbout Bridge and the Opera House, all the 'usual suspect'... BUT, this is one of Luna Park, but from a slight closer, and more unusual angle...

Luna Park

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 110 Bottle

This was part of the recent 'Sculptures by the Sea' art installation, between Tamarama and Bondi Beaches in Sydney. It was quite a large bottle, almost perched somewhat precariously within a crevasse along the cliff tops...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 86 Your Name

I've recently done photo shoot at night, we went down to below the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Luna Park areas. Now, what does this have to do with 'My Name', well have a look at my photo below for the explanation!!

"Bernie"

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 72 Sign

This is, although not technically, a sign... But, its painted onto the very edge of the platform at Woolooware railway station in Sydney. Its just a reminder that, there can be a gap between the train and the platform...

Safety Sign Woolooware

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 43 Blue

We have not seen, for a very long time, extended periods of 'BLUE' skies in Sydney, due to rain. And, after yesterdays storm (and a return of cleaning this afternoon after work) it rain again. This time, it was Katoomba that copped it with hail!!

Katoomba Hail SFogarty

Katoomba Hail SFogarty

Katoomba Hail SFogarty

But when I was out walking Bronty after cleaning the back veranda, I rounded a corner to see this wonderful sunset with some stormy skies in the background... I suppose that whilst there is orange, and purples and a whole lot of other colours there, there MUST be some that are 'blue'? Isn't it lovely!

Stormy Skies Sunset

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52 - Avalon

Ok... It has been done before, and people have even done a book about it, so I thought I might give it a go as well... There may be times when its a little 'quirky' but it will be (basically) a different location from within Sydney (mostly) every week... I will try and get these up of a Friday, but it could be anytime over the weekend really!

So, today marking week 1, where do we start... With 'A' of course and that's an A for...

AVALON

Avalon is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of NSW, Australia. Avalon is located 35 kilometres north of the Sydney CBD, in the Pittwater Council LGA and is otherwise know as the Northern Beaches region.

History

Avalon was named after the mythical Avalon, a legendary island in Celtic languages mythology. According to legends, Avalon was an earthly paradise and the final resting place of King Arthur apparently!

European Settlement

The first land grant in the area was 60 acres (240,000 m2) to John Farrell in 1827. A 400-acre (1.6 km2) land grant was made to Father John Joseph Therry in 1833, who fought hard for the recognition of the Catholic Church in the colony. He built a church in this area but his plans for a settlement never eventuated. In the 1920s, the area was still known as 'Priest's Flat'. Arthur J Small handled a subdivision in 1921 and chose the name Avalon.

Commercialism

Avalon features RSL, bowling and sailing clubs; a supermarket, shops, cafes and a cinema. Sport & Recreation.

Avalon Beach is a surfing beach and has a 25 metre salt water rock pool at the south end. Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club members patrol Avalon Beach.[3] Several former surfing world champions are also past or current Avalon residents.

Avalon Soccer Club, established 1982, has over 80 teams and 1000 registered players. Avalon Junior Rugby League Club has contributed several players active in the Australian National Rugby League. Avalon also has a small nine hole golf course.

Culture

An episode of the American TV show Baywatch, was shot at Avalon Beach in the late 1990s. Producers of the show, seeking to relocate from their Californian base due to cost constraints, proposed a full relocation to Avalon. However, following complaints from residents (supported by former world surfing champion and local property owner Mark Warren), the series moved instead to Hawaii.

Quintessential Australian - Avalon

Lifeguard Board - Avalon

Rock Pools - Avalon

Rock Pool - Avalon

Wiped Out - Avalon

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