This week I’ve been drawn to artists in my own field, so this week’s quick pick of internet finds is all about photography. As usual, good things come in threes…
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Year: 2014
Quick Picks – featuring fabric moths, a garden in a ruler, and wire fairies
This week’s quick pick of internet finds is all about sculpture. As usual, good things come in threes…
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And
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
~ Mark Twain
Quick Picks – featuring thunderstorms captured in lights and photographs, and an oceanic abyss in a table
This week’s quick pick of internet finds focuses on the wonders of nature turned into art. As usual, good things come in threes…
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Quick Picks – featuring old dictionaries, lost photographs and images of fireflies
This week’s quick pick of internet finds features things that not only drew my attention, but also captured my imagination. As usual, good things come in threes…
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Seashells and thoughts

The longer the time that has elapsed, the more things fall into proportion. One sees them in their true relationship to one another.
~ Agatha Christie
Quick Picks – featuring glass waves, transformative sculpture, and tiny crossbows
This week’s quick pick of internet finds is all about looking at things in a different way. As usual, good things come in threes…
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Quick Picks – featuring British accents, long exposures, and voyeuristic portraiture
Winter has hit Brisbane full force this week with bitingly cold winds complemented by some lovely drizzly rain. So it’s been perfect weather to snuggle on the sofa and lose myself on the web. There’s no link between this week’s quick pick of internet finds, other than that they all captured my imagination. As usual, good things come in threes…
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City Fragments – Melbourne

A few weeks ago we packed our bags and left sunny Brisbane for a long weekend in Melbourne. The sale airfares we had meant our baggage allowance was limited to hand luggage, which forced us to be selective about the camera kit we took. While I’ve moved away from the old days of wanting to carry every lens we own when we travel, it was even nicer to just grab my camera with a single lens and go with that.
Of course that approach means we tend to end up just taking our favourite lenses. I’m still a portrait photographer at heart, and my go to lens remains my 85mm. What that means in travel photography, especially in a city environment, is that I focus on the detail, because I usually can’t be far enough away (and still within clear sight of my subject) to capture anything wider. That’s not a problem, it’s actually my preference, and it’s led me to what I think of as my “city fragments” approach.
It’s fun because it makes me look at the details around me, letting me hone in on them without the distractions of everything else that’s going on around me. It’s those little details that make cities so fascinating to me, and Melbourne is no exception.











