On the fence

There's no story to this at all. Just thought it was a good photo opportunity. I guess you know someone is style-concious when they get a motorbike to match their front gate ;)

Seeing the Light

Consider yourself lucky. I was going to put up some of my photos from the Christmas lights tour. A group of my friends piled into a combi van to drive around and check out the various Christmas light displays around the neighbourhood. (By neighbourhood, we mean anywhere within 10km).

Instead, i present this painting of the wise men - another group of people travelling miles because of a light ;)

For the record, it was at the church i visited on Christmas eve. I don't know who the artist was.

City Christmas Tree

Ok, so i'm getting a little behind in putting photos up... Anyway, this gi-normous tree was adorning the top of Queen St in the leadup to Christmas.

And of course, if you're going to have a such a large tree, clearly the decorations have to be equally over-sized. Hence this bauble which is the height of a small adult.

A yellow brick ... block?

There's no real story to this one. It was very late in the day, and this local unit block was almost golden as it faced the sunset.

Pitcher Perfect

To cheer and support Nathan, some friends and I recently attended one of his baseball games. However when his team was a player short, i was handed the spare uniform and cap.

A friend took this photo of the two of us, and i played with the colour scheme to give it that 1920's "Babe Ruth" kind of feel.

ps. for the record, i fielded the ball twice, and had two turns at bat - struck out once, and made first base once.

Southbank Sunset

Some photos you plan - some just happen. At the last minute i'd decided to catch the ferry instead of the train, and we approached southbank just as the sun was going down behind it.

ps. i know physics people will tell me that the sun can't set in the south ... i guess there's some poetic licence in the name ... "west-southwestbank" just wouldn't be as catchy.

Horror-gami

I'm sure when the Japanese invented the art of paper-folding, this is not what they had in mind.

If you type in "origami brisbane" into Google, the first hit you get is a post by my friend Naomi. So when a local kids tv programme needed origami assistance for an episode - a quick internet search gave them their 'local expert'.

After a small-scale practice, some 3 and 4-person folds, and the struggles of handling 2 square metres of paper - our oversized crane was ready for its tv debut.

Monster House

Some friends and I caught the 3D version of 'Monster House' - my first 3D movie in quite a while. Gone are the days of coloured cellophane and cardboard glasses. These days we look less like moviegoers, and more like contestants in a Roy Orbison look-alike competition.

So to complete the look, i made a black and white version (just incase you're running such a competition ;) This is our entry...

The Invisible Bike

This was originally an attempt at getting a dusk photo of the city view from my friend's balcony. Obviously a fairly long exposure time was needed - and during this time a motorbike sped past.

While the bike was too quick for the camera, it did leave a trail of light from it's headlight and taillight. (You can click on the photo for a larger image)

Riverfire

This is Daymon and I at 'Riverfire'. I tried to take some photos that included actual fireworks - but the attempts just provided more evidence that i am really not very good. Fortunately, Daymon got a reasonable shot (although it does look a bit like something exploded out of the back of my head ;)