Amanda | July 30, 2009
Aya Brackett is one of my absolute favourite photographer crushes. Her work is breath taking and the light is what all photographers dream about. I share a lot of fine film photographers on Paper Cameras but I would like to share some personal photographer crushes here with you too. Sit back and enjoy the following [...]
Amanda | July 28, 2009
My sister in Centennial Park, Sydney So you wouldn’t think that this is the dead of winter here in Sydney, right now. The past couple of weeks we have been having glorious sunny weather that only requires a light jacket. It’s that kind of weather where you instantly feel the urge to lie down in [...]
Amanda | July 27, 2009
Australian Gourmet Traveller magazine is not the sort of mag I would normally buy, as it’s ultimately about food. This July however, I could not resist as it was their annual French issue. The cover alone was enough for me to buy it, but flicking through it’s pages got me all excited for a whole [...]
Amanda | July 26, 2009
Another round of Fave Me, Fancier for this lovely week! These are some of my favourite flickr people here. Sometimes my faves from the week will all be new pictures uploaded that week, but other times I will come across an older photograph on my journeys around flickr. Photograph number 5 is really special. Click [...]
Amanda | July 25, 2009
Oh my…the lovely Danni who writes one of my favourite blogs, Oh Hello Friend, gave Mocking Bird a little linky love. Check out her gorgeous blog and the other fabulous links she posted about today. Danni is running a great exchange called the Lovely Package Exchange. A beautiful package swap, sounds like fun! Image from [...]
Amanda | July 22, 2009
So you know how I shoot the photographs, now onto the post processing or the ‘photoshopping’. This is a topic I am asked about all the time and the truth of it is that no two photographs are processed the same way. There is no one formula that I use. Also note that I am [...]
Amanda | July 22, 2009
I‘m going a little stir crazy because I’m cooped up inside and apparently it’s 25 degrees outside. It’s the dead of winter, what on earth is going on?! Vancouver you better have pretty mountains and good things for me to take photos of! Can you find my Moosey friend? Oh yeah, I’m a Canadian resident [...]
Amanda | July 21, 2009
I am constantly being asked one question. How do you get your digital photos to have that dreamy, vintage look? I am feeling generous, so I am going to share a few ideas and creative ways to make your digital photographs look more timely. Today I am going to talk about light and finding the [...]
Amanda | July 20, 2009
Blackberry and Quince macarons from Adrian Zumbo One of the best things about living in the inner west of Sydney is the gorgeous little cafes, patisseries and village lifestyle. A suburb not far from my own that I adore is Balmain. Balmain is full of gorgeous fashion stores, cute and quirky cafes and is home [...]
Amanda | July 19, 2009
I am a big one for “faving” my favouite shots on Flickr and always had a flickr faves feature on my old blog, so I’m bringing it back here. I obviously love photographs with cameras, pastel colours, beautiful light and prettiness. I actively seek out beautiful photographs and hunt them down. These are not just [...]
