Amanda | May 30, 2010
Here’s a Polaroid tip: when shooting a selfie in full sun, look at the location of your arm/camera before shooting. Adjust accordingly. So I am back in Vancouver and despite my big plans for blogging from Sydney, life turned out to be far too hectic and far too emotional. I spent lots of time with [...]
Amanda | May 19, 2010
From the time I was a wee one, my mum put a lot of effort and thought into making our celebration days special. Birthdays, Christmas and Easter were always a big deal and all of my mum’s ways rubbed off on me. I adore decorating and making a fuss over someone’s birthday to the point [...]
Amanda | May 17, 2010
Over the past few weeks I have been spending some happy soul time with my family and friends in Sydney. Kel and I have been doing some sister bonding whilst walking the streets of Sydney with cameras in hand. Paddington is home to Sydney’s fashion strip with plenty of gorgeous designer stores and beautiful streets [...]
Amanda | May 12, 2010
Even though I’ve been blogging for many years, today marks the first birthday of this here blog! I could never have imagined that Mocking Bird would have brought me so many wonderful interactions with new friends and offered me new opportunities like it has. To celebrate this mini milestone, I would like to share some [...]
Amanda | May 10, 2010
I have a list. A list of 100 or so things that I would like to achieve at some point in my life. Do you write those kinds of lists? One of my hopes on my list was to have some of my photography published in a magazine. This month, that little dream has come [...]
Amanda | May 6, 2010
Do you ever feel that sometimes your friends don’t understand your creative passions? That the creative being inside of you is often quietly hidden from your real world? Sometimes the people that we have grown up with and shared years of friendship and relationships with are a world a way from our creative addictions. I [...]
Amanda | May 4, 2010
In my returning to Sydney discoveries, I’m loving: Children’s store Seed now has a women’s range- gorgeous clothing and accessories! Gorgeous homeware stores in close by suburbs. Latest Frankie and Real Living magazines by my bed. Peter Alexander’s new range in store. Magnation store in Newtown. Crust pizza (nothing new- just loving it once more). [...]
Amanda | May 3, 2010
Polaroid lovers get a little giddy this time of year with Spring Roid Week upon us again. This Roid Week I am looking through my Polaroid camera with new eyes. I am seeing my hometown with a fresh light and it’s actually very exciting. To be able to see newness in something that I know [...]
