Amanda | August 11, 2010
Despite my lack of love for food, I am a sucker for food photography. I love looking at it and I love shooting it myself. The textures and colours are really important in making food look good, as well as plenty of natural light. I really love the rich tones all these amazing photographers have [...]
Amanda | August 2, 2010
In a photography rut? Need a little push to get you motivated and shooting? A photography project is a great way to get some inspiration going. There are many different projects and memes happening on Flickr which you can start at any time. I have completed the 52 Weeks Self Portrait project in the past [...]
Amanda | July 23, 2010
I always imagined that I would get to visit beautiful places on planned vacations. On planned vacations that take me 2o plus hours of plane travel to arrive at. This little trip came out of the blue on a dark, winter’s day when the possibility of a family reunion taking place in Edmonton was announced. [...]
Amanda | July 19, 2010
Hello friends, I hope your weekend was a lovely one. I’m easing myself into this week with a hello to any new visitors to Mocking Bird and a big thank you to all my lovely regulars for the ongoing support. The lovely Amanda of Here Comes The Sun wrote a sweet post about my Polaroid [...]
Amanda | July 15, 2010
One thing about living abroad that I find totally inspirational is just getting out there and doing things that you wouldn’t ordinarily ever do at home. One thing that I can say I’ve never done in Australia, is go to a baseball game. Seeing as Vancouver doesn’t have a Major Baseball League team, we go [...]
Amanda | July 9, 2010
I adore my flickr contacts. They inspire me every. single. day. The sunshine and summer is finally here in Vancouver, so I figured I’d share some of my favourite summery shots from the past couple of weeks. I never thought I’s see myself in a tank top sitting by a fan in Vancouver, but it’s [...]
Amanda | June 29, 2010
I‘m so delighted to bring you so more What’s In Your Kit interviews in the coming weeks. I have some fabulous photographers lined up and today’s amazingly talented interviewee is wedding photographer, Jill Thomas. You may know Jill’s work from her beautiful blog where she shares her mostly wedding portraits that are always so natural [...]
Amanda | June 22, 2010
For my first summer in the Northern Hemisphere I plan to: Have my first summer birthday dinner on the patio in the sun (please be kind, sunshine). 34…Egads! Take as many sun flared, warm kissed pictures as I can whether it be with the Polaroids, the Holga, Fisheye or Yashica. Dare to dip my feet [...]
Amanda | June 14, 2010
Hello weekday readers. I hope your weekend was sunny and marvelous. I spent my first real summer evening out with friends on a restaurant patio eating good food and it was Vancouver awesome. I plan on doing that many more times over the next few months. I just read this little nugget on Keri Smith’s [...]
Amanda | June 4, 2010
I’m dreaming of… peaches, plums and nectarines… low light filled evenings outdoors… pink and white peonies… afternoons spent under striped sun umbrellas… meanderings along sandy beaches… smelling and tasting backyard barbecues on summer’s eves… beads a dripping on ice cold drinks… the warmest hugs from the sun… celebration of light… exploring new places on road [...]
