tansi and the lamp

tansi and the lamp, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

Tansi Boo when she was a bubba. It was a really cold Sunday afternoon and she was snuggled up under the lamp trying to keep warm. She is a bit made like that... once when grilling cheese on toast for breakfast I ducked out the kitchen and when I came back she had snuggled up on the griller door half under the grill... mmm... tasty grilled cheese and cat on toast! She didn't burn herself it was just funny to see the lengths she'd go to to warm up! The red background is my red and gold kimono.

I took a few shots that day - messing round with my new dig... I was really struggling to find agood setting to capture the moment. Quite a few shots got tossed out but the blur on this one just made it magical instead of a mistake.

fireworks

fireworks, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

This was taken at skyfire (canberra bogan music fireworks festival) a few years ago. I had just gotten my first digital camera and was wondering how it all worked. If you get the opportunity follow this image back to flickr and make it large as you can - the patterns in the sparks are unbelievable.

The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 / by Frank Hurley

The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 / by Frank Hurley, originally uploaded by State Library of New South Wales collection.

So cool!

pilot the parlimentarian

pilot the parlimentarian, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

I'm gonna blog my photos from my favourite set on flickr.

This is the earliest one. Its my Pilot and some guy I used to love. We were lazing about on the lawns of Parliament House. The weather was kinda warm and humid... late summer? It was late in the afternoon, as you can kind of see from the trees in the background. I added this photo to a group that was eventually used in an exhibition in NY.

I like it. It reminds me that photography is not all technical. Sometimes it really is whatever the shutter sees that can capture the moment.

Tomorrow

roses, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

I work at The Liberry. I'm acting in a special collections area where I get to assist in the purchase of art, photographs and watercolours and paintings and etchings and pastels and even the odd photocopy... I really love what I do. I guess it is possible to say it is the thing I want to do when I grow up. It is certainly the only thing keeping me in Canberra at this point in time. Tomorrow I find out if I get to stay on. I really want to stay. It is great work. And with that I fear returning to my old job cataloguing. It is boring and mind numbing and heart numbing. Especially in contrast to what I have had the opportunity to do in Pictures. I do know that if I go back things won't be evil bad... I will get to study more and apply for jobs in Melbourne and I have to focus on that.

But I really like what I'm doing now. And I don't want that to stop.

Sigh.

Wish me luck.

Sunday morning walk - Mt Painter

Sunday morning walk - Mt Painter, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

Sunday morning walk - Mt Painter

my granny

my granny, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

Died five years ago today. I forgot. Then when I remembered it was like a truck all over again.

Bertie Blackman

Bertie Blackman @ Oxford Art Factory , originally uploaded by soul wacked.

AG and I snuck out of our granny arm chairs and hung out with the young-uns a the pub to see Bertie Blackman and my was it worth it. This chick is awesome. A power house. It is as close to seeing Janice Joplin live as I am likely to ever get.

I can't wait to go see her in August when she comes back.

pushkar - veggie stall and motorbikes

25. pushkar - veggie stall and motorbikes, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

mt abu - quilts

16. mt abu - quilts, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

the most beautiful tree in india

35. udaipur - the most beautiful tree in india, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.

I have just thrown a whole heap of photos on flickr from my India trip from two years ago... I didn't have many up - I guess I'd never really got round to it? Maybe.

Anyway this image was taken across a lake. The tree was so stunning I could have looked at it all day. However this shot was taken in the afternoon light. See the door off to the right hand side? It was about the size of a regular door - so you can see how big and beautiful this lovely tree really is.

Self-portrait with headache

Self-portrait with headache, originally uploaded by r a v e n 78.