Yes, sometimes sunny afternoons are just begging for a casual walk down to your local park. As that warm breeze blows by enjoy a few minutes soaking it all in.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Finding the perfect spot at the park
Yes, sometimes sunny afternoons are just begging for a casual walk down to your local park. As that warm breeze blows by enjoy a few minutes soaking it all in.
Moon Water - Cloud Gate Dance
Moon Water, a dance piece with mirrors and water and set to Bach's 'Suites for Solo Cello', by choreographer Lin Hwai-min, who fuses meditation, tai-chi, martial arts and Chinese opera movement with modern dance and ballet.... all elements seemed conjured to deliver one enjoyable night, right!!? well, not exactly.
The dancers moved veeeeeeeeerry sssslllloooooooooooowwwwllly most of the time, call me suspicious, but the slowness lends an "air of importance" to what strikes me as a fairly basic premise and its vapid, repetitive elaboration. The accompanying music was veeeeeeeery boooooooring and depressive as well. Despite the impressive effect of water flooding the whole stage at the end (which later i knew wasn't permitted to recicle, i wounder why?!!), i was still recovering from the faintly traumatising previous sequences that most of the closing scene was lost on me.
Lin Hwai-min has conjured quite literally the most boring performance that could ever been conceived. It's saving grace is the touch of water movement and sound which elevates the all performance from lifeless to spry corpse. The staging is perfectly acceptable, the performances passable & boring, the sets have a few strong moments, but yet nothing can save this from being quite the most painful evening at the theatre.
Being trapped in a boring performance can make minutes seem like hours as they tick by, it just wasn't captivating to me.
Video Moon Dance Performance at Brisbane Festival 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Logbook3 - electrique installation closure
3rd weekend, 26 & 27 september. We installed the switch panel, the fan, re-located & installed cabling for navigation lights, repaired anchor light fitting & went shopping for new seat covers & cushions, a butane stove & table.
Although much sweat, tears and some really sore thumbs along the way, we can now, finally close, with a happy endind, 1st phase of the boat project. Yaaayyyy HOW EXCITING!!!!
Logbook 3 - Video
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Erik's & Amber's Birthday
Lunch party at katia's to celebrate Ambers 1st and Erik's 4th birthday.
Angie presented us with a beautiful violin melody. Bravo!!!!
The FUTURE generation
The Present generation
Today, a huge duststorm engulfed brisbane and everything looks yellow, this is what it looked like early afternoon. AMAZING!!! One more reason to love Australian weather - everything is so dramatic - when it rains it pours, when its hot and humid its a sauna and now a yellow-ish sky!
Erik & Amber's Birthday Video
Monday, September 21, 2009
Logbook2 - Electrique Cable Instalation
2nd weekend, 19 & 20 september. We ran cables to the stern & anchor light, power & aerial for the VHF radio. We correctly bedded the deck organizer. Replaced all the blocks. Upgraded the adjustable backstay hardware & istall a 12V power point.
Electrique cable installation video
Friday, September 18, 2009
The waterboys at the beach!
Une chouette ballade, les enfants etaient ravis et moi aussi a la mer :o)
Waterboys video
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sea, Sun & Erik
Beautiful morning well spent with my nephew Erik.
Une matinée bien agréable en compagnie de mon petit neveu Erik.
Redcliffe's first settlement Festival
The 2009 Redcliffe First Settlement Festival and Superboat Grand Prix will be held over two days in order to honour the historic first settlement of Queensland
Logbook1 - Boat Cleaning, Maintenance
Nick and i, decided that with the good weather coming, would be nice to spend more time at the sea, so weekends will be spent at the boat, navigating around the bay islands for new adventures.
In the meantime, in order to bring an optimal performance on the water, boat maintenance started last saturday, the 12th september, with Switchboard & entire electrical system replacement.
Video Log book - day1: Boat Cleaning, Maintenance
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Promenande en famillie
Promenade en Famille, sur la plage, a 5m de la maison. La mer ooohhh la mer!!!!!
Home Video
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Main dans la Main (solitude & liberte)
Hand in Hand
(click to see it full size)
I've had this idea in my head for a while... and finally got to dump it out on the blog. It's about how independence and loneliness seem to come hand in hand... well, at least that's how it feels to me. There is SO much stuff that happens that you never articulate. Thoughts that you don't express. They only exist in your memory.
(click to see it full size)
I've had this idea in my head for a while... and finally got to dump it out on the blog. It's about how independence and loneliness seem to come hand in hand... well, at least that's how it feels to me. There is SO much stuff that happens that you never articulate. Thoughts that you don't express. They only exist in your memory.
Q & A
If you could realize 3 wishes (other than peace in the world, end of starvation, family health) what would they be ?
Hmm this is a tough question, hard to choose … i would like to be always happy and inspired, i would like to have a magic wand to make appear anything i want immediately, and a flying hover, just like in back to the future !
Favourite food ? I’m crazy for salads, and, ice cream.
Favorite sweet ? Honey & chocolate !
Favorite film ? I love every Sofia Coppola movies.
Favorite horror film ? Valerie and her week of wonders :)
Finish this sentence: ” Oh… my.. gosh… Brad Pitt is standing over there! I’m going to _________ ”
Ask him if i can babysitt his kids ? No seriously, i don’t think i would do anything, but in the case it was Johnny Deep instead, it would be much different believe me :)
Coffee or tea ? Tea please !
Things you love ? Springtime, taking pictures, having picnic in the middle of nowhere, being isnpired, people telling me how beautiful my shoes are.
Things you hate ? Infidelity, egocentric & egoist people.
Favorite drink ? Banana, pineaple and strawberry juice, white fruity wine, champagne, water.
What type of camera do you use? Do you ever edit them on the computer?
I’m using a canon 350 D, with a Canon EF - Objectif 50 mm f/1.4 & also a 18-55mm lens. I also use a compact Lumix with a Leica lens. I usually correct color & contrast with photoshop.
Who’s taking your pictures ?
I mostly take the pictures myself, using a tripod & a remote or the camera self timer.
Hmm this is a tough question, hard to choose … i would like to be always happy and inspired, i would like to have a magic wand to make appear anything i want immediately, and a flying hover, just like in back to the future !
Favourite food ? I’m crazy for salads, and, ice cream.
Favorite sweet ? Honey & chocolate !
Favorite film ? I love every Sofia Coppola movies.
Favorite horror film ? Valerie and her week of wonders :)
Finish this sentence: ” Oh… my.. gosh… Brad Pitt is standing over there! I’m going to _________ ”
Ask him if i can babysitt his kids ? No seriously, i don’t think i would do anything, but in the case it was Johnny Deep instead, it would be much different believe me :)
Coffee or tea ? Tea please !
Things you love ? Springtime, taking pictures, having picnic in the middle of nowhere, being isnpired, people telling me how beautiful my shoes are.
Things you hate ? Infidelity, egocentric & egoist people.
Favorite drink ? Banana, pineaple and strawberry juice, white fruity wine, champagne, water.
What type of camera do you use? Do you ever edit them on the computer?
I’m using a canon 350 D, with a Canon EF - Objectif 50 mm f/1.4 & also a 18-55mm lens. I also use a compact Lumix with a Leica lens. I usually correct color & contrast with photoshop.
Who’s taking your pictures ?
I mostly take the pictures myself, using a tripod & a remote or the camera self timer.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The fairy tale-ish, soft focus autochromes
(click on a picture to see it full size)
My obsession with old autochromes inspired me get out of the house into the open air.
I just want to dream up a story about the girl in them with her magical silent film look and her lovely, faded surroundings, but in a way i'm scared that it won't live up to the idea i have of it in my head....
So, i'm going to try to be satisfied with getting a couple of photos out on the blog.
This photos are about the fairy tale-ish, soft focus autochromes as you can see, i really do want to get better at it....!
My obsession with old autochromes inspired me get out of the house into the open air.
I just want to dream up a story about the girl in them with her magical silent film look and her lovely, faded surroundings, but in a way i'm scared that it won't live up to the idea i have of it in my head....
So, i'm going to try to be satisfied with getting a couple of photos out on the blog.
This photos are about the fairy tale-ish, soft focus autochromes as you can see, i really do want to get better at it....!
old autochromes
The number of old autochromes floating around on the internet seems about endless; just when i think I've seen most of them i stumble across some wonderful little collection that i had no idea existed, such as the color photography work of the celebrity/San Francisco photographer Arnold Genthe. I think i'd only seen his black and white pictures of Greta Garbo, which are great in their blurry silent film kind of way, but these color photographs are so much better!
At least to me, since i'm extra into romantic things with a dark, kind of creepy edge . . . These portraits have the same sort of cinematic feel but i think these might be a bit more eerie, because every story i try to imagine up for these scenes ends up dark, and don't the girls in these portraits look a little like ghosts?
Jason's Bday at New Farm
Went for Jason's bbq birthday celebration last sunday. I shall not say much and let the pictures & video do the talking :)
At New Farm Bowl's Club
BBQ Party
Home Video
Scar tissue that I wish you saw
Sarcastic mister know it all
Close your eyes and Ill kiss you cause
With the birds Ill share
With the birds Ill share
This lonely view
With the birds Ill share
This lonely view...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Expressions dance company
At the Opening Night of Expressions Dance Company - The Dance Makers at the Judith Wright Center of contemporary arts.
A triple bill featuring works choreographed by Artistic Director Natalie Weir, Vanessa Mafé and Timothy Brown. 3 Australian choreographers, 3 evocative creations, 6 amazing dancers, with beautiful and impressive lighting design by Nick Tomlin.
with Nick Tomlin (Light Designer), Natalie Weir (Expressions Artistic Director & Choreographer of The House Project), Vanessa Mafé (Choreographer of Skin Graft)
with Thimothy Brown, Choreographer of Message me
with Richard Causer, Expressions Dancer
Dancers
It was a beautiful evening with visitors pouring through the door, cheerfully waiting for the performances to begin.
After the flawless performances were applauded, audience mingled with the dancers and choreographers over some cheese and wine.
This beautiful evening soon came to an end but left many memories for everyone to cherish.
Video with words by Natalie Weir, Artistic Director
A triple bill featuring works choreographed by Artistic Director Natalie Weir, Vanessa Mafé and Timothy Brown. 3 Australian choreographers, 3 evocative creations, 6 amazing dancers, with beautiful and impressive lighting design by Nick Tomlin.
with Nick Tomlin (Light Designer), Natalie Weir (Expressions Artistic Director & Choreographer of The House Project), Vanessa Mafé (Choreographer of Skin Graft)
with Thimothy Brown, Choreographer of Message me
with Richard Causer, Expressions Dancer
Dancers
It was a beautiful evening with visitors pouring through the door, cheerfully waiting for the performances to begin.
After the flawless performances were applauded, audience mingled with the dancers and choreographers over some cheese and wine.
This beautiful evening soon came to an end but left many memories for everyone to cherish.
Video with words by Natalie Weir, Artistic Director
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