Hello my lovelies, number 55 has a nice ring to it don’t you think? I am at work in the Off Centre again today so I don’t know if I will have time to visit you today or not. Anyhow without any further babble from me here is…

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

The Photos

New work by Kim Foale and Philadelphia Hanson-Viney

These next images were very hurriedly taken in my studio last night. They give you an idea of the work, that will be on display in the Off Centre Micro Gallery from today the 12th of January until Wednesday the 8th of February.

Now I have to race up to the studio, wrap the pots up and transport them all into the city, where Philly and I will set them up in situ in the gallery later on this morning. I will take photos of the work in the Micro Gallery and do an edit of this post this afternoon. Wish me luck internet.

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Hi everyone last week I was incredibly busy preparing for the upcoming exhibition in the Off Centre’s Micro Gallery that I didn’t get a chance to comment on any of your posts. I am sorry about that.

The kiln is in the process of cooling down now and I should be able to sneak a peek at the work late on Tuesday. So without further ado I am pleased to host the 52 edition of Sunday Selections.

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

The Photos

This isn’t my photo. It is a photo of Philadelphia Hanson Viney’s work, that I am using as our invitation to our exhibition. The photo was taken by a good friend of mine. Talented local photographer Robin Roberts.

The rest of these are my photos.

Hello everyone and welcome to the fifty first edition of Sunday selections and the first edition for 2012.

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

The Photos

I have selected a photo from each month of the past year. I hope you like them and I am sorry if you have seen them all before.

When I bought my Nikon D90 last year, I also invested in two good lenses. My standard go with me everywhere lens is an 18-200mm lens and I use this lens 90% of the time. I also bought  an 105mm macro lens which I use in fits and bursts.

I am not one of those technical minded photographers that can tell you what settings I use. I didn’t do much more than glance at the instruction booklet that came with the camera before I was off outside taking crappy photos and wondering if a DSLR really had been the best choice of camera for me. Once I saw the clarity of image that the D90 produced I was hooked and I kept on taking zillions of crappy photos mixed in with the occasional gem.

When I am outside taking photos I get distracted by the play of light and shade, shadows beguile me and textures and surfaces of everyday things send me off into ceramic daydreams.

I am a Ceramist not a photographer. I really honestly do not have a clue what I am doing and I don’t pretend otherwise. I just photograph the things I like and when I can’t get the shot I want, rather than go to my handy dandy copy of “Nikon d90 For Dummies” I ring my daughter Veronica.

The other day I was explaining to Von that my insect photos were always blurry in the wrong spots. Veronica very patiently explained about depth of field for the zillionth time but this time my lovelies it actually sunk in.

So for the past few days I have been having heaps of fun with my macro lens. Yay!

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

The Photos

Most of  these photos were taken on a trip to Melbourne last November.

I adore Melbourne.

Look I made a button for you.

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

Easy Peasy.

The Photos

Considering that all Douglas Adams fans know that 42 is the answer, I am seriously pleased to be able to host the 42nd episode of Sunday Selections. Even though I am not sure if you can call a blog post an episode it still sounds pretty cool.

So without further ado here is the intro with the rules

The Blurb

I take a lot of photos and most of them are just sitting around in folders on my desktop not doing anything. I thought that a dedicated post once a week would be a good way to share some of these photos that otherwise wouldn’t be seen by anyone other than me.

I am also remarkably absent minded and I put photos into folders and think that I will publish them later on and then then I never do.

So I have started a photo meme that anyone can join in and play as well. The rules are so simple as to be virtually non existent.

Just add your name and URL to the Mr Linky.

Publish your photos on your blog using the “Sunday Selections” title.

Link back here to me.

Easy Peasy.

The Photos

I am on a list.

A very special list. (This is where you all go, YAY and punch the air above your computers!)

A list that is calculated by an algorithm, not by the number of votes you can pester your friends into giving you.

A list that isnt created by a PR company or a brand wanting link backs.

A list that was featured on a daytime Television show back in 2009 when the Australian blogsophere was still just a very small group.

A list that has been around for as long as I have been blogging and has been used as a yardstick for success for a while now.

The list began in October 2007 and after a rather long hiatus is back in action, bigger and better than ever. The directory will showcase the wonderfully talented Women Bloggers we have in Australia, a celebration of women blogging, across ALL niche, no matter what you blog about.

Blogs are ranked by an algorithm which combines a variety of metrics from Google, Alexa, Yahoo and Klout, it is by no means completely accurate. But it helps give a good snapshot of the women blogging in Australia.

Why am I drawing you attention to this list I hear you ask? Why am I flag waving furiously for this list? Why,why, why?

I will tell you.

But first you need to imagine that there is some sort of rousing musical anthem being played in the background.

I want you all to stand here with me in this proud moment in history and savour the glory with me.

I want you all to high five the air in front of your computers and imagine me high fiving the air back at you ( in slow motion of course)

I wont be in the top 100 for very long and I wanted to share my fleeting moment of glory with you all.

I want to have on public record that I was on a list that mattered. Once.

Once, back in the olden days when life was different and social networks called Plurk were all the rage, when Myspace was still in favour, when bloggers could photograph alien spaceships and search for Zombies in the local hospital. When life was rosy within the blogosphere and we all sat around virtual campfires singing kumbaya. When we all linked to each other because it was good manners and not because we thought we had to. When lists mattered and technorati was the be all and end all of ranking.

Aah those were the days my friend.

I am going to be helping a small group of teenagers make a film. I start next Tuesday and just quietly, I am shitting myself.

This is where I tell myself to breathe and write the post out properly, so that you know what I am talking about in order to be able to virtually hold my hand.

I am unable to write about where I will be as these kids don’t fit into the mainstream school system and I don’t want to breach anyone’s privacy.

I had been approached as a ceramic artist to go into the city and mentor some kids. The idea was that we would throw some clay around and just have some fun. During the course of the interview I mentioned that I had just finished making a short three minute film. The interviewer was very interested in my fledgling film making abilities and asked me if I could help the kids make a documentary.

Of course I said yes, no worries I could do that. As long as he understood that my film making skills were very basic and that I really had no idea what I was doing apart from grabbing some vision, banging it together in some sort of order and adding some sound to it. We talked some more and decided to wait until I had completed a short course at the polytechnic on basic film editing and sound design.

I have completed the short course. I have made another 30 second film. And now I am going to be taking my very shaky skills into the city and helping some kids put together a documentary.

Commence hand holding now, internet.

This all sounds very nice in theory.

Easy peasy in fact.

Except for a few minor details.

My main objective here is to give these kids a voice through art. I want these kids to be able to continue using their voices after I have left.

I am used to working with a Mac for video editing purposes, though I do sort of know my way around Windows Movie Maker as well. The kids have individual  laptops and there is one iMac I can use.

Do I try and make a collaborative 3 minute documentary using  iMovie or do I try and muddle through using moviemaker with the kids using their laptops and suggest a one minute doco each?

I am only there with the kids for an hour and a half each week and my initial plan is to take in a selection of super short docos each with a different style of film making and share these films first.I am going to ask the kids to watch the films as potential film makers not as viewers. We will talk about camera angles and sound and that sort of stuff. I think that will be the first session covered.

I plan on finishing the first  session by asking them to think about their ideas during the coming week. The second session together we can begin to storyboard and then I will play it by ear from there on.

I am worried that my film making skills are seriously basic. I have good ideas, but I still need to refer to my notes constantly. I wont be going in there and pretending I am anything other than what I am. I have told the head teacher that I don’t really have a clue what I am doing and he seems to be fine with my cluelessness. I must give off an aura of capability or something. Or maybe he was just dazzled by my bright purple hair and the way I wave my arms around a lot when I am talking?

What do you reckon internet?

Any helpful hints?