tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79284642575237151332024-03-06T09:04:22.486+11:00lawreyphotoAndréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-4576910015965291862012-11-01T10:03:00.000+11:002012-11-01T10:05:10.908+11:00Moving dayThank you for visiting!<br />
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I have moved this blog to my new website. Please follow me to <a href="http://andreelawrey.com/">andreelawrey.com</a> if you would like to keep in touch.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-27918440638962198392012-02-20T15:41:00.000+11:002012-02-20T21:53:57.594+11:00Favourite Cactus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pure self-indulgence. I love that gentle green, the soft-looking texture of the leaves, those interlocking curves...</div>Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-21810453740946342512012-02-14T21:36:00.000+11:002012-02-14T21:36:40.516+11:00Alternatives at Abell's Kopi Tiam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Alternatives</i> is an exhibition by three photographer friends – Lorna Sim, Susan Henderson and Andrée Lawrey – who enjoy experimenting with alternative capture and printing processes in our work. We happily mix and match advanced digital cameras, medium format film, basic plastic cameras, traditional chemical printing processes, digital stitches and montages, retro phone camera apps and anything else we think of in our quest for evocative images. While these processes are never an end in themselves, but only tools we use to craft our images, we have a lot of creative fun along the way. <br />
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This exhibition has been in the back of our minds at least since we were making cyanotypes together in 2010. At that stage we were thinking purely in terms of alternative printing processes (cyanotype, Vandyke brown) but over time the concept evolved to reflect new directions in our work. When we finally started selecting work for the exhibition, we found ourselves stretching the boundaries to include plastic cameras and modern, digital "alternatives" as well as cyanotypes and other traditional processes.<br />
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Susan is showing cyanotype and Vandyke prints – subtle, organic, ethereal still life studies of shells, feathers and flowers – with two jewel-like landscapes captured on medium format film with a Holga plastic camera. Lorna has combined her hi-fi dance photography with lo-fi dream-like landscapes to create images with a strong, almost surreal mythological feeling. And I am showing a selection from my <i>iPhone in Italy</i> series, which began as a light-hearted attempt to express my delight in a wonderful trip and somehow found its way onto my "personal best" list. <br />
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Lorna, Susan and I are very happy to present a selection of our favourite "alternatives" at Abell's Kopi Tiam restaurant in Furneaux Street, Manuka (ph. 6239 4199). </div>
</div>Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-59206989146833038002012-01-19T14:25:00.000+11:002012-01-19T14:25:40.511+11:00Catching Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSIpq42Tvhp6i9dxXJ3Eetk70o4eVAqaiXpQBu4l8VEEj4HJubctaF0G8IcVVqk1KZ13LDvm5YbpbhpqeqYt2v3dybz40vYg0CoDRK-MQ6Rdy9bpokieSENFDsv3MjaNaPGaqEG1-7Ok/s1600/diptych.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSIpq42Tvhp6i9dxXJ3Eetk70o4eVAqaiXpQBu4l8VEEj4HJubctaF0G8IcVVqk1KZ13LDvm5YbpbhpqeqYt2v3dybz40vYg0CoDRK-MQ6Rdy9bpokieSENFDsv3MjaNaPGaqEG1-7Ok/s1600/diptych.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>On the Way to Portofino </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><br />
I love January. It is the quietest month as summer settles in after the silly season. Suddenly there is time to catch up with sleep, friends, family, the backlog of half-sorted photos, unfinished projects, the blog (ahem!), travel plans and everything else that gets pushed aside during the busy times.<br />
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I am still sifting through my photographs from Italy. This pair were taken from the bus on the way to Portofino, on the last afternoon of the <a href="http://www.jeffreychapman.com/lwtf11/">Liguria Within The Frame</a> workshop. I love the challenge of photographing from a moving vehicle – it is a lot of fun as well as a wonderful exercise in timing and composition – and wrote about it in my November 2011 <i>Different Strokes </i>article, <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2011/2011_11_Capital_Image.pdf">here</a> (on page 23 of <i>Capital Image</i>).<br />
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My last article for the year was <i>Holiday Tasks (</i><a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2011/2011_12_Capital_Image.pdf">here</a>, on page 13), which takes a light-hearted look at ways to keep some photography happening during the festive season when we don't really have time and energy to spare.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-85290072430878439842011-12-25T23:17:00.013+11:002011-12-26T00:45:31.937+11:00Twelve Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inspired by <a href="http://www.susannahconway.com/2011/12/a-year-in-photos-january-june/">Susannah Conway</a> and some of her blog friends, here is a review of my photographic year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A weekend <a href="http://www.southsidecameraclub.com/">Southside Camera Club</a> excursion to Guthega, <a href="http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0018" style="text-align: center;">Kosciuszko National Park</a>, NSW gave me a chance to test my legs on some easy mountain walks and prove I was fully recovered from past injuries. I still grin with delight at the memory.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Seen on the way to the <a href="http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=10&content_id=7400">Annie Leibovitz exhibition</a> on a busy day trip to Sydney.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Italia! A joy, a delight and a photographic feast, including a wonderful tour with my friend <a href="http://karnerkapers.blogspot.com/">Luiza</a> and an excellent <a href="http://www.jeffreychapman.com/lwtf11/">Within the Frame photo workshop</a> with <a href="http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/">David duChemin</a> and <a href="http://www.jeffreychapman.com/culturalphotographer/">Jeffrey Chapman</a>. Special thanks to all concerned, old friends and new, for a delightful experience. It's thanks to you that I'm still dreaming of Italy!<br />
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More of the <i>iPhone in Italy </i>series can be seen on my <a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">website</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Home again and having fun challenging the iPhone camera in tricky light.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A gift! Spotted at the very end of shooting for the<a href="http://lawreyphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/twelve-months.html"> <i>Fyshwick </i>exhibition</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Taking a break and playing around with the iPhone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I love this Ballarat café, with its retro décor, soft colours and hearty breakfasts. The 2011 <a href="http://www.ballaratfoto.org/bifb11/splash.html">Ballarat International Foto Biennale</a> was also a special treat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.benedicthouse.com.au/">Benedict House</a> is always a joy to visit. We love the food and the photo opportunities in equal measure...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Two splendid potted succulents guard the front door of <a href="http://photoaccess.org.au/">PhotoAccess</a>. Sometimes I snatch a photo as I go by. More often, I remind myself to go back when I have time to make some cactus portraits...</div><div><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-size: large;">December</span></div><div><br />
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</div></div></div><div>A visit to the <a href="http://soa.anu.edu.au/">ANU School of Art</a> brought some unexpected photo opportunities. I particularly liked the fragmented reflections in the faceted surface of a kiln (I think it's a kiln) in the courtyard.</div>Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-23455546027642674262011-07-11T21:41:00.001+10:002011-07-11T22:28:53.264+10:00Have Cameras, Will Travel – the Art of Being There<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxDLyrvYmkKXECUatSqTQy8vg6hs4K1_pNseQz55Z6HTKJte7WDcb6EhuHJ_mbg7iK40L42YgosZIKNKEiNLOngHz8Cir-wCXAem4BHf2oqLNxwEsCvDHU5sdtv_RFFyQaDPJPJwUJ-w/s1600/AL110422_2556-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxDLyrvYmkKXECUatSqTQy8vg6hs4K1_pNseQz55Z6HTKJte7WDcb6EhuHJ_mbg7iK40L42YgosZIKNKEiNLOngHz8Cir-wCXAem4BHf2oqLNxwEsCvDHU5sdtv_RFFyQaDPJPJwUJ-w/s400/AL110422_2556-Edit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beach Huts Near Portofino </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a></div><br />
I had a wonderful time in Italy last April – not least on the<a href="http://www.jeffreychapman.com/lwtf11/index.php"> Liguria Within the Frame</a> workshop with <a href="http://www.pixelatedimage.com/">David Duchemin</a>, <a href="http://www.jeffreychapman.com/culturalphotographer/">Jeffrey Chapman</a> and a small group of committed photographers. I am still absorbing what I learned along the way – more on that and the workshop in future posts and/or articles – but my latest <i>Different Strokes </i>article talks about the core lesson: preparation is important, but being there is essential. You can find it <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2011/2011_07_Capital_Image.pdf">here</a>, in the July 2011 edition of<i> Capital Image</i> (page 25).Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-36755735256593232112011-07-07T23:58:00.001+10:002011-07-08T00:01:21.016+10:00An iPhone in Italy (II)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI00w_AwcUcLu6y5wmXo-3jOyI4ZJnonQZA9vzv2jdCd6x-LMSo69maekcbHakuopBGdug2ee9_-ixl6ho9QPFvCAcGXgts8zZ_iG8ruiubypnVW3IpS3VxQ74Jilnu3wb134Xmb63ORY/s1600/italy-cps-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI00w_AwcUcLu6y5wmXo-3jOyI4ZJnonQZA9vzv2jdCd6x-LMSo69maekcbHakuopBGdug2ee9_-ixl6ho9QPFvCAcGXgts8zZ_iG8ruiubypnVW3IpS3VxQ74Jilnu3wb134Xmb63ORY/s400/italy-cps-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><br />
More exhibition images from my iPhone in Italy series. The flowers and the church are from Portofino and the others are from a morning excursion to Burano in the Venetian lagoon.<br />
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This set is part of <i>Out There 2011</i>, the <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/">Canberra Photographic Society</a>'s annual exhibition which is now showing at the <a href="http://www.arts.act.gov.au/pages/page34.asp">Watson Arts Centre</a>. More information, including an online catalogue, is available <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/exhibitions/2011_exhibitions.html">here</a>. The exhibition continues until 10 July.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-87455682165479510862011-07-04T19:03:00.001+10:002011-12-26T00:48:25.919+11:00An iPhone in Italy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVI65DCEcYYOLHi9SBEEvPFQoL3kBWDCWSW46qp5nviMHh2XX9qDZOasgnkw_pTIhZkHuZ3EbMzYyaDZFkqzs66p8jVxV7pQRRiKDDR48i5r6LZ2HZFqQcU7eZQdHYPCS2we1NdrCau8/s1600/mbrshowdiptych.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVI65DCEcYYOLHi9SBEEvPFQoL3kBWDCWSW46qp5nviMHh2XX9qDZOasgnkw_pTIhZkHuZ3EbMzYyaDZFkqzs66p8jVxV7pQRRiKDDR48i5r6LZ2HZFqQcU7eZQdHYPCS2we1NdrCau8/s400/mbrshowdiptych.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Roman Flare </i>and <i>Afternoon Trees </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Many of my favourite images from my visit to Italy last April were taken with my iPhone. The Hipstamatic app I was using just seemed to suit my subjects and the holiday mood I wanted to convey. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I exhibited this pair in <i><a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/282">Access all Areas 2011</a> - The <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/">PhotoAccess</a> Members' Show</i> in May. I was trying for silhouettes but the iPhone sensor, the Hipstamatic app's Helga Viking lens and the angle of the sun conspired to deliver some additional special effects. The only post-processing I did was to crop off the white border around each photo, which doesn't look good in prints.</div>Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-81682426306167877102011-07-03T21:35:00.005+10:002011-07-04T20:46:13.375+10:00Wheels!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDqQ1sWae6RDIUmbdhMbKsOWwqKWsAwfhOuHaIhQSfpAbjArmtDChVMR0uXvl1sZqPycgunKutI0TDk6g5smXQyQ2RyIp0xUQIA6FzNyePY7tGmRWkbUwBukcuHqk6HXWSaJTzDqxGq8/s1600/AL110510_2183_web.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDqQ1sWae6RDIUmbdhMbKsOWwqKWsAwfhOuHaIhQSfpAbjArmtDChVMR0uXvl1sZqPycgunKutI0TDk6g5smXQyQ2RyIp0xUQIA6FzNyePY7tGmRWkbUwBukcuHqk6HXWSaJTzDqxGq8/s400/AL110510_2183_web.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cool Wheels </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a> – Hipstamatic 201</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">I'm still catching up with 'normal' life after a delightful few weeks in Italy – more on that when I have finished sorting and processing an embarrassing quantity of photos. Meanwhile, a <a href="http://www.southsidecameraclub.com/">Southside Camera Club</a> excursion to <a href="http://www.robbosmotorcycles.com.au/">Robbo's Motorcycles</a>, a local Harley-Davidson® dealership, provided a totally different subject to help me re-focus on the here and now.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Motorcycles bring out my close-up and abstract, arty side. Machines as sculpture – all those curvy metal shapes and reflective surfaces. They are challenging to photograph, especially in the bright,white light of the showroom, but well worth the trouble. I spent a wonderful morning with these amazing machines – my thanks to Robbo's for giving us the opportunity and making us so welcome.<br />
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I love the way the Hipstamatic iPhone app brought out the cool, steely blue of the metal (which must have been reflecting my blue cardigan), while my SLR's sensor responded to the cool, white light with a golden glow I could not bear to 'correct' in post processing.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Warm Wheels <a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a> – D700, 105 F/2.8 micro</div></div>Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-59009117067493677532011-02-01T21:57:00.010+11:002011-02-07T13:08:35.457+11:00Highlights @ Floodlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bsg0IIJz5KPp32Yz_NNPZkhAFHREcwHhVN9XZVheD7zZdGN56CrXW8xIyvpn7HcSFS8r5ZBfIoyU6LDa9gz8LU-ryIjXI_nzil4GcWlZHwdq8U3pVBqW3tWCRixuKm4CNWcv8VYwR38/s1600/070624_1481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bsg0IIJz5KPp32Yz_NNPZkhAFHREcwHhVN9XZVheD7zZdGN56CrXW8xIyvpn7HcSFS8r5ZBfIoyU6LDa9gz8LU-ryIjXI_nzil4GcWlZHwdq8U3pVBqW3tWCRixuKm4CNWcv8VYwR38/s400/070624_1481.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Highlights </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><br />
Here's a favourite from 2007, a lucky find on a <a href="http://photoaccess.org.au/">PhotoAccess</a> workshop excursion early one frosty morning. The sun was just melting the frost, turning water drops to jewels and gilding the dead flower heads. I love the way backlight turns the most commonplace scenes and details to sheer magic.<br />
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A print of this image is my contribution to the <i>Floodlight</i> exhibition and auction at PhotoAccess on Saturday, 5 February from 4 to 5.30 pm, which aims to raise funds for victims of the devastating floods in Queensland. More information and an online catalogue are available <a href="http://photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/270">here</a>.<br />
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D200, 28-105 f/3.5-4.5Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-24626523476003457072010-10-17T19:32:00.003+11:002011-07-04T21:40:17.872+10:00Smartphones and Cyanotypes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7MKjdaycnW_mP_tIdcWjI0mLC6WQjwGTkt2gEwz4uRQnyVCoyqUNZPwA9QWyFza1_HX26VGlM-LSAiaeNLNfXWdZU3LDBTm9jj4wCQKV1tTg44UJCPXuq32yIgzKH5TlAv9ohLazmF0/s1600/cyanotype004_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7MKjdaycnW_mP_tIdcWjI0mLC6WQjwGTkt2gEwz4uRQnyVCoyqUNZPwA9QWyFza1_HX26VGlM-LSAiaeNLNfXWdZU3LDBTm9jj4wCQKV1tTg44UJCPXuq32yIgzKH5TlAv9ohLazmF0/s400/cyanotype004_w.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Cyanotype Still Life </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a></div><br />
Everything old is new again: my latest <i>Different Strokes</i> article looks at a hi-tech, digital incarnation of plastic camera photography and the fun of making cyanotypes. You can find it <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2010/2010-10-Capital-Image-Lo-Res.pdf">here</a>, in the October 2010 edition of <i>Capital Image</i> (page 18).Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-37611886498711704982010-10-12T09:58:00.009+11:002011-01-04T17:34:53.233+11:00Polaroid Chairs Diptych<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2F1IGe7PT6p0K8zEsBl-Yo6SmPclHMHTmAUHSPfDFSmaNmr2DDaP3SD551aBB3nE1Y3A7F50RGJgkY3I5919ibsO9cswOCSwGQ4ou_2rnoFCoMocrmBsBnlA1wuhM4XPL1kpjyGdxBk/s1600/diptych_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2F1IGe7PT6p0K8zEsBl-Yo6SmPclHMHTmAUHSPfDFSmaNmr2DDaP3SD551aBB3nE1Y3A7F50RGJgkY3I5919ibsO9cswOCSwGQ4ou_2rnoFCoMocrmBsBnlA1wuhM4XPL1kpjyGdxBk/s400/diptych_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><br />
My first cyanotypes! Special thanks to my photographer friends Lorna, Susan H and Marlene for giving me such a fun and inspiring introduction to cyanotype printing.<br />
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The original image is a Polaroid 600 photo which I scanned to make negatives for contact printing. I often fall in love with negative images, so I tried printing this one both ways. The positive print works best – the darker background is less distracting – but I also like the pair as a diptych. (Thanks for the suggestion, Lorna!)Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-52287750963513738512010-10-11T23:16:00.129+11:002011-01-04T17:49:17.266+11:00Spring Blossom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb_fBHKZvSKwRH76oWPj09PxsZOXaPEMcUO_wI1Lyq6g2LBrCiRD1lg9WIgLqvRwVn6NEZM3755ShWJSWJjyqqSX0XL4r6K36KVw4vYe4nZlDqGNInJF8ELtJdjmaCIOu-k90JImu15M/s1600/AL101010_8540_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikb_fBHKZvSKwRH76oWPj09PxsZOXaPEMcUO_wI1Lyq6g2LBrCiRD1lg9WIgLqvRwVn6NEZM3755ShWJSWJjyqqSX0XL4r6K36KVw4vYe4nZlDqGNInJF8ELtJdjmaCIOu-k90JImu15M/s400/AL101010_8540_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a></div><br />
It's too easy to overlook the photo opportunity just outside the front door. Quite literally, in this case – every Spring I mean to photograph the blossoming crab apple trees lining the path by my front door, walking by day after day, thinking "I must come down with the macro lens and see what I can make of this", then letting the days slip by until the opportunity is lost for another year.<br />
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Then, at a portraiture class on Sunday afternoon, I found myself shamefully out of practice with spot metering and manual exposure settings. I drove home determined to refresh my manual photography skills at the first opportunity. And there were the flowering crab apples... <br />
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I was thinking of Chinese flower paintings and watercolours on heavy, absorbent paper. And Spring, of course.<br />
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D700, 105 f/2.8 microAndréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-78597990527663437812010-08-31T23:09:00.011+10:002011-01-04T18:01:13.784+11:00Hang It Yourself at PhotoAccess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdhCIhIU20bSWGlTfYY1nus0whPj41haV8iTiasl9QM6fWvAA_N6cREkYtyqsoCRbhQaCbpgUchc8zfqCjyQoqN-t0xkA3xkO263qlhsfeXGKAzKDBazbbINVN3gJWWfJPQSKgRpxOKM/s1600/HIY2010_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdhCIhIU20bSWGlTfYY1nus0whPj41haV8iTiasl9QM6fWvAA_N6cREkYtyqsoCRbhQaCbpgUchc8zfqCjyQoqN-t0xkA3xkO263qlhsfeXGKAzKDBazbbINVN3gJWWfJPQSKgRpxOKM/s400/HIY2010_web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a></div><br />
Some Polaroids from my last visit to a favourite holiday location on the South Coast of New South Wales – more holiday dreaming... The originals are quite soft, so the prints had to be small; I used a textured paper to emphasise their soft, almost painterly quality.<br />
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This completes my 2010 group exhibition marathon! Always a fun show, this year's <i>Hang it Yourself</i> at <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/">PhotoAccess</a> should be the best yet. It opens on Sunday, 5 September at 12 noon and continues until 19 September. Further details are available <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/253">here</a>.<br />
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Polaroid 600 SpiritAndréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-20470925681574500372010-08-28T14:39:00.067+10:002011-07-04T21:44:00.381+10:00Don't Blame the Equipment!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO8oHOvoK5E1043dD6QF9IftyYGbGabHSggxj28DZgiCsSBFbP4rnEsl8Z2cVq7_w2CSHCEmYKEr04NUrHovPSIEt2TFaYNtoCScBSNyUJ-6Dvjw1an3o4EODd8PSU_7lvFfNK0yCyZY/s1600/pola111_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO8oHOvoK5E1043dD6QF9IftyYGbGabHSggxj28DZgiCsSBFbP4rnEsl8Z2cVq7_w2CSHCEmYKEr04NUrHovPSIEt2TFaYNtoCScBSNyUJ-6Dvjw1an3o4EODd8PSU_7lvFfNK0yCyZY/s320/pola111_web.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unsharp photos, the bane of my life – except when I'm playing around with plastic cameras and other 'creative blur' approaches. Soft and moody has its own charm, but I'm trying to remember that even famously unsharp Holga, Diana and Polaroid cameras give better results with a bit of care and application on my part – and the solution for my DSLR is not necessarily a shiny new lens!<br />
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My latest <i>Different Strokes</i> article is available <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2010/2010-08-Capital-Image-Lo-Res.pdf">here</a>, in the August 2010 edition of <i>Capital Image (page 12)</i>.<br />
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Polaroid 600 SpiritAndréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-71759700620809387842010-07-01T16:46:00.026+10:002011-07-04T21:48:45.237+10:00Showing OffWhew! One of my New Year's resolutions was to take up every exhibition opportunity that came my way in 2010. Deadlines are good, I thought, they will force me to start working on some of my project ideas. At that stage it wasn't obvious that several deadlines would come together to give my life that extra edge in May/June. Still, I made it, learning so much from the experience that my latest <i>Different Strokes</i> article practically wrote itself – you can find it <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2010/2010-06-Capital-Image-Lo-Res.pdf">here</a>, in the June 2010 edition of <i>Capital Image</i> (page 22).<br />
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And the exhibitions? They were: <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/231"><i>Access All Areas 2010: The PhotoAccess Members' Show</i></a> (Huw Davies Gallery, 29 April–16 May); <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/235"><i>Thredbo – A PhotoAccess Group Show</i></a> (Huw Davies Gallery, 20 May–6 June); and <a href="http://www.canberra-photographic.org.au/exhibitions/2010_exhibitions.html#Diversity_is_a_nine_letter_word"><i>Diversity is a Nine Letter Word</i></a> (Strathnairn Homestead Gallery, 15–30 May). Finally, <a href="http://www.canberra-photographic.org.au/exhibitions/2010_exhibitions.html"><i>Out There 2</i></a>, the Canberra Photographic Society's annual exhibition opens today at the Watson Arts Centre (1 Aspinall St, Watson; 1–11 July; gallery hours 10am–4pm Thurs-Sun).<br />
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The photo? It's <i>Autumn Reflections 5</i>, last of a series I made in 2006, rediscovered when I was preparing work for the <i>Diversity</i> exhibition.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-11358687547503673662010-02-16T11:05:00.019+11:002011-01-04T18:02:18.723+11:00The Postcard ShowI have two sets of photos in <span style="font-style: italic;">Holiday Snaps – A Members' Postcard Show</span> at <a href="" ref="http://www.photoaccess.org.au">PhotoAccess</a>. That's not quite what I planned. I set out to produce a 'mini retrospective' of ten favourite travel images I had not shown before, but somehow the project took off at a tangent. This is better, I think, with only a nod to the past and a stronger focus on more recent work. As for the two very different sets of images, both are equally 'me'. I am glad the 10 images limit gave me scope to show both together.<br />
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This is the Polaroid 600/Holga set. The beach, the ocean baths, the spotted gum tree, even Canberra's lakeshore in the early morning – holiday dreaming, anyone?<br />
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And here's the 35mm/DSLR set. Something old, something new – my favourite photo from Canberra's 2006 Balloonfiesta, fishing boats at Essaouira (taken on a 2001 photo tour to Morocco), a battered weathervane snapped in some friends' back yard last December.<br />
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The show continues until Sunday, 21 February. More information is available <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=node/190">here</a>.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-91098345243007745882010-01-31T22:24:00.010+11:002011-07-04T22:00:41.266+10:00In the Mist Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOHpwQOWpozFvw9Wz1jNgMH1oCHn-Mr1Yubrk3KXmYicTuASSwNlZaubugmjn4J6wmOQnwj7AW2DDz8jt1zMziJe11-1BAkJBNQb6FDAtZ4SduDNxKh9KQqpBzYCjAHmU1VNGsB6nCG0/s1600-h/AL091206_3991_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432863872522681650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOHpwQOWpozFvw9Wz1jNgMH1oCHn-Mr1Yubrk3KXmYicTuASSwNlZaubugmjn4J6wmOQnwj7AW2DDz8jt1zMziJe11-1BAkJBNQb6FDAtZ4SduDNxKh9KQqpBzYCjAHmU1VNGsB6nCG0/s400/AL091206_3991_web.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 255px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a><br />
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The February 2010 edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">Capital Imag</span>e – including my latest <span style="font-style: italic;">Different Strokes</span> article (<i>Refresh, Revive, Re-inspire, </i>page 16) – is now available <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/web/magazines/pdf/2010/2010-02-Capital-Image-Lo-Res.pdf">here</a>, on the Canberra Photographic Society's <a href="http://www.cpsaus.org/">website</a>.<br />
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D700, 180 f/2.8Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-48010351404103486602010-01-29T17:25:00.013+11:002010-01-30T12:02:08.909+11:00Grounded Weathervane<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvnYyzYsrx_LNhCELmhcvWlDt6XT8yDmuEADOme5nYe8ErQMbfRHF_5y9VK5BFgc9t-MYPzoDWbMcmaDBuSMJYHiZNXcKFajiqa5NC3ssyAZL0l_q3g3b4j7wgss8th918PtbAZ8pplU/s1600-h/_web_capimage12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvnYyzYsrx_LNhCELmhcvWlDt6XT8yDmuEADOme5nYe8ErQMbfRHF_5y9VK5BFgc9t-MYPzoDWbMcmaDBuSMJYHiZNXcKFajiqa5NC3ssyAZL0l_q3g3b4j7wgss8th918PtbAZ8pplU/s400/_web_capimage12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432045285878583890" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com">© Andrée Lawrey </a><br /><br />I'm sorting through my photo collection, looking for candidates for my submission to <span style="font-style:italic;">Holiday Snaps – a Members' Postcard Show</span> (11 to 21 February 2010), the next group exhibition at <a href="http://www.photoaccess.org.au">PhotoAccess</a>. I have promised ten 4x6 inch prints and, as always, I'm cutting it fine on the timing and interpreting the brief widely – anything to bring together a nice variety of 'holiday spirit' (i.e. fun) images.<br /><br />D700, 28-105 f/3.4-4.5Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-69781038144912860062010-01-23T14:58:00.008+11:002010-09-02T18:54:28.548+10:00Hall of Mirrors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRpFcVwqiSeQZPDig9mtoa6RExIfnL-KigWHOKK_OtUvd1WAZmRGsKK0plMqPLXmXAI-zgpAp79TV7_7wdkJxgS026mXyUIWJAlNFr5_-MiDYNVjx6lvkn79g15Jy6a64YXXP9mRwR4w/s1600-h/AL100113_4227_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRpFcVwqiSeQZPDig9mtoa6RExIfnL-KigWHOKK_OtUvd1WAZmRGsKK0plMqPLXmXAI-zgpAp79TV7_7wdkJxgS026mXyUIWJAlNFr5_-MiDYNVjx6lvkn79g15Jy6a64YXXP9mRwR4w/s400/AL100113_4227_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429779941919063330" /></a> <a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com">© Andrée Lawrey </a><br />
D700, 50 f/1.8Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-84349698285796600992010-01-11T00:11:00.019+11:002010-02-17T18:05:16.386+11:00I'm back! (apologies for the hiatus...)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYVz4EW2OJoQxvK7keXO5MedpfG-E0bxWCXS6su7QU4ls87M5rfX4SdjFlyJdNEzgEvKecq0WvvTnKcHabsOwjfMVYBokUxtaw3R8_hnlzGbFaHyIjZRggtJCUr5m0zyuhehaWGfJgyU/s1600-h/AL090818_3325_web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYVz4EW2OJoQxvK7keXO5MedpfG-E0bxWCXS6su7QU4ls87M5rfX4SdjFlyJdNEzgEvKecq0WvvTnKcHabsOwjfMVYBokUxtaw3R8_hnlzGbFaHyIjZRggtJCUr5m0zyuhehaWGfJgyU/s400/AL090818_3325_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425116340028062370" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com">© Andrée Lawrey </a><br />Nikon D700, 85 f/1.8<br /><br />It's been a long break, due partly to circumstances and partly to sheer confusion about why I wanted to keep this blog going when I also had a Flickr page and a "proper" though much neglected website. Silly, really. I did manage to make some new photos last year, against the odds, as well as doing some writing for the <a href="http://www.canberra-photographic.org.au">Canberra Photographic Society's</a> <span style="font-style:italic;">Capital Image</span> newsletter, and I like the idea of the photoblog because it feels more personal, somehow. Besides, I enjoy writing as well as imaging, so let's see what happens. <br /><br />Here's to a fresh start and lots more photography in 2010! I'm full of fine photographic resolutions, with "update and refresh the websites!" high on the list.Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-92046297310875774412009-02-01T17:09:00.006+11:002009-03-04T09:22:15.365+11:00National Museum Montage<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4Ufi8t7P-nwVZFlyYZKhlh5LuDNoFEw4zX2PifZ5OfqUrltxKe-1SmrxtZlA1ceTqCXHbQkCiRmaQQTb0ck2ee6CWTm8G1qZL3BMQqeD4zVasko7RJxNk8Jw7MJrWpf946NetOHUVGA/s1600-h/AL0810_0204-30-flat-sm_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4Ufi8t7P-nwVZFlyYZKhlh5LuDNoFEw4zX2PifZ5OfqUrltxKe-1SmrxtZlA1ceTqCXHbQkCiRmaQQTb0ck2ee6CWTm8G1qZL3BMQqeD4zVasko7RJxNk8Jw7MJrWpf946NetOHUVGA/s400/AL0810_0204-30-flat-sm_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297707411746268098" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a><br /></div>Nikon D700, 18-35 f/3.5-4.5<br />(Click on image for a larger view.)Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-58706260401307500792009-02-01T16:42:00.004+11:002010-02-09T23:58:35.899+11:00Retro Caravan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFFJ97rQr4J3qjBUB5XZrhSJTmkZq4XEKGW-bDJpcUr_JeUjc6tPOTmmuHhNAWW9DBXTUjuoMTS0iYOq2D8sZq2_dewmytm-tMXZj2yry7WnR2GWjSARzLLTynVTE7LyNrMriX8Q7-8Q/s1600-h/AL0810_0292.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFFJ97rQr4J3qjBUB5XZrhSJTmkZq4XEKGW-bDJpcUr_JeUjc6tPOTmmuHhNAWW9DBXTUjuoMTS0iYOq2D8sZq2_dewmytm-tMXZj2yry7WnR2GWjSARzLLTynVTE7LyNrMriX8Q7-8Q/s400/AL0810_0292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297700410638678242" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a><br />Nikon D700, 105 f/2.8Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-79985366499105143032009-02-01T16:40:00.003+11:002010-02-09T23:59:06.598+11:00Staircase<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZEhoSeJVMDSs_c9PQzALEa8ghBMMXCLA8L36xEBtlTsL3s8LPAd-USMqW36g5q-ctwJigUObspyN9SUY2B7ADEbqQypCnzlHBsUysTxPLdgGaPrX3nf7ggLSKQHMcjXtvd620f9IxEA/s1600-h/AL08GR1-003-32A_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ZEhoSeJVMDSs_c9PQzALEa8ghBMMXCLA8L36xEBtlTsL3s8LPAd-USMqW36g5q-ctwJigUObspyN9SUY2B7ADEbqQypCnzlHBsUysTxPLdgGaPrX3nf7ggLSKQHMcjXtvd620f9IxEA/s400/AL08GR1-003-32A_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297699906650412722" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey</a><br />Ricoh GR1, Kodak Elitechrome 100 (EB-3)Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7928464257523715133.post-55150189068199091132008-11-24T11:22:00.008+11:002008-11-26T21:01:28.224+11:00Kewpie Doll<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHgJ-7pOntNbBDp-76FWvXT3N_WUqSSxHkTQ0j5WZdgm82iubM7QG_ILlChyphenhyphen3F49V2MM7Z01OKsXLSlRxMq_stdZal1WYa_LGuPd9vsaiQXAaJ_kDCWAM2z1-9IAzbb7zstzNqK3ZL4w/s1600-h/AL0811_0539.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHgJ-7pOntNbBDp-76FWvXT3N_WUqSSxHkTQ0j5WZdgm82iubM7QG_ILlChyphenhyphen3F49V2MM7Z01OKsXLSlRxMq_stdZal1WYa_LGuPd9vsaiQXAaJ_kDCWAM2z1-9IAzbb7zstzNqK3ZL4w/s400/AL0811_0539.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272013112602395922" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.andreelawrey.com/">© Andrée Lawrey </a><br /><br />Meet Pansy. Isn't she gorgeous? She is one of 12 giant kewpie dolls which featured in the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She now lives in Bungendore, NSW.<br /><br />(Thanks, Susan -- your photo reminded me I had an extra reason to go back to Bungendore!)<br /><br />Nikon D700, 28-105Andréehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227312319658615660noreply@blogger.com2