SHOPSHOOT - Donna Hay General Store - Part 2

SHOPSHOOT - Donna Hay General Store - Part 2

30 Jun 2009

When I posted the first images of Donna Hay's General Store I knew people would be interested in the store, but I completely underestimated the level of interest. 



Every day I discovered new blogs that had featured my images or had posted a link to the blog.



Holly didn't feature all the images I took and when I looked through my files I realised I had a few more images that I thought were worth sharing.... and here they are.



2016 edit - The Donna Hay General Store has closed but you can visit the Donna Hay Pop-Up store at the Entertainment Quarter, details here.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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North Beach Bathers Pavilion - Black and White Images

North Beach Bathers Pavilion - Black and White Images

28 Jun 2009

From the first time I saw the North Beach Bathers Pavilion at Wollongong I knew I wanted to capture it on film. I just loved the shape of the building and it's state of disrepair. I had no idea of the political shenanigans that had gone on in recent times.

Whilst I was roaming around taking photos of some architectural details, some passers by were truly bemused by my interest and asked me what I was photographing. I don't think a drainpipe is quite the answer they'd anticipated.

When I use black and white film I photograph differently. I look for objects with strong lines and shapes or a scenario which tells a story - the perfect medium for wedding photography. I collected the black and white film from the lab on Friday and set to work polishing the images.

As promised, here's a colour image from Coal Cliff which I took last Sunday.

The weather was a bit wild and woolly as you can see from the surf and the vivid colour of the water in the pool is true to life.

The next post will be part 2 of my Donna Hay General Store photo essay, so I hope you check back. I hope you've all had a great weekend.

Jillian

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Friday Favourite - Bali

Friday Favourite - Bali

26 Jun 2009

What a week! Last Saturday I went to the Opera House to see the play 'When the Rain Stops Falling'. Sunday I drove down to Wollongong for brunch at diggies, then Tuesday night I met a friend for dinner at Neil Perry's latest venture, Spice Temple. I've just been to the PMA Australia 2009 Imaging Technology Show, a huge photographic trade display at Darling Harbour in Sydney. I played with a Nikon 85 mm Tilt Shift lens but was as clueless at the end of the experiment as I was at the beginning! I visited some of my suppliers to see their new products and noted the absence of quite a few suppliers from the 2004 show including my own album supplier, Queensberry.

There are lots of blog posts coming up. I've just collected the black and white film from the lab so I've been editing those images like mad all afternoon and there should be a blog post of those images in the next week. There is a food post in the wing and some more Donna Hay General Store images, so please come back. 



Until then I'll leave you with an image I shot in Bali a few years back. I had a great holiday there exploring parts of the island most Australian tourists fail to see. This image, taken at a hill top temple, was shot in on Fuji Reala 100 ISO film, known for it's vibrant colour.

Have a great weekend,

Jillian

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diggies cafe - north beach wollongong

diggies cafe - north beach wollongong

24 Jun 2009

I drove down to Wollongong last Sunday to meet my sister for brunch. The forecast was for showery weather but instead it was glorious - all blue skies, sunshine and puffy cloud formations.



North Beach on a sunny day is a hive of activity - power walkers, families, puppies and babies and an energetic volleyball game on the beach.



I arrived early and took some photos of the old bathing pavilion. I shot some black and white film so I'm waiting for those images to return from the lab. Hopefully I'll be able to post them this coming weekend. I only brought along 1 roll of film but I also brought my digital camera with me and snapped a few images.



We were meeting for brunch at diggies, a cafe right on North Beach, so I waited in the queue for a table and called my sister to let her know that I'd arrived.



We sat outdoors on the terrace and I was so hungry after the drive from Sydney that I'd wolfed my breakfast down before I even thought to take a photo of it! I'd had lunch at diggies with my sister a few months earlier and we'd eaten indoors. The cafe is decorated in "beach chic" style so I asked if I could take some photos of diggie's interior to share with you.



I drove back to Sydney via the Sea Cliff Bridge - a most scenic journey. I didn't take many photos but I'll share some with you when I post the black and white images.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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Chocolate Macadamia Brownies

Chocolate Macadamia Brownies

21 Jun 2009

I've been working on developing the perfect chocolate brownie (if there is such a thing) so I keep tweaking the recipe. In this version I reduced the flour content, added toasted macadamia nuts and a tablespoon of honey then simply dusted the finished brownie with icing sugar.



I left the brownies cooling in the oven a bit longer than I should have so I was worried they'd be too dry. I did sample one of the brownies and thankfully they were okay - very dark, dense, moist and chocolatey.



Bye for now,

Jillian

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Friday Favourite - San Pedro, Guatemala

Friday Favourite - San Pedro, Guatemala

19 Jun 2009

When I visited Guatemala 2 years ago I took a circuitous route from Sydney to Cancun via Vancouver, Edmonton, Banff and Calgary. I decided to travel light and only took 1 camera with me. It was the first time (and the last time I might add) I'd ever travelled without a film camera.



We took a ferry around Lake Atitlan and one of the places we visited was San Pedro, home to many Spanish language schools. We heard a band playing in the schoolyard and stopped to listen. I saw the young girl looking out the window, waited until the gentleman passed into view and took the photo. I think this image would have been even more evocative if it had been shot on black and white film. I have made a black and white version but it's just not the same as film.

Enjoy the weekend,

Jillian

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