This will hurt me...

Game, set and match. Geilston Bay Tennis Club, Geilston Bay. March 2013. Wordless Wednesday.

It's all about your perspective. Marieville Esplanade looking up Napoleon Street, the Sandy Bay/Battery Point border. July 2011. I always think that if you find yourself out and about armed with a camera and don't come home with dirty knees, you haven't done all that you can do in pursuit of a halfway decent photograph. Granted, the older I get the more difficult it is to get back up without straining some muscle somewhere or dislocating a kneecap, but are we not supposed to suffer for our art? Now I'm not talking about nailing one's old fellow to a two by four or self flagellation atop a canvas. I just mean get down in the dirt and check out those parallel lines. Tired of another photo of the clouds? Try it lying flat on your back. You might be surprised at what you see if you mix you angles up a bit.

It can be nice to experiment with the camera every now and then. Angle of shot, depth of field, mixing up temperatures, depth of focus, exposure times, f-stop fiddling, shutter speeds, perspective distortion, messing with the metering mode and so on. Yet when one’s two key subjects are a little on the energetic side, shutter speed is about the best we can hope for. That’s where marshmallows come in. It appears that the humble blend of sugar, water and gelatine is the prospective solution to impatient models. Who knew?

Focusing on the boats. Geilston Bay, October 2010 Theme Thursday rolls around again and today it is all about perspective. It is amazing how differently things look when one shifts one’s perspective, even to a minute degree. The problem is (of course), that many people appear to operate in patterns assumed over time, or from memory, not taking the time to alter one’s perspective and consider things from a different angle. Take yesterday evening’s photograph . An artist at work recording an artist at work (recording an artist at work recording an artist at work recording an artist at work ad infinitum ). The photo is not merely a record of a memory. Nor is it a statement of artistic intent. No, it is best considered as an indicator of a CONSANGUINEOUS marker. A genetic predisposition hitherto overlooked or ignored. Dangerous? Might I be creating a monster ? Focusing on the goalposts. Geilston Bay, October 2010