You’d be forgiven for thinking I’d drowned in my own reflection. I promise I wasn’t gazing adoringly at my myself. I was up to my neck in mirrors though. Yesterday we had to submit our assessment piece for one of our electives.

I had an absolute ball with the whole project. It challenged me to look at things differently, change my perspective and my approach. That’s all good stuff for personal growth really and I’m always up for that. I lost myself in the pages of Robert Frost and stole a few of his words to print onto the mirror tiles. I reversed a the poem titles so that they could only be read in the mirror and felt well chuffed with myself.

I reflected upon the irony of the wisdom on the bathroom wall and resisted the urge to scrawl ‘for a good time call Kirsty’ on the tiles in texta. I thought about one of my favourite Frost poems ‘nothing gold can stay’ and installed all the gold stuff to the left so that by the time we read the end of the image there is only black and white.

On the vanity I installed the hairdresser which I constructed from the notes from the framing excursion that Marek and I took to Sunshine (with apologies to the Bratz lovers).

So, as far as the first assessment goes I’m calling this a win. I had an absolute ball, challenged myself and ended up with a whole greater than the sum of it’s parts. It’s full of heart too, yep – a win.

More creative spaces here.

Open your mouth only if what you have to say is more beautiful than silence.

Arabic Proverb

Do you know about the instagram competition that JustB are running?

If you’re clever with a click you might want to get onto this one – there is $1000 up for grabs! You just need to submit images via instagram that address “What time means to you” & tag them #timeshavers.

All the details are over here.

So, you guys all know that this space has become less about the making and so much more about the click lately.

I’m really loving the click & I love people who love the click too. Tim Coulson is one of those people. I have watched with keen interest Tim’s steady growth over the last 12 months. It’s nothing short of inspirational.

Remember I made these portraits for The Design Files a couple of months ago? Well, now Tim (& Kesh & Roo) are coming to Melbourne. The Nursery will be running for a few days at my place. I’m really looking forward to having a little bit of Coulson magic around.

Wouldn’t you love to switch that DSLR off auto & really take control of your images? Quick sticks…hop over to Tim’s & book a spot. It’s going to be fun.

I’m feeling like I can do no more with the house…So I have turned my attention to the next folio. I’ve got a few ideas kicking around and one of them involves a double depth of field. Originally inspired by the bouquet at this wedding shot by Tim Coulson. I think I’m going to try to make a 3D bouquet using 2D pics…photograph and then make the resulting 2D pic appear 3D…clear? as mud?

I guess we’ll see where that takes me but it’s been fun to muck around with the idea. I think I’m going to start a “big book of ideas” to harness these little flashes that I have on the run (and then promptly forget). You can read a bit more about the beginnings of this plan over here (as well as seeing lots of other creative spaces too).