The Sun Set

Here we are again, another season gone and we are now into Spring and so much closer to Christmas.
2018 has gone way too fast for my liking and so much has happened this year.
From the loss of my dear aunt to deciding we might sell the house, hubby being retrenched from his job, but I try not to let it put a damper on things and go out to my happy place with my friend the camera.

We recently decided at the spur of the moment to go down the coast  to  yes one of my favorite spots Point Lonsdale/Queenscliff,

As we sat in the car and ate fish and chips and watched the world pass by, I noticed something move in the ocean in front of us, I thought it was nothing then looked again and screamed to beloved, look, look a dolphin no not just one but three. I was so surprised as we had been to this spot many times but not seen anything so it was something very exciting.

I quickly jumped out of the car with camera in hand and snapped away as quick as I could before they swam away beyond the point and could not be seen.

I needed to head to the sand to feel it between my toes, so we drove  just a short distance down the road to Point Lonsdale where the big light house sat perched on the edge of the cliff waiting to guide the ships in at night.

We walked down the steps onto the sand, towards the rocks, until we could go no further, due to the tide coming in very fast over the rocks.  The sun began to set in the sky and with it's ever changing colours as it greeted the ocean.

Back into the car we went, to see if we could find the entrance to the beach on the other side of the rocks. Finally we found it  after walking along a sandy path we came to the most beautiful spot where we could sit and watch the sun setting, with the cool breeze of the night air gliding over our face, as the most glorious sunset painted the sky as it met the horizon line of the ocean.

It was very quiet, the only sound which could be heard was the waves rolling in over the sand and the occasional squawk of a bird flying over

The sky was a beautiful colour of orange, blue and purple as the sun set at the end of another glorious day. This place was just one of those places you could just sit for hours and do absolutely nothing for hours. Not a soul was about, expect for my beloved.

If you venture to this part of our beautiful country, I am quite sure that you will want to return again and again.

As our day was coming to an end, I felt sadness coming over me knowing that I would have to go home to the city, the hustle and bustle of the cars and people and leave the tranquillity of this place behind, until we return again in the not to distant future.

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Making Memories

Where do I begin I have not been here for some time due to some un foreseen things, but we wont go into that, I wanted to share with you some of my beautiful photos I took when beloved and I went to a place call Malmsbury here in Victoria.

It was such a gorgeous Autumn day although the breeze was a bit chilly I managed to get some beautiful shots, the colours of the trees were amazing, bright yellows, reds and orange as they cast their reflection on the lake.

I had never seen this park in Malmsbury look so pretty, the colours seemed to paint the park so beautifully as the ducks lazed in the sun. The leaves made a crunching noise as we walked over them, the beautiful colours of the leaves layed out like a carpet beneath our feet.

With it's meandering path between the tall trees, which lead to the viaduct bridge with it's old bricks waiting for the next train to pass.

 
We celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary 1 October, and I look back at all the wonderful photos I've taken and all the places we have been to. My love for photography grows more each day. I look at things quite differently now. I see beauty in things most people don't, those who do not do photography do not understand me.

I had the pleasure of attending a wedding, where I was able to take some lovely photos, it was a beautiful day set in the Victorian countryside amongst the beautiful tall gum trees. As the band player strummed his guitar and played the pan flute and the drummer beat his drum, we watched the happy couple sway to the rhythm of the music, as they lovingly looked into each others eyes. I managed to capture the happy couple as the love in their eyes showed on such a special day. 

The memories in the photos will last a life time for this couple, memories to show their children, grand children and many family and friends

I also had a lovely time capturing a beautiful young ladies 21st birthday, she celebrated with family and many beautiful friends dancing and laughing the night away.

I get so much pleasure taking photos for people, capturing the memories for them, which will last for a life time. Taking special photos even when the moment is forgotten, it is always recalled when one looks at the photos.

"Photography is the beauty of life, captured"

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My Life With Photos

It has been sometime since I was here and so much has happened, another year has passed and a new year has begun. We celebrated a great Christmas with family, new year was quiet as we watched the hands on the clock tick over  to midnight and into a new year. A new year with new beginnings and unknown things to come.

The most stressful thing to happen to me last year was, I put my head in my hands and cried, "why did this happen to me", why do these people target me, you ask what is going on? I was hacked by some malicious person who got into my photos and deleted them off my drive as well as my back up drive which I'd just attached to my computer. I lost the most precious things to me, my photos of my dear mum, my many travels I had been on with my beloved all gone. My son who is very savvy with computers was able to use a program he bought to get some of my photos back but sadly not all. Beloved also did all he could, I feel such anger to people who do this who have no regard for the people they hurt.

Besides from this we celebrated our daughters 21st birthday, which was a lovely night sitting around a fire pit on a cool Summers night listening to music. Time flies and I can not believe where it has gone, as it only feels like yesterday we celebrated daughters first birthday. We are so proud of where she is today.

Beloved and I have taken some time out, to go out with camera, and I have been busy doing my design work. I have done some time lapse videos which I am still learning how to perfect, but it is all part of the process and great fun.

We went into the city recently and sat by the Yarra River, hubby  took in the view and relaxed whilst I did my time lapse,  people walk past you and look at you and wonder what your doing, some smile and I even had a guy call out I'm here I know you have been waiting to photograph me lol People seem to want to talk to you when you take photos, they ask are you professional what do you photograph and some just look at you as if to say don't you dare take my photo.

This is the time lapse I took it was a gorgeous Summers day

So as we do, we all look back on the year that has passed like many of us we always say "I can't believe how fast the year has gone by" and it sure does go fast, time stands still for no one. I thank god for allowing me to see another year, another year with my family and another year to make many beautiful memories to treasure. We all have good and bad memories of the past year, but we move on and hold the good memories close to our heart.

We headed out again to my most favourite place, the Great Ocean Road and only to find my remote for my time lapse the battery was dead :( So sadly the sunset I wanted to capture  is now only in pictures.

It was such a beautiful summers day and the light was perfect for taking photos, I have been to these places so many times and I never seem to tire of it. I love the beach more than anything and it is really good for your soul to be able to get away from the everyday things of life, to take in the cool beach air and the sunshine and to feel the sand between your toes.

When ever I go to places like this, I always seem to come home with so many photos and so many beautiful memories to treasure plus a car full of sand. We leave early in the morning and seem to come home very late.

We pack our food in the esky with our cold drinks and our thermos full of coffee and we head off. We were only going to Geelong to take photos of the silos which were painted by artist Rone but we ended up going much further as we always do. Once beloved starts driving he just keeps going, I think that is because he likes driving our 4x4.

The sunset was spectacular as was all the other scenery along the way. I once again used my 24-105mm lens, my go to and favourite lens. I got out of car and walked along beach whilst beloved played on his phone or slept, it was lovely as I was the only soul on the beach and it was nice not to have to worry about people getting in the way. I was able to walk anywhere I wanted as I felt the beautiful cool breeze on my face as the sun shone down on me. I felt really happy calm and relaxed as I took my photos.

Silo art in Geelong by Rone

Point Addis

Aireys Inlet

Egret Aireys Inlet 

Light house Aireys Inlet

The light house in photo above was used in one of my favourite children's shows, as was it my kids favourite, a show called "Around The Twist" where the father and his three children lived in the lighthouse. I had to get a shot of the lighthouse to say I've been here to a famous landmark. I waited for a bit to get this shot as there were tourists everywhere, once they were gone I quickly took this photo hoping no one would walk by.

All in all beloved and I had a great day watching the sun set over the ocean and I managed to get some really great photos which I can now say are for sale.

Beloved and I over the last few months have had some great trips with camera and there will be many, many more

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