38 “Jay Jays with passing head”. Walking back to the office from the dentist, I noticed an interesting window display in a shop called Jay Jays. As I took the photo a person walked directly in front of my camera. So I am not sure what I photographed, head or shop window. (footnote: as it turned out, I got both)39 “In Search of Spring”. I wandered around the city at lunchtime looking for a springtime shot to satisfy my Spring obsession. But the clouds has rolled in and the weather felt very winterish. Central Park (Perth not NYC) was practically deserted and it started to rain, so I gave in to the last winter moment and photographed the bare poplar tree – shooting upwards against the dull grey sky.
40 “Kings Street Building and legs?”. I am enjoying my lunch time strolls of late. If nothing else, it gets me out of the office and clears my mind of work clutter. Today I walked along Kings Street and notice the painted sign on a building. I took the shot from a low angle, looking up and waited until I had some people in the frame. Unfortunately I may just have photographed someone’s legs. Turned out I got his whole body, but it almost looks like he is part of the previous shot. Love the way that works.
41 “Bagpipe Friday”. Walked out of the office at lunchtime to the sound of bagpipes and discovered that a police band was playing in Central Park. How could I resist taking a photo? Afterwards, walking long Murray Street Mall, I heard bagpipes again! But this time from a solo busker. So it was Bagpipe Friday.
42 “Greenhouse Glass”. A full Saturday – cycling, haircut, some shopping with Janet and then lunch at the Greenhouse before going to Fremantle to a Perth Fashion Week function and then dinner at an old friend’s house in Port Kennedy. I took this photo as we were leaving the Greenhouse because I was captivated by the bottles hanging above the bar. (Footnote: unfortunately the exposure was too dark, so I will have to try again).
43 “Amalia”. We went to a BBQ lunch, which was on again, off again arrangement right until the last minute because of the unpredictable weather. As it turned out it was a beautiful afternoon and we sat in the warm sunlight and stuffed our faces with the delicious dishes prepared by our host Ran. I took this photo of our friend’s daughter, Amalia as she relaxed in a colourful hammock in the back garden.44 “Flowerbox”. Today I finally found a springtime flower shot in the city – flowerbeds, backed by a phone booth on Hay Street Mall. Hopefully this has provided Spring closure for me and I can move on to other subjects.
45 “Outside Lunch”. The serving girls at Nagoya Japanese Café shout out the order numbers in high-pitched voices. Their shrill yelling wakes the lunch time customers from their distant thoughts and people squeeze forward in obedience through the throng around the counter to collect their orders. Outside the tables of the various lunch bar eateries are full of office workers enjoying lunch in the spring sunshine. I like the way the light plays across the long line of tables in the midday sunlight.
46 “Norbert”. Our friend Norbert from Germany (of Friday Night Bistro fame) wanted to take us out to dinner. We went to King Street Café as he had walked past this restaurant many times but not had the chance to try it out. Janet and I had not been there for some time after an argument with the manager about their appalling service. As it turned out, both the service and the food was really good. The wine was also excellent – we had a Hungerford Hill Pinot Noir. I took this photo of Norbert after dinner.
47 “Ross and Pascal”. I went for a ride around Kings Park in the morning and then went to Tiger Tiger for a coffee before work. I bumped into my friends Ross and Pascal, who had also been riding. We chatted for a while and I told Ross about my project before taking this picture. (Footnote: I love the way that it looks like Norbert is in the same photo as Ross. This is what I am hoping to achieve with the overlapping nature of the photos).
48 “WineMob”. It was wine club tonight and I took this photo of John and Rob, two of the founding members of WineMob. Our club has been going for nine years now and membership of around 24 hasn’t changed much in that time. I liked the framing of this shot with the Pericles painting in the background. We had the tasting at Mark and Michelle’s (of Pink Zulu and Friday Night Bistro fame). They invited the Gianfranco and Francesca the owners of Carpe Diem, a small winery in Margaret River to give a tasting of their wines. They are Italians (no guessing from their names) who moved to Margaret River about eight years ago and are making Italian style wines in the heart of Australian wine country. The 2008 Merlot was stunning!
49 “Distracted Reprise”. “I already have one,” said Natalie when I handed her a Photo Project 365 card. “Janet gave me one earlier in the week.” But she still hasn’t visited the site or befriended me again on Facebook. I’m definitely on the outer. Must be something to do with me constantly rearranging her display window. Notwithstanding, this sad fact, I still photographed her with cupcakes in the foreground and the Distracted sign in the background. (Footnote: as it turned out, Natalie was hidden behind a glass container in the shot, so I only got the cups in the foreground and part of the sign in the background. Freudian.)50 “Garden Angel” Day 50 – Sunday 19th September. I was repetitively attacked by a magpie on my morning ride – a sure sign of Spring. But is this some form of omen for Collingwood’s chances of winning next week’s AFL grand final? We spent the rest of the day a) buying herbs and vegetables and b) planting them in our front garden. I took a photo of the angel statue in our garden as I am hoping she will protect our new plantings from the slugs and snails and slatters.
51 “Wildflowers @ Boffins”. I saw this display window at Boffins Bookshop and having previously bought the book “Wildflower Country” in Margaret River, I thought it would make a good part of my collection. Ironically, the photography in “Wildflower Country” could not be more different from what I am doing in Project 365. They take multiple digital exposures of the same flowers at varying focal lengths and then meticulously merge the frames together to increase the depth of field. A painstaking laborious process. I aim and shoot. Sometimes I hardly even aim!
52 “Java Juice on Hay”. I saw this yesterday when I photographed the bookshop next door. The colourful fruit in the window caught my attention. I shot this from the hip as I walked past, hoping to get the girl in the doorway in the frame (Footnote: She turned as I took the shot and I got her back). How quickly the leaves in Central Park (Perth not NYC) are growing now. I think I need to incorporate a series of the same framed photo in my sequence of shots over the next few weeks to show how the trees are changing. This must be the most beautiful part of the year in Perth as the city shrugs off the blanket of winter and drapes herself in a silk scarf of Spring.
53 “Christine’s Farewell”. My colleague, Christine left our company after 20 years of service. The farewell dinner was at the Grand Palace Restaurant. I gave the farewell speech. Christine was one of the last survivors in an era of the company’s history. There are a number of senior management conference photographs from 2002 to 2005 where only a hand-full of managers remain. We gave her copies of the photos with all the faces of those who had left blanked out with yellow dots. I took this photograph towards the end of the evening.
54 “Roses and Olive”. Long day at work. Don’t think I got a chance to get out all day, except to quickly grab a sandwich for lunch. So I had to rely on “home photography” for the shot of the day. Janet had bought some roses on the weekend and they still looked beautiful on our sideboard. There is a glimpse of “Olive”, our print, in the background.
55 “Friday Night Bistro Reprise”. I went to Geraldton for the day, but Janet still organized Friday Night Bistro. She cooked roast goat and vegetables for main course and served cerviehe with herbs, peppers and chilies for starters. We had a couple of bottles of champagne, a Pinot Gris, a bottle of Charles Melton Shiraz and a Hesperos 1998 Shiraz with the food. I took this photo of Zoe, Mark’s daughter just before dinner. Mark is lurking in the background. She has a purple Holga and is teaching herself how to use it. Very adventurous for a 14 year old in the digital age.55 “I did not go out today”. Well despite watching my wine intake and drinking bottles of water before going to bed last night, I crashed and burned again on Saturday. The only time I went out the whole day was around 5pm, when I drank black tea in the afternoon sun in our back garden. I took this photo of our garden table to celebrate me being outside at all. Restraint, Restraint, Restraint! I hate these days when I can’t even get out of bed. It is like life being lost for a day.
60 “John’s 60th Birthday”. Our friend John (of WineMob fame) had his 60th Birthday party today. I was an afternoon garden party affair. We caught up with some old friends and generally had a great time. I took this photo of John during the obligatory speeches.
61“Queen’s Birthday (in WA)”. Cycled around the river in the morning. Came home and had a big breakfast. Then off to Bunnings to buy some more herbs and stuff for the garden. Spent the rest of the day in the garden, so I thought a garden shot would be appropriate. This is a mobile we have in the front yard. The garden is looking good and hopefully we will get to eat the lettuce et al and they won’t end up being slug food. Ugg boots packed away today and flip-flops the new footwear of choice around the house.
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