Wisteria's Scrap Book [Photography]

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20-27/09/2016: A Week of Small Things
I forget how difficult it is to get back into the swing of things when you are out of it for a while. I had assessments due and was flat out with that. I got them all done on time, and am pretty sure I passed them. And I have been out to take photos a little. Just never got around to uploading them. This week didn't have many so I will put them here.

20/09/2016: Kids Program

Spoiler:

Once every school holidays, the people who run Kids Church at my church do a holiday program, that runs for a day. Each one has a different theme, and they have different activities and a show to put on for the kids. This one was music. Hence why I was involved. Myself and a few friends formed a band for it, and played a cover of Viva La Vida by Coldplay, and a punk rock style cover of Shake It Off by Taylor Swift, complete with guitar solos! As I am also somewhat proficient with a video camera and editing, I helped with the 'Make a Music Video' activity. This involved filming two full music videos in under and hour each and editing them in a tight time frame to premier that afternoon. The second in under half an hour...

As for photos I only have two to show, and I didn't take one of them.

This was the stage for the program. That guitar on the left is my pride and joy. I actually had a nightmare about it last night. I accidentally left it somewhere where the heat got to it, and it was ruined. I was heartbroken.


And this is me after. I was wrecked. I left my camera on the sound desk, and my drummer grabbed it and took photos, as well as one of the sound guys, who took a few selfies. Granted, not very flattering ones so I can use them later...

23/09/2016: Road Trip In The Name Of Photography

Spoiler:

This road trip turned out to be a failure. It was a last second, spur of the moment idea, and by the time we got moving we were racing against the clock. We were headed to Mt. Donna Buang, and if Google Maps was accurate, we'd have about twenty minutes of sunlight left. Just enough to get some cool sunset shots from a high place. Unfortunately, the road we planned on taking gets shut during snow season. What that means is that we drove the long way around to the other side of the base and up that way, missing sunset by a few minutes. My mate Nick (the drummer from before) had my camera in a car and took a few photos. Granted the only decent one (I am not saying that because its of me, but because of exposure, focus etc) is this one as we were backing out of the parking spot at church.

I'll have you know, the beard is much better now! Anyway, after we left Mt Donna (where I got literally no good photos!), we stopped at the Alpine Resort Hotel for parmas, then headed home.

24/09/2016: Pets

Spoiler:

Not sure why but on this day, I visited Nanna (I usually drop by when I'm bored and hang out with her for a bit. Plus, free food.). I took this opportunities to get some photos of Spud and Phoebe (try and guess which is which).




After this, I went home, put my doona on the couch, got my laptop out and worked on an assignment. I let Bonnie in, and she crawled onto the doona. When I got up, I threw it over her and she didn't move, so I got a picture.

25/09/2016: Church

Spoiler:

Once a month at church, the youth group runs the church service and we can do what we want. We decided instead of having a normal service and dinner after, we would incorporate the meal into the service, and rearranged the auditorium to suit.


When we were setting up for band, I noticed Katie, our singer, playing around with Michael's guitar, so snuck a photo, and actually quite like the shot, with the stage lighting and her being unaware of the camera. Also, see that screen behind her? We watched Pokemon The First Movie on it once... Be jealous...

27/09/2016: Back to Ringwood Lake

Spoiler:

When I first started taking photos, I went with a crappy compact camera to Ringwood Lake. Since getting my Canon DSLR, I hadn't been back, so decided to head back and see how they stack up. Here are some shots.













This bottle was there when I took photos a few weeks earlier...

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14-16/10/2016: Spring Camp 2016
On this weekend, we made the roadtrip to Phillip Island. I took a fair few photos, however a lot have youth kids, so I can't upload them here. However, with the exception of a few, I can upload them to Facebook (I just need to find out which parents haven't allowed their kids photos to be put on the Facebook Page) and there is no rule against me linking that, so I will provide a link to the full album later.

Spoiler:

Michael and I headed up a few hours early to get all the PA gear set up. When we finished, we jammed.


It was getting to dinner time, and we had a bit of time before the rest of our group were supposed to arrive, so Michael and I walked over the bridge to San Remo so he could get food and I could withdraw some cash. On the way I took photos. I especially love this one how the sunset makes the tree glow.








I will post a link with more pictures once I go through the correct channels with them!