On the streets of our town...

I quite like the yellow tones that the street light cast over this image.
Any time of night you can wander down to the high st and there will always be activity.

Through the view finder.

This shot was taken by holding my digital slr against my old 'kodak duaflex' and taking a pic through the view finder. Gives it that grainy old world look.

More street art...

Some more of the local art in Northcote.

Kids play...

Street art.

Some local art on the streets of Northcote.

Make a wish....

Thinking...

A gargoyle's quiet contemplation in the front yard.

Great gran comes for a visit...

Aged effect achieved, by adding my favorite noise filter 'Through the viewfinder'

Vrooom..

Bits and Pieces

Bits and pieces from a day in the life

A trip to the park 

A bike ride

 

 

And a simple door on a trip to the city

A Blast from the Past

Today I was looking through the old chest of photos and and pulled some out that are up to 11 years old!

Our Furry Babies

Mum the morning before Little Miss was born (B/W camera)

(I took 2 cameras that day 1 loaded with B/W film the other colour film)

Dad in shock after Little Miss was born (colour camera)

Meeting Grandpa for the first time

Grandma with Little Miss

Radiant Mrs Finki

And finally Little Miss with the dolls she now denies ever liking.

More to come later

Portraits ( Harder than you may think)

It all started with a simple request " get a photo of the three kids while they're in a good mood"

 No...

 No again...

It was a little harder with Mr F the little energizer bunny he is, So i told him to jump and tried to catch him in the air.

Pure gold. 

The motion captures Mr F's personality Perfectly!

Just a small pity the flash died on this shot because its my favorite.

And Ending with a Fizzle (Almost)

I been such a terrible host!
One whole month without a post.
I missed one post, then I guess life just got in the way.

Those who don't know me as Mr Finki (no one i think) should know that it is currently market season and adding to that a full time job, 2 kids, a part time job at Finki, it all leaves me often falling asleep before 2 year old mister F.

Long story short, I was in Borders the other night and started to look at the photography books and magazines and it made me realize  that I wasn't being fair to my self or followers.
Its not like i haven't been taking photos in my absence, I just never posted any.
Well to make up for it I'm going to post as many shots as i can for the next month.

The magazine I bought focused on macro photography so i dusted off the Close up filters I have and took these Gems.

 

While not macro... still not bad for filters that are second hand and came with my 1960s Pentax therefore probably at least 30ish to 50ish years old.

A Foggy intersection at night

Cars In The Rain

The Convent

Millennium Falcon

I love the idea of a multi player Millennium Falcon game especially if it was in such vivid colors.

Jumping

 

We were just playing but i just love this shot. especially the dreamy face of Mr F.

Smith Carona

Mr F with Yashica

 

What a terrible  host Ive been no posts in THREE days, all i can say is life happens. Ive been so busy with work kids and finki that usually when putting the kids to bed I fall asleep first. To make up for it I'll do 3 posts today.

Shaun

 

I saw this cross in Dalesford and I wonder who Shaun was. It reminded me to enjoy every day as it came, whether it was doing something new or just hanging the clothes on the line. Thank you Shaun whoever you were.

Valiant

 

What I Really liked about this car was the cats eye brake lights

Belts

Mr F

 

One of my favorites

This one has always had a special place in my heart.

Stamp

I've stamped more than 3500 letters in the past 2 weeks. ARRGH

Bad Budda

I like graffiti.

Little Miss Rainbow

This image was taken by Little Miss aged 2 3/4.

Whats amazing is the camera was so perfect for a 2 year old to be as artistic as they liked.

a Fisher Price 35mm Perfect shot, it had a viewfinder for each eye

making it the perfect kids camera.