sonny photos

Summer has come early

next day, and more people on the beach, I take Jacs and the kids to the beach
Yesterday I was surprised at how warm the water was already , 19 degrees , so knew the kids would get out there and amongst it




some one always has to get buried

Surf time

Surf's not exactly up, but just had to get out there and get wet. First surf in over 2 months, first week in Sydney I either did not have the time to go surf, or there just wasn't any
It's a small 2 foot on the sets.but I was the only one out, so bit of fun
no one else around
Had to take out the mal though, as it was pretty fat

Vanessa + Wish Lookbook

Shooting with the lovely Vanessa Milde today, Vanessa is from Adelaide , and we first met her back in Jan 2007 when she was this fresh faced 15 y.o. from Adelaide. We spent the afternoon at B.L.'s place with Katie Lee taking photos.
So have a look at those links above, to see if Vanessa has changed much at all
Shooting with Wish, there's always yummy lunch come lunchtime
plenty to choose from
but always leave a little spot for desert
then, of course, make up touch up


loving the belt
and it was all about who could blow the biggest bubbles
Hubba bubba

Palm Beach Kindergarden fundraising night

Jacs and I at the Palm Beach kindy fundraiser, Jac's contributions ( her photography ) raised over 3000 bucks. Good on you sweetheart !
Now, this photo, yes, I did not shave, yes I did slick all my hair back ( it was a 50's them )

Just found a pic of me

It was taken back in August at Jayson Brunsdon shop opening and I found on this Australian site called Kluster. Aaaah, it's when my G10 was still working

Wish Look Book

One thing I don't like when I arrive somewhere is to be sitting around waiting for the next job come in. So after a good day's rest and catching up on Australian time ( as opposed to northern hemisphere time ) I am glad to be back at the Wish studio to shoot a lookbook with Todd and Jay. And Brazillian Barbara Di Creddo is our model du jour
And Barbara is addicted to those banana lollies ( so am I - Jacqui just happens to have a bag inthe kitchen at home, I don't think she realizes I nearly ate the whole bag )
We are see-ing those shoulders everywhere, I'm only showing you one of the pics from today's lookbook, as this is still not ready to go out yet, this is one of the more casual outfits. There were some nice pieces in this collection I would have liked to take home for Jacs
Hair change
love a girl that pulls a face

touch up after lunch
me :-)

Everyone loves my Goorin hat.

Finally. . . Sydney

First light , less than 200kms out. By the time we boarded flight again at Singapore, sun had already set
fog in the valleys and gulleys hinterland of Sydney
'tis a sign that it will be an awesome day
there's the ocean and east coast


that'd be south coast national park,with Wattamola and Marley beach
looking towards wollongong
beautiful

oh yeah, it's going tobe a nice day in Sydney today ( it was, and the next day 34degrees)
one of my fav shooting spots
aaaaah :-)

Somewhere near Thai-Malay coast

ok, I'm about to bore some of you out there with an endless lot of cloud photos, I just love the opportunity to take these shots ( last trip back to Oz I was stuck in an aisle seat ) and like to share some of these pics ( I edit this down form over 200 pictures )











muar river ?





The Island Pulau Kukup
clouds clouds clouds

one of the beauties about premium economy on the 380 , is this extra cabin storage space you get near the window, like the magazine rack you would have next to you when sitting in your favourite couch, and yes, I have a lot of magazines in there and my blanket when I'm not using it






2min till touch down, and a new bridge being built. I'm assuming , connecting Malaysia to Singapore.
Just got word, that yes I was right, we will have missed our curfew at Sydney airport, so we will be spending an extra 4 hours in Singapore, and Qantas kindly has organized for us to stay at a hotel for 3 hours, have some lunch, a nap if desired and a shower to freshen up, right near china town, so some folks will be going for a wander, I opted for the yummy buffet lunch, hot shower and a 30min snooze

Morning on the A380

First light,some where near the east coast of India
A380 , has skycam. ( but, and please take note Qantas, the best part of skycam is the take off and landing, but you turn off the entertainment systems 20 minutes before the plane lands, what's up with that ? )
Bay of Bengal
cloud formations should get better and better as we near Thailand and Malaysia ( my prediction )
mini low pressure system ?
breakfast time with a view
lovin' it

London > Singapore

Waouw, finally up in the air again
I arrived at Heathrow, just as the sun was getting up, and now, leaving heathrow, just as the sun issetting again already
cut a long story short, several cancelled boarding calls, to thgen finally being told 9 after one hour delau ) that the plane has a problem with the hydraulics for the landing gear, and will take about 4 hours. Good thing I had access to the lounge, but was so tired after late night last night courtesy of RA, and funny how come early afternoon, all the facebook updates, were things like "headache" "it hurts" "rocks in my head " Well at least you got to sleep, hehehe, I been in a lounge for over 8 hours, read every paper, so now have started drinking again, Southern Comfort and Dry :-)
Hopefully I won't get a repeat of this, 8 hour plus stay at an airport. But at least I have my window seat on the A380 ( which has now been renamed the A360 but the passengers- because it does a 360 back to the terminal )
And it was such a nice day as well, where I could have taken lots of photos on my way to Singapore, we were due to arrive in Singapore in the morning, 8 ish, and then onto to Sydney for a 8pm arrival, but with this delay, we will be well past the Sydney curfew, Sydney airport is closed after midnight and before 6am, simply for the noise. So we missed that, so scared we will be spending some time at Singapore airport as well

leaving England
channel
Cap Gris Nez, with Boulogne Sur Mer beyond it
cloud cover over france
And that's all folks, till we get to Asia, good night