free at last

I am finally free!!...free at last from all the frizzies, well at least for 5 months. My hair has been crazy lately and I finally, finally got this done. I am beyond happy, only those with curly, frizzy hair would understand my agony & pain :P

PS. Enter this fabulous giveaway on Florabella for a gorgeous Theit camera bag!!

as usual

photos from my week so far.
life is keeping me busy...as usual!

list five: things I'm bad at

Although it is nice to think we are good at everything, I know this is impossible. I am really rubbish at a lot of things and these are the ones I can recall, I am sure there are plenty more.

1. Acting my age, I am almost 40 people and very rarely act my age.
2. Talking on the phone, I hate it and try to avoid it as much as possible
3. Public speaking. I cringe just thinking about it and as much as I try to calm myself down I still find my voice quivering and my palms sweating like crazy.
4. Avoiding sweets
5. Maths. I cannot help my 16 year old doing 3 unit maths, thank goodness Andres is brilliant at it he would surely get an big F with his mum helping him.
6. Sports in general. I was always picked last at school.
7. Things being messy. I can't work in the middle of chaos, things need to be clean for me to able to concentrate.
8. Handling criticism. I admit I have gotten better but it is always so hard to hear criticism and not take it as an attack.
9. Vomit. I can't smell it or see it without feeling sick myself.
10. Crying when I am angry, why does it happen?
11. Writing on a card be it a birthday, engagement, wedding card. It takes me FOREVER
12. Adding or subtracting in my head quickly, and the faster I try to go the more confused I get.
13. Remembering things from my childhood or for that matter things that happened a year ago.
14. Folding a fitted sheet. I try and try but in the end I just end up shoving it together to the same size as the plain sheet.
15. Checking clothes before they go in the washing machine. I usually end up with clothes covered in toilet paper.
16. Heavy sleeper. When the kids were much younger and they would be unsettled at night I would sleep right through it without even hearing them, even now if asleep I will not hear the rain or the garbage men with their noisy trucks. Luckily Andres is a light sleeper.

Photo shoot

This is the first part of my photo shoot for my first photomedia assignment. This is Alec posing as Frank Sinatra, I'm not too sure I like the black background or the lighting but I will be having another go on Thursday where I am hoping to refine and perhaps somehow make these photos better.

I have to mention something that happened...a girl in my class who didn't have her model was in the studio helping and asked me "is that your brother?",  I giggled a little and said "no, this is my son" to which she then said "you look far too young to have a child",  I told her I actually have four and she just couldn't believe it. I think I found my new bff!

My model was very good and all he asked for payment was chips from the vending machine for $2...score!

PS. Any suggestions or tips would be wonderful

i've been

[+] falling in love with a new addition to my camera family
[+] borrowing a lot of photography books from library
[+] preparing my first guest post ever
[+] booking a special event for earth hour next week
[+] stressing about a studio shoot next week
[+] wearing big heavy boots to uni only to discover it isn't necessary
[+] watching the newest big bang theory episodes
[+] epilating my legs...finally
[+] worrying about my little boy who hasn't been well

list four: things on my desk

[+] Books...a WHOLE lot of books
[+] iMac
[+] Self healing mat that I use as my mouse pad
[+] My hard drive
[+] Glass of water to make sure that I drink plenty of water
[+] Small plant
[+] iphone

This is my desk cleaned...I usually have a LOT more on there

Hi there goodnightlittlespoon friends! I'm Katyha from lovekatyha and I was overjoyed when Bianca asked me to guest blog for her while she is away celebrating her 21st and spending time with her family and friends.

So today I am here to share with you a little list that Bianca was curious to about ;)







* This was me at school - I was in Year 12 and the year is 1990



* My parents - mum was pregnant with my brother so I think this is 1978. I am the one standing up and my older sister is next to our picnic box :P  I am five and both my parents 25

* What makes me laugh? nothing beats a Seinfeld episode - they never get old

And to add my list of things I like to discover about people:
- what is inside their bag
- what is on their desk
- what books are on your bookcase
- what is on the front of your fridge
- what you collect

thanks you Bianca for having me...it was a real pleasure & honour! I can't wait to see all the other guest posts :D

film corner

My review
Faster ?
Flipped ???
The Green Hornet ?
Lost in translation ?
Morning Glory ?
The Social network ??

not good

today has not been a good day

[+] a water pipe outside our house burst leaving us without water until 3pm
[+] water was turned off and all the boys at that precise moment felt the need to go to the toilet
[+] I didn't have a shower early in the morning so I was in PJ's most of the day until the water was turned back on & I had a shower at 3pm
[+] I got a lovely surprise from the period fairy, couldn't have been worse timing (sorry if there are any guys reading this)
[+] it was so hot and and humid today
[+] spent the day reading, but not fun reading, homework reading :(

the day couldn't have been any worse....oh wait

I sent Andres to buy me pads and he came back with the wrong ones *sigh*

list three: 15 awesome things

My sister and I, I am the one with pigtails

1. Taking off your bra after wearing it all day...heaven
2. The feel of clothes or bed sheets against your bare skin after a leg wax
3. The smell of something baking in the oven
4. Opening your wallet and finding money you didn't know you had, right when you needed it
5. New stationery
6. Stepping on crunchy leaves
7. When someone highlights a book you are now researching
8. Catching someone you like looking at you
9. Looking through old family photos
10. Catching up to a car that has just passed you at the next red light
11. Checking somebody out and not getting busted
12. Alone in the car singing your favourite song...loudly
13. A cool breeze after a very warm day
14. Peeing after holding it forever
15. Taking your ponytail out

a most excellent week

This past week has been so exciting for me, I have had access to what seems like millions of nikon lenses through uni and I feel giddy with delight. I have the one I used on the above photos for the whole weekend! A most excellent week & weekend is ahead ;)

P.S. For those I mentioned this to, Joshua got his L's...finally

list two: embarrassing music on my ipod

• Kenny Rogers - Crazy
• New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)
• Rick Astley - It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
• Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially for you
• Jennifer Lopez & Marc Antony - No me ames
• Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly - Whenever your away from me
• Roger Whittaker - The last farewell
• Kenny Rogers - She believes in me

I probably have a few more...but really, I don't want to embarrass myself too much. I totally blame Kenny Rogers and Roger Whittaker on my mum!

photography

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch ~ Jodi Picoult

birthday boy

I can't believe he is 16! where did the time go?