I’m almost up to my ears in research for this book, but here’s a little more that I’m still
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Back at Dave’s, we opened up the sliding doors into his dining room.  He’d already moved the dining table & side tables out of the room in preparation.  We rolled out the underlay, but not without having a little fun.  After all, we’re not only laying plastic grass inside the house, but we’re doing so over the top of his rather lovely floorboards.


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There’s been an ongoing joke amongst my friends & colleagues that I see the world through my lens.  Never before have I actually seen exactly what they meant.

I know that everyone sees things differently… but it’s a rare thing when we actually get to see how differently.   When I look at something, I unconsciously note the lines, angles, lighting ( Read more... )

By now, many of you know about my Shoe Project. 
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Sunday 3rd October 2010

Leaving work on Saturday, I received a picture message on my mobile phone from Dave. It read, “After some initial apprehension, Marvin very quickly learnt to love the new Astroturf.” And sure enough, the picture was Marvin in the dining room on a bright green floor!! Throwing on my hands-free kit, I called Dave as I ( Read more... )

Sunday 26th September 2010

In late August / early September, Dave went to Melbourne to do two things: watch a live AFL game & go on a long pub crawl with a couple of good mates. The first thing he did after arriving in Melbourne was just walk around, letting the crosswalk systems determine his next direction. Whichever switched to Walk first was ( Read more... )

Boeung Tonlé Sap, or Tonlé Sap Lake, is the largest freshwater floodplain lake in the world. Unique to the Tonlé Sap, twice a year the flow of the river that feeds it changes direction.

15km from the town of Siem Reap, floating on the waters of the Boeung Tonlé Sap, is the village of Chong Khneas. A village with its way of life deeply intertwined ( Read more... )

Now that I’ve finished studying my shiny new diploma of makeup for film, theatre & media, I’ve been spending a fair bit of my time back working on my Shoe Project.

This week I’ve collected most of my related photographs onto my spare hard-drive & have subfoldered them into categories relation to the type of shoe or it’s state of disrepair. There ( Read more... )

Lately it seems almost everyone I know has at least one pair of "Chucks" or a fake.

I still have my first pair of One Stars that my dad bought me for my 14th birthday (a long time ago) because the shop stuffed up & ordered them instead of the All Stars I'd wanted. I still have them.... worn almost to death & loved nearly into pieces. However ( Read more... )

A while ago I mentioned I was working on a couple of books. The shoe's book is still coming along, slowly but surely. I'll be collecting some more photos during May while I'm in China, watching my mother attempt to beat the record of how many pairs she can buy in a single day (currently thats 24 pairs of shoes & 13 handbags ( Read more... )