Watching the ANZAC parade 2009 (Part 1)

This was my second watching the ANZACs as they marched through St. Kilda Road, to the Shrine of Remembrance. It’s a parade which represents a mix of emotions – solemnity, a remembrance of those fallen, an affirmation of those who came back.
We see the drummer boys and girls

children and grandchildren accompanying the marchers

and waving the flag

Of course, the March Marshalls have their hands full coordinating movements. Some have to actively point out where to stand

In the end, you get some incongruous combinations

Watch out for Part 2…

Dreaming in Melbourne

There is a field of Dreamers in Melbourne for the Festival. Chia and I went for a shoot. It turned out sunny on Saturday, lots of interesting angles. Hard to chimp and think though. The bright sun made LCD viewing difficult and I had to figure out whether the white Dreamers would bias exposure towards dull greys or whether the metering system would be completely confused and burn the highlights. In the end, I bracketed but not enough EV 0.7 is a minimal bracket in such situations and to have clear differences, it would be better to go for EV 1 or EV 1.3. But then, do you bracket to get near choices or do you bracket to throw away the extremes? If you bracket to throw away the extremes, then why bracket?

With a field of Dreamers do they dream all the same dream or do they dream contentiously?



Do we dream in the sun or only in the dark?

And the perennial, do you dream in colour



or in black and white

From Dreamers