Belgrave – John Weeks Photography

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FLORA PHOTOGRAPHY

The photo below is a recent pic I had snapped at my garden in Belgrave (Belgrave, Australia)

As always, I am very grateful for the comments I had received on social media.

Comments:

Liz F. > Stunning 💜💜💜
Ian W. > Beautiful
Judith L. > Stunning colour John
Colin P. > So vivid colour…what is it?
Rosemary D. > It’s a cornflower. I planted some in Autumn, so come Spring I can take photos.
Christine U. > Beautiful flower, thanks for sharing John.
Lyn C. > Beautiful John, such a lovely colour.
Clare R. > Stunning
Margaret W. > That’s so pretty
Jenny H. > Beautiful shot

Here are two photos that I had snapped in the past:

PUFFING BILLY, TRAIN OF LIGHTS

Photographer, Kathie Thomas and I had been invited by Puffing Billy to photograph their dress rehearsal night for their Train of Lights event (to be active during the school holidays, June/July. It was a volunteers only night.
I travelled on the train in the media carriage (with the crew of Channel Nine TV), whilst Kathie positioning herself on specific viewable roadside spots, adjacent to the railway track. (I joined her on the return trip from Gembrook to Lakeside in Emerald (Victoria, Australia). I edited 120 photos out of approx. 600.

Belgrave (Puffing Billy) railway station is situated in Belgrave, a suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. It is the inner terminal of the famous Puffing Billy heritage steam railway.

Belgrave (Puffing Billy) is adjacent to, and forms an interchange with, Belgrave suburban railway station, which is the outer terminal of the Belgrave line of Melbourne’s broad gauge (5 ft 3in) electric suburban network. The suburban station is accessible via a short footpath. Before this station was built, the original narrow gauge line ran from the original site of the narrow-gauge station (approximately where the existing Metro station car park is) to Selby station.

Here are 3 photos I wish to share:

BELGRAVE LANTERN PARADE

The Belgrave Lantern Festival, in Victoria, Australia, is an annual celebration of the winter solstice, through community and creativity with a display of hundreds of homemade lanterns. The event takes place in the main street of Belgrave from around 5pm – 7:30pm and attracts thousands of visitors.

Here is a photo that I snapped last night:

NEGATIVES TO DIGITAL PROJECT

PART 4

It is a slow process to digitize all my film negatives that I have in storage from my days of using my Olympus 35 mm camera, as well as the Kodak Instamatic Camera, back in the period of the 1970s to 1980s. It is a fun project I have thrown myself into!

Here is another photo I had snapped back in the 1970s:

‘Walking On The Rocks’ – near Mentone, Victoria, Australia.

OLD CAMERAS

PART 5

Zeiss Ikon Camera
Source: Time magazine, 8 August 1960

PUFFING BILLY TRAIN

Here is another photo I had snapped the other night …

FINALLY

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John Weeks
Australia
johnweekstraveller@gmail.com

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FOX ON THE RUN

I visited the Braeside Wetlands this morning to photographed birds in the wild. I was joined by fellow photographer Kathie Thomas.

Braeside Park Wetlands Circuit trail provides visitors with a number of wetlands viewing opportunities and to observe the many varied bird species that reside in the park. The trail travels through open Red Gum and Manna Gum bushland area to the north east of the wetlands, with more grassy vegetation along the south western edge. Source: Park Vic https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/sites/wetland-circuit-trail

Sadly, there were few birds about this morning, however I was absolutely delighted to see a beautiful fox nearby. Here are two photos (among others) I had snapped of this wild creature:

There have been very few opportunities that I was able to photograph foxes in the wild. Here are two photos I had snapped in 2018:

Foxes fighting. Location: Upwey, Victoria, Australia. 16 July 2018. Ref. 1886

Two foxes at my neighbour’s backyard in Belgrave, Victoria, Australia. 24 March, 2018. Ref. 1578.

BIRDS AT BRAESIDE WETLANDS

Despite the seemingly lack of a huge amount of bird life around, we walked around the Wetlands circuit, approx 5 kms or so (I was informed that equates to over 10,000 steps today!), I did manage to snapped many photos of the bird life that was seen. Here are a couple photos of mine:

Birds Sighted today:

Black Swan
Gray Teal
Chestnut Teal
Blue-billed Duck
Australasian Grebe
Spotted Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Tawny Frogmouth
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen
Silver Gull
Little Pied Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Great Egret
White-faced Heron
Australian Ibis
Eastern Rosella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Superb Fairywren
Noisy Miner
Brown Thornbill
Gray Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Gray Fantail
Magpie-lark
Little Raven
Welcome Swallow
Common Myna
Eurasian Blackbird
Red-browed Firetail

(Thank you, Kathie Thomas, for the bird list)

MY PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN INDIA

A few years ago I travelled around India, particularly in Kolkata (Calcutta), and one of the many subjects that I challenged myself with was photographing popular singer, Christopher Lobo, at the many venues that he was performing at. I gave Christopher a whole lot of photos of mine for him to use in his publicity and media activities. I am delighted that he is using many of these photos to this day. Here is an example of such use:

Here is the original Photo of mine:

Keep on rockin, Christopher!!

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Agfa Optima – News Chronicle and Daily Despatch, 27 February, 1960.

BIG ROSE

‘Sculpture – Rose’ – Date: 24 March, 2010 – Ref. 361

FINALLY

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For more information on the photographic digital books that I m producing go to https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography/e-books

John Weeks
Australia
johnweekstraveller@gmail.com

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I love all aspects about photography hence this Newsletter. I wish to share things that I enjoy about this medium. If you like what you have read, please subscribe to receive future Newsletters 🙂 Comments are also nice to receive. By the way, check out my official website: https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography
John Weeks, johnweekstraveller@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

I was born in Melbourne, Australia.

In 1996, I decided to become totally immersed in Community Radio and the music scene. And, of course, photography! And from these diverse mediums of communication and expression, I have been able to achieve a lifestyle full of creativity and inventiveness.

My photography has been featured on music websites, festival & concert promotional material, CD covers, music videos, and various projects on commission (eg town murals).

My photos have been published in such newspapers as The Guardian (UK), The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Free Press Trader, Maroondah Weekly, and The Yarra Ranges Weekly.

My philosophy in photography is that everything that is visible hides something that is invisible so photography for me is an act of discovery.

THIS EVENING’S SUNSET

I snapped this photo of tonight’s sunset from my home in Belgrave (Victoria, Australia).

An hour ago, I shared this pic on various platforms on social media. I was touched by the favourable comments I have received (and still receiving whilst writing up this Blog). Thank you so much, people.

Leonie S. > Fantastic photography ✅❤️
Theresa H. > Beautiful John 💜
Barb S. > Beautiful
Amanda J. > Stunning
Bernadette S. > What a catch.
Martina P. > superb
Judith L. > Fantastic John
Bet B. > What a .Photo great, 1st prize.
Gillian G. > Amazing John !!
Robyn C. > Wow beautiful!
Mark B. > Great shot John.
Colin P. > Shimmmmmering in the sunlight
Pam R. > Beautiful

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19510402 Canon Camera Company – Time magazine

NEGATIVES TO DIGITAL PROJECT

Currently I am sorting through thousands of negatives of photos that I had snapped in the days of using my Olympus OM-1, a manually-operated 35 mm single-lens reflex camera. I also used the point & shoot camera Kodak instamatic camera. My project is converting these negatives into producing edited digital images.

Here is one of those edited photos of mine:

K C And The Sunshine Band in concert – Festival Hall, Melbourne
14 April, 1980.

A MUSIC BREAK

‘A Music Break’
During an acoustic music performance there comes a period where the artists need a break before their next session. This photo depicts one of those well deserved breaks.

FINALLY

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The Photography of John Weeks :
Official Website: https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography
Red Bubble: www.redbubble.com/people/jweeks/art
Facebook: https://facebook.com/johnweeksphotography
Instagram: https://instagram.com/johnweekstraveller/
Diaspora social media : https://diasp.eu/u/johnweeks
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Merchandise : https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography/merchandise

John Weeks
Australia