Sunset – John Weeks Photography

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Official Website: https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography
Email : johnweekstraveller@gmail.com or johnweekstraveller@iinet.net.au

TODAY’S PHOTO

Coming home this evening from presenting a 2-hour radio show at radio station, 3MDR 97.1 FM, (see https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/musicmemorabilia/radio-shows ), I noticed this beautiful evening sky with a ray effect from the sun to the clouds. As I carry my camera around with me regularly I quickly snapped this image and shared it immediately after on social media. Apart from receiving some really nice compliments (which I humbly embrace and appreciate) I found it very interesting to read people’s comments on how they see the image from their own perspective.

Here is sample of the comments I received:

Lynda R. > “that looks like a huge eye at the top”
Lena G. > “Looks like someone going to heaven”
Soph A. > “Looks like a fetal ultrasound”
Colin P. > “Looks threatening…dark and forbidding”
Derek D. > “They’re calling for me.”
Jess L. > “Looks like the bat signal to me.”
Jana R. > “Eyeball! That’s what I can see!”
Andrew M. > “The eye of Mordor!”

RECENT BIRD PHOTOS

Here are a few photos I had snapped in the last couple of weeks, mostly around my property in Belgrave (Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia).

NEGATIVES TO DIGITAL PROJECT

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!

Part 6

Here are a couple of pics that I snapped in the 1970s when I was with some friends at a ten-pin bowling venue in the town of Moorabbin (Victoria, Australia):

OLD CAMERAS

Part 8 : Rolleiflex Camera, 1961

TRAIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Another project I am working on is an e-book showcasing the many photos I had taken of trains over the last 50 years, here in Australia and abroad..

Here is one image that will be included in my proposed digital book:

Location: Belgrave, Victoria, Australia. 2010.

FINALLY

By the way, check out my official website https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography

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

The Photography of John Weeks :
Official Website: https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhotosByJWeeks
Merchandise : https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography/merchandise

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SLOW SHUTTER PHOTOS

Recently I submitted photos to the monthly photo competition organised by the Hills Photographic Society. The theme was ‘Slow Shutter Photography’. I didn’t receive any awards at last Thursday night’s meeting. The judging, on this occasion was conducted internally (due to an unexpected cancellation of an outside judge). Personally I prefer a qualified outside judge to assess and comment on the received photos. It is my way of further learning the techniques of photography.

Anyway, here are the four photos that I submitted:

HASSELBLAD MAGAZINES

A local photographer recently donated a stack load of magazines to the Hills Photographic Society for the members to take home. Even though I am not a ‘Hasselblad’ photographer, I took a few of these magazines in order to study the technique of some of the photographers that were featured in the magazines. In my view, you do not stop learning.

Here are some of these magazines, dating back to 1997/98, published in Sweden. Thankfully, the content is in English.

BIRDWATCHING AT LYSTERFIELD LAKE

Last Wednesday, 25 May, 2022, I and fellow photographer, Kathie Thomas, spent three and half hours at Lysterfield Lake, snapping photos of the many birds that we sighted there.

Lysterfield Lake (Victoria, Australia) is very popular for canoeing, kayaking and sailing, mostly on the weekends or public holidays. People take a refreshing swim in one of two swimming bays with sandy shores. There is lots to explore on the large lake. There’s canoeing or kayaking in order to view waterbirds and habitat that can’t be seen from land.

Here are the results of the day of our photography:

Protocol: Traveling
Complete
• Observers: 2
• Duration: 3 hr, 25 min
• Distance: 6.5 km

Species observed:

Pacific Black Duck – Number observed: 2
Musk Duck – Number observed: X
Eurasian Coot – Number observed: 5
Australasian Swamphen – Number observed: 12
Silver Gull – Number observed: 4
Little Pied Cormorant – Number observed: X
Little Black Cormorant – Number observed: 8
Straw-necked Ibis – Number observed: 4
Gang-gang Cockatoo – Number observed: 7
Galah – Number observed: 2
corella sp. – Number observed: 5
Crimson Rosella – Number observed: 3
Rainbow Lorikeet – Number observed: 2
Superb Fairywren – Number observed: X
Lewin’s Honeyeater – Number observed: 2
Yellow-faced Honeyeater – Number observed: 3
Noisy Miner – Number observed: 1
Red Wattlebird – Number observed: 1
White-browed Scrubwren – Number observed: 2
Brown Thornbill – Number observed: X
Gray Butcherbird – Number observed: 1
Australian Magpie – Number observed: 3
Pied Currawong – Number observed: 2
Magpie-lark – Number observed: 3
Little Raven – Number observed: 7
Welcome Swallow – Number observed: 1

(Thank you, Kathie Thomas, for the statistics)

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Zeiss Ikon Contina – Time Magazine, 4 April 1955

TODAY’S PHOTO

‘As The Sun Goes Down’ – I snapped this image today from my home in Belgrave (Victoria, Australia).

Thank you for the kind comments I received on social media this evening:

Lyn C. > Beautiful, lovely layers of colour. 👏🤗
Judith L. > Stunning,amazing colours John
Ian R. W. > Awesome
Peter J. D. > Stunning.
Joanne F. > Glorious.
Norma B. > Absolutely gorgeous!!
Brenda D. > The dead the living and the never ending…..
Christine E. > Beautiful thankyou
Colin P. > Moody skies…great silhouettes to balance
Robyn C. > Absolutely beautiful 🥰
Carmel H. > Gorgeous ❤️❤️
Sue F. > Magnificent!

FINALLY

By the way, check out my official website https://johnweekstraveller.wixsite.com/photography

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

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

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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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John Weeks
Australia