Showing posts with label tourist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tourist. Show all posts

Friday, September 2, 2011

playing tourist

I'm still head down working on getting 52 Suburbs Around the World up. Before I launch into crowd
funding, I'm seeing how many sponsors I can woo to help us make our way around the globe. 
And I have some news on that front which I am just a little thrilled about - will let you know next week.

In the meantime I thought I'd share a little of what else I've been up to recently. A few weeks ago
SHFA (Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority) gave me a pretty fun brief: to wander around the Rocks
and Darling Harbour for a few days and take pics in my usual diptych/double-image way.

It was almost surreal. Having hung out in the burbs for so long, here I was in the heart of Sydney's tourist 
centre, snapping away alongside visitors from all over the planet. But of course, unlike them, 
I wasn't interested in taking glamour shots of the Opera House or bridge or harbour. While they were
focused on the big icons, I was shooting their shoes or their ears or whatever. Or sidling up to a piece
of sandstone or door and shooting that.

However, I did enter fully into the tourist spirit when I visited the Chinese Garden at Darling 

Harbour. Having never been I was almost giddy with delight when I discovered you can dress up
in full Chinese princess garb and wander around the lovely lake there. Luckily Coco was in the mood
to play dress-up and away we went, happy as any tourist could hope to be.

I can't show you the images SHFA have chosen but here's a handful of extras...






ready, aim, fire










swirls









hey handsome









a happy marriage









frozen in time









London Eye-ish









playing princess









true love









squawk!









I ♡ you too 





I'll be back with a progress report on 52 Suburbs Around the World early next week.