The Amalgamation

Photography, Lomo L-CA+ 35 mm film scan, June 2008.

A multiple exposure showing both my face and my feet.

Photograph, Lomo L-CA+ 35 mm film scan, June 2008.

Looking out the window, what did I see? Two kids kicking a soccer ball into a tree.

Photograph, Lomo L-CA+ 35 mm film, June 2008.

This is a double exposure showing both a young girl and the television show she was watching at the time.

Photograph, June 2008.

Taking a drive on a coastal / rural road one gloomy afternoon.

Copyright F. Lokot 2008

Photograph, May 2008.

Looking out across the front fence, I espied this stripy couch on the roadside. Either it was picked up by a garbage truck, or it was stolen by the individuals who travel around scavenging junk from people’s front nature strips (the grassy bit next to the footpath).

Photograph (Nikon D40), June 2008.

Cropping and colour adjustments made in iPhoto.

Photograph, June 2008.

That’s me in this photo, taken recently on a cold winter afternoon. It makes me laugh, a lot!

Photograph, June 2008.

Here’s a photo scanned from our first batch of photos from our new Lomo LC-A+ with the Russian Lens. It’s a film camera, hence the scanning. Yay! I love the character and spontaneity of this brand of photography.

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Photograph, May 2008.

Photograph, 12 May 2008.

I love the unique textures of this tree. Unfortunately, someone planted them too close to the sewer lines - they are the kind of tree that seeks out water and breaks into pipes. We ended up having to get some of the trees removed and the sewer line replaced. You don’t want to know what the backyard looked like before the pipes were fixed. So gross!

We call it a paper bark tree though I can’t identify what exactly this type of tree is.

Photograph, colour 35 mm film, scanned and adjusted in iPhoto, 2002/2008.

This is the old house at Mathison Park, Churchill, Victoria, Australia. Having taken many a stroll on the walking track there, I had often wondered what this building was doing there. Eventually, the Churchill newspaper ran an article on the history of the local area, interviewing a lady who had once lived in the house.

More information:

Walking trails in the Latrobe Valley

Churchill on Wikipedia

Photograph, January 2008.

I have no idea what this plant is, but we have a few of them growing around our garden.

Photo, May 2008.

Black swan (Cygnus atratus) diving for food or something… Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

Photograph, 35 mm colour film in Ricoh RZ-735, scanned and edited in iPhoto, 2002 / 2008.

This is a photo from my beachside honeymoon. I can’t believe I’ve been married over six years now. I’m only aged in my mid-20s. I don’t feel old enough to have been married that long!

Photograph, early 2008.

Leaves + afternoon sun = photomographs!!

Photograph, October 1999.

I took this photo on an old 35 mm film camera, I can’t remember what make it was. Sorry. It wasn’t a good, flashy one by any means. This was a sunset over my original home town, Leongatha. I would’ve been 17 years old at the time I took this. My photo collection goes back to when I was about 11 or 12 years old. I really enjoy taking snapshots of everyday life.

Photograph, May 2008.

I love the city’s mixture of old architecture with new things… This building is a well-known live music venue in Melbourne. Check out the gargoyles! The photo was taken from the car (I was the passenger, don’t panic!), while we waited for the lights to turn green.

Photograph, May 2008.

This is one of those sights I just found in the backyard. The kids had left their toys strewn (?) across the lawn, and I decided to help them tidy up. This sight of the lonely red plastic sandpit shovel seemed to begging for a portrait.

Photograph, December 2008.

Mmm… plastic Christmas tree…

Photograph, May 2008

Photograph, May 2008.

A trip to the in-laws’ usually results in a lot of photographic opportunities. I don’t know how much they enjoy having my husband and I sneaking around the house snapping pics of their possessions, but - well, they have some interesting stuff. Like a clock on the kitchen wall. This was shortly before lunch - spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Photograph, January 2008.

This is a pot of assorted miniature flowers that my mum gave me. (Happy Mothers’ Day, by the way!) It’s still flowering away on our front doorstep. I think these purple flowers are pretty - I know they’re common garden flowers and have a well-known name but right now I can’t think of it. That doesn’t change how nice they are. They’re so small and cute!

Photograph, January 2008.

Photograph, January 2008.

Look closely, you’ll see three sparrows tucking into a feast of left overs, at a food court in a city shopping centre. I’m not sure if I should’ve been disgusted - I was more amused by how cute and mischievous the birds seemed!

Photograph, March 2008.

In this case, I’m the model, not the photographer. Playing an A Major chord, in case you’re wondering!