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Tag Archives: photos

Hair as a measure of difficult times

29 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Social Commentary

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COVID-19, photography, photos

I have basically maintained the same approach to my hair since the early 90s: wait until I perceived myself as becoming shaggy, go to a barber, get a number 1 all over including the beard. Nice, simple, neat.

Then 2020 happened. And things started getting complicated. Continue reading →

Well, that was spectacular.

20 Monday Jan 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Uncategorized

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Canberra, news of the weird, photography, photos

So. There I am, sitting in the cafe having lunch, minding my own business and playing Fate/Grand Order when the Canberra weather decided to get… exciting. Quickly. A couple of photos after the jump, and note that things were completely dry only a couple of minutes before this: Continue reading →

BEHOLD THE TERROR SPAWNED BY THE AUSTRALIAN FIRES

11 Saturday Jan 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Uncategorized

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Australian Fires, Canberra, Humour, photography, photos

As told in a recent tweet thread linked after the jump. Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Project 2018: Week 22 – Emotion

29 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by John Samuel in Weekly Photos

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Canberra, fitness, photography, photos, WPP2018

Regrettably this is a placeholder post for the moment to ensure that it is in the right place chronologically. I’ve been struggling with this theme because I can sometimes be uncomfortable photographing other people. I’ll come back to revise this post once I do have an entry for the theme.

EDIT: Partly inspired by Artemis’ comment, dread before, satisfaction and exhaustion after.

Emotion

Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Project 2018: Week 21 – Street Photography

22 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by John Samuel in Weekly Photos

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Melbourne, photography, photos, WPP2018

Another photo from the trip to Melbourne for this week. I suppose that, technically, this scene of the public space outside the State Library forecourt isn’t street photography per se but I liked the moment.

Street Photography

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