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I’m a proud Sydney Westy, and it’s events like the Haldon St Festival in Lakemba and makes me love my area even more.

The one-day event is a spectacle of food, amusement, music and dance performances. It draws a neat crowd, which means lots on interesting subjects for me!

A couple of weeks ago some good friends and I went over to Cockatoo Island for the Sydney Biennale. Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour. It begun as a imperial prison and then changed to a reformatory, then gaol, then shipyard, and finally a heritage site.

For the Biennale, old warehouses, tunnels and cells were turned into art spaces - spookily so. I didn’t really undertand most of what was on display, but I did enjoy William Kentridge’s animated projections.

Anyway, it was a good chance to dust of my neglected mamiya and my past-due-date rolls of slide film. Despite the confusing artwork and windy weather, Cockatoo Island is a truly interesting space to photograph in.

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This is the token tourist shot, via the free MCA ferry to the island.

This gentleman was clicking away the amount of people coming off the dock. He had such a great face, and very awesome eyebrows, that I had to ask for a picture.

Reflections are fun.

The sky wasn’t actually this dark, so this photo was tweaked a bit in photoshop. I like the dramatic doom and gloom quality, and also the little rainbow next to the sun.

Donica

Hoi, fellow medium format geek.

This is one of those photos frustrating photos that I know could have been so much better. In this case, I wish I was on the outside of the ferry (check reflection), that I moved just a little to the right (to avoid the window sill on the left), that I carried a polarising filter (to filter out some of the blinding reflection on the water), and that I clicked a little faster (so the sailship is larger in frame).

To that end, I’m still including this because I’m a sucker for back-lit pictures, and I love the light through the sail.

This is me nearly at the end of roll and trying to finish the frames so I can get the role developed. Family members and pot plants are useful in these situations. Meet my mum. She’s so cute :).

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