Fancy travel - Los Angeles travel diary

For the big US trip, Mat and I spent the first five days exploring Los Angeles. I have to admit, at first LA was a little scary. We stayed in the middle of Downtown, which was not the safest of neighbourhoods. But after a couple of days, we've learnt which strip to avoid and as a result have fallen in love with its grungy charm. I was in awe with all the art deco architecture and the abundance of old signage that the city has on offer. Devoured huge servings of extremely tasty food and explored many hidden bars and consumed gallons of super potent cocktails. Here are just some of the my favourite photos from the trip. All were taken with my trusty old Minolta.

Fancy adventure: Barrington Tops {part two}

Just a few of my favourite photos from Barrington Tops. Am saddened by how quickly one can adjust to working life. Even though we took the trip just two weeks ago, it now seems nothing but ancient history. Trying to hold on to that little bit of festivity still within me. Isn't it about time for someone to invent a time machine?

Hope you guys are having a great week. Click here if you would like to see more photos from my recent outing.

Fancy adventure: Barrington Tops {part one}

During the Christmas/NewYear holidays, Mat and I took another small trip to Barrington Tops. It is about four and a half hour drive from Sydney and easily one of my most favourite weekend getaway spots ever. 

For this trip, I cleaned up my dusty analogue Minolta and took it out for a spin. I wasn't sure whether it can still take good pictures but was really surprised when the photos came back better than I imagained. Other than a few fuzzy night shots, everything was perfect. I love looking through the analogue viewfinder, it is so different to a digital and to me so much more easier to use when composing a picture. The images has such warmth and depth to them which I believe is very difficult to capture with digital. It is not a cheap hobby, but will definitely experiment more with film photography in the future.

Super friendly wallaby, he was greeting us the moment we arrived.

The view from our balcony. Love to wake up to this every morning.

Desktop fancy: March calendar

Can you believe that it is March already? What have you planned for March? This month is going to be super crazy. Exciting things are happening for my line of products, lots of illustrations to be made, learning to say good bye to my closest friend who is moving overseas and a celebration for a 5th year anniversary for Mat and I. Sometimes I wish we have the ability to slow down time, but I guess it wouldn't be as exciting than.

I hope you will like this desktop calendar I have created for you. All you need to do is to click on the link which corresponds to your desktop size and save it on your computer. Let me know if you have a specific screen size in mind and I will try to accommodate.

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Minolta 404si

Minolta 404si
Date acquired : approx. year 2000
It was a present from mum and dad, it was my baby for about 4 years until I got my first digital camera. I’ve used it again recently when my digital camera was broken, however it is getting more and more redundant as it costs a lot of money and effort just to get the film developed.
Emotional worth: 4 stars