Hybrid

Clean, broad petals with crimson hues are a colourful declaration of the early arrival of summer. The brilliant explosion of these bulbs in my front garden never fails to impress. 

They had been threatening to burst for a few days now. Slowly growing in stature, the stems of this plant had prepared to boast.  Flowers, tightly closed, began to swell. And when finally the saturation of colour grew too great, they unfurled their exquisite form.

The dedicated artisans who crafted this Amaryllis-Belladonna hybrid can be justifiably proud of their enhancement of nature's work.

Small Business Essentials

Did you know that at Indelible Imaging, we do more than freelance photography?  We also do small business consultancy and training.  While this blog is usually dedicated to the exclusive promotion of our photography, we’re dedicating this week’s space to our newly released book called “Small Business Essentials: cashflow, sales and marketing principles you should know.”

Whether you’re an established small business or just thinking about getting one off the ground, this book is for you.  Written in an easy-to-understand style by Michael Partis, it is designed as an excellent primer for small business, no matter what country you are based in.  No chapter is longer than 2,000 words (that’s about 8 A4 pages) and it contains o industry jargon or acronyms.

Available today at the Apple iBooks store, you have the opportunity to be amongst the first to own a copy of our first published release.  For those of you who don’t use Apple technologies, don’t fret.  It should be available for other technologies before the end of the month.

Buy you copy today!

Spring

Winters aren’t particularly cold in Brisbane.  Days are mild, nights are cool, but neither are sufficiently chilly to compel nature into hibernation.  You hardly notice the difference until September comes.

And then come the first Spring showers, igniting garden beds in an explosion of colour.  Competing for attention, the brilliant hues of countless flowers bask in the sunlight.  For me, that is what Spring is all about.

There is little I enjoy more than fixing a macro lens to my camera and taking shots like this one.

The Singing Ship

Without doubt, it is perfectly positioned.  On a green hill overlooking a rocky shoreline, it is an exquisitely shaped vessel.  Painted brilliant white, it matches the colour of the crests of water washing over the sun-bleached stone beach.  From a distance, it is a monument that deserves admiration.

But it is so much more than that.   In a light breeze, the ship starts to talk.  Air rushes along its contours and through carefully designed holes along its length.  Its hum becomes a song as the wind increases.  As its voice rises and tails with the seaborne breeze, I cannot help but look around.  Surely there must be someone playing this instrument but it is only the elements.

After just a few minutes, I find myself hypnotised by its serenade and am disappointed when the wind drops far enough to silence it.  My mind wills the air to gust again so that I can hear this siren’s song.  I am teased by its occasional bursts.

41 years this monument has stood at Emu Park.  Commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of Captain Cook’s “discovery” of Australian in 1770, it was designed, built and paid for by locals.  If I was one of them, I would be proud of this testament to Australian exploration.