david gilliver


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david gilliver
City: Bentleigh
Country: Australia
Joined: Jun 2007

wannabe photographer, occasional writer

See more of my photos at photos.gilliver.net

I’m primarily a portrait photographer so you’ll probably see my best work on my website.

I prefer to avoid image editing with Photoshop, so most of the images you’ll see here are direct-from-camera (they’ll be marked as ‘unedited image’). My philosophy is usually: if it needs Photoshop, I must have stuffed up.

For the record, I hate the expressions “nice capture”, “great capture”, “lovely capture” etc. Very few of my photos are accidental so I don’t like the implication that I was merely lucky.

It’s been a while since I finished any writing but I’ve uploaded some older pieces here.

photo of David by Kit

Journal Entries

finding home

Posted 10 months ago, 4 comments so far.

fireworks photos

Posted 11 months ago, 1 comment so far.

talking about some of my photos

Posted about 1 year ago.

Writing

Family

At dawn, the house is quiet. The sun peers in a window and reaches for the untouched bed. Out on the balcony a restless man awakens from his threadbare sleep, his face streaked by tears.

One Reason

That’s not the whole story / Well it scares me anyway / I don’t know what I need to hear / To make me stay

I: This Time

I don’t know why / We persevered / This time / It stops right here

II: Pretty Things & Stupid Words

Cupid fired an arrow / Without taking aim / I feel no fear / And I feel no pain

III: Riding Out The Storm

A man jumped into the water / And didn’t try to swim / I just held my breath / I didn’t do a thing

Last Night In December

Don’t worry, I won’t come around / I remember all the rules / Whatever you think I am these days / I hope I’m not a fool

Watchlist

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