Mel Brackstone


OMG! Earthmonster Ink Awards!

Posted 4 days ago

EMI So much talent, such a fabulous year of art, writing and collaborating.

Thank you so much to Mark and everyone at EMI!

Happy New Year everyone!

I’m offline more than not for the next few weeks, cya all soon!

xxx


Silvershotz folio 2009

Posted 7 days ago

Those of you who’ve been lucky enough to have received their copies of Silvershotz folio 2009 will have been able to see how my images look in print.

Hope they look good, cos my copy hasn’t arrived yet, and since I’m leaving early in the morning I won’t see the magazine til I return home in a month’s time. Christmas strikes have been caus…

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AfterCapture Magazine

Posted 9 days ago

A nice Christmas day surprise, my honorable mention image The Humanitarian has been featured in the December/January issue of AfterCapture Magazine as a part of the prize from the 2009 Photography and Digital Imaging Competition, run by Double Exposure Magazine.

Thanks so much again …

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T'was the night before Christmas

Posted 9 days ago

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…

that’s cos they knew Mel had to do the books before she left for her trip, and no one was game to make a peep!

Hope everyone has a wonderful couple of weeks, however you are passing the time, and best wishes from me and mine for the new year! Thanks for being here, everyone!

x…

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Shadowman on Imaging Resource

Posted 18 days ago

Shadowman is taking a break over at Imaging Resource!

Shadowman series

and….

Fotoblur has featured one o…

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Bokeh

Posted 22 days ago

Another gem from twitter…..a series of add ons that will give you the most beautiful bokeh from a 50mm lens, amongst others….

Passed on by @Strobist

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Talk wordy to me

Posted 22 days ago

Here’s a blog that might interest some of my wordsmith watchers…..

The second article “Oh my aching brain” explains pretty much how I feel at the moment….heh

Enjoy!

Here’s a photo of one of my gorgeous nieces, reading….it must run in the family…

Passed on by ”@Stro…

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Ken Duncan has a spray about bureaucracy

Posted 26 days ago

Tone has journaled about Ken Duncan having a spray regarding the rules and regulations confronting photographers in Australia at the moment…as Ken states, there’d be much less tourism without the photographers….

This is a very interesting read….especially to those who are being accosted more and mor…

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Mel's a greenie (at heart)

Posted 26 days ago

Avatar change again, soz….I think I was born with the fiddle gene….Inspired by the awesome work of Nina Smart


Not too sure about this!

Posted about 1 month ago

Good Photography rarely comes from snap decisions!

Just read this on my twitter feed….and it started me thinking about how I take photos….now I’m not saying I take good photos, but I would refute that all good photos are planned! In fact the majority of my best work came directly from snap decisions!

What does everyone else think?

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