Melissa Kirkham

Been so very busy with study and life in general and a lot of crap going on at home, I pop in from time to time and look at all the new photos and writings you have put up but I havent really had a chance to comment.

So I hope you are all well and the weather is treating you all nicely. I will be back after mid year exams :)

and I was cooking breakfast when it happened :)

Thank you to who ever bought Mixing up a Batch you have made my day and been the first person to buy off me. Thank you so very much :)

Jo and James will be proud :)

For Peter Rayner who sadly lost his fight with cancer.

At such a young age it is sad to see you go. Your son and step children shall always remember you and we are always thinking of you.

Sleep well Peter and may you forever rest in peace.

Peter Rayner a hero in his son’s eyes. Sorry for your loss mum.

They work in horrid situations but they keep going over 3100 fire fighters and volunteers are away from home and family fighting fires to save our lives. The devastation is all around us.

Driving home last night I saw where the Kilmore fires had jumped the hume highway and headed towards Tallarook Yea and Seymour, now under control with over 80 trucks there so many lives were lost.

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I feel sorry for you all now :)

Well as some of you may know last week I went in for my operation on Wednesday… Well things went very well and although I am sitting here with many stitches and much pain I am one of the most happiest girls in the world….

I still have 3 weeks of recovery to go but things are looking good and the swelling slowly going down….

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I rocked up to the gallery opening to find I had sold Jo and James already… OMG from not wanting to enter to entering and thinking yeah nothing will sell I don’t have a chance in hell to getting there and Paul telling me I had a nice surprise up there I am still in shock…..

Thanks to Paul for telling me to enter it was a great experience and a wonderful first time experience as well.
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Can not thank these two enough for agreeing to do these shots, the soup pot shots came to me on the way to dinner at the Blue Duck on Saturday night, Jo may not remember doing it but I have the proof.

Here you will find in the making of the shots and the actual shots :)

In the making of the soup pot

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Ok me playing with camera and lighting and shutter speeds and Kheltic once again being very patient

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Once again Kheltic was my model (got to love that girl) Kel became my sweet and innocent patient. Who right up until her teddy was taken was a happy little girl. Her favourite past times were pretneding to be a nurse at reception and playing with her pink teddy.

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Aradale Weekend thank you to Kheltic who was my very beautiful model and patient while I played with settings and lighting and delt with every weird idea I had….And Reg Lyons who happily went and got changed as soon as I had an idea.

This was not intended to be a whore series but when got into it, it just sort of worked that way :)

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