Say "Holidays"
My mother has this lovely spirit about her which I have always admired. As children we grew up with my grandfather’s video camera pointed at us and my mother’s point and shoot. At this Christmas just passed, I was taking family photos and became very aware that all the grandchildren were happy to have their photo taken and even went out of their way to pose and give me their attention for a moment. You could see them ‘sense’ when a candid was coming and stop chewing their food. I found it entertaining. But I’m on a tangent! I spent a weekend in McCrae taking photos, eating nice things and going for drives and bike rides. On the last day we headed up one of the local piers and there were quite a few tourists taking advantage of the long weekend. Watching others having their holiday portraits taken I was reminded of how my mother would aim her camera at us and in an attempt to make us smile, yell out in her lovely sing song way “Say Holidays”
Thanks to my collab partner James
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Suzanne German, 7 months ago
lovely water Jo and the write-up’s really sweet! That water looks good enough to walk into and soak in – bet it’s boiling in melbourne! Was 2 degrees this morning when I was driving to work in cambridge!
love these melbourne / victoria beach scenes – makes me think of my birth town a lot!
Chris Munday, 7 months ago
wow this is amazing!
Tom Broderick IPA, 7 months ago
nice pic love your story. tom
Kristy Lee, 7 months ago
Ahh Jo..what a beautiful memory you’ve shared with us. That, combined with this image, just has me feeling all warm n fuzzy. Sounds like a great weekend! Glad you had some time out :)
Krisso, 7 months ago
This is a beautiful shot and the story fits in nicely. I love the way you’ve portrayed this one. “Holidays!!” :)
Daniel Rayfield
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7 months ago
This is georgeous!!!!
Boadicea, 7 months ago
I wanna go to the beach NOW!!!!
Sorina Williams, 7 months ago
Water looks amazing! I almost didn’t pay attention to the background which looks just as perfect.
Karen Cougan, 7 months ago
HOLIDAYS….........great thing to say….....this water looks amazing Jo….....well done….and thanks for sharing your memories….....xkc
Paul Vanzella
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7 months ago
love the way the foreground works – reminds us all of the holidays… but more importantly this image has a mood we can all relate to…! Great shot!
Rhys Jones, 7 months ago
Great work
dechefbloke, 7 months ago
nice
Tammy Soulliere, 7 months ago
Looks soo inviting! Crystal clear waters crisp and clean ahh such envy! What a holiday! Great capture
Karl Schlemmer, 7 months ago
Very nice fine art seascape. Well done :-)
Murray Newham, 7 months ago
beautiful, I spent australia day break up the peninsula, I keep forgetting how lucky we are to have such beautiful beaches…
ferndesign, 7 months ago
stunning work
David Harris, 7 months ago
Really nice capture!
annacuypers, 7 months ago
Nice text and picture. I feel related to this. Wish I was there instead of in cold and wet Belgium. But it’s nice to see something beautiful.
LostBoy1, 7 months ago
Look at that sparkling water…makes me wanna flounder about in it :)
Tom Vaughan, 5 months ago
such a nice transition from foreground to far with the bright beach as the lure… nice!
AmandaWitt, 5 months ago
Love the shadows/ripples in the water. I definitely have the sea in my blood!
dimarie, 4 months ago
Lovely Gorgeous pic!
I live about 15 minutes from there…
Beautiful area, I love it!
I could never live away fro the beach…
Natalie Broome, 4 months ago
I love the effect of the water, great capture!
Patricia L. Ba..., 3 months ago
Beautiful shot, Jo. Unusual viewpoint and the light is fascinating.
Charles Adams, 3 months ago
love this image …....it has a great feel to it….....great work
Holly Werner, 2 months ago
Light reflection is wonderful here.
elbambino, 4 days ago
Great image..Nice one 1!