Found this book in St Kilda Botanical Park during a friend’s wedding ceremony. The position of the book was in its original position.
Abstract photograph of a flower
Dog tags and a military discharge paper on an American flag.
Childbirth also called labor, birth, partus or parturition is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the delivery of one or more newborn infants from a woman’s uterus. The process of human childbirth is categorized in 3 stages of labor. The first stage accomplishes the shortening and then the dilation of the cervix. It is deemed to have started when the cervix is 3 cm dilated, and ends with full dilation. Contractions begin in the first stage of labor although they may be irregular and sporadic at first. The second stage, often called the pushing stage, starts when the cervix is fully dilated and ends with the expulsion of the fetus. In the third stage, the placenta detaches from the uterine wall and is expelled through the birth canal. Preceding the onset of labor is a period called the latent phase. This phase may last many days, and the contractions are an intensification of the Braxton-Hicks contractions that start around 26 weeks gestation. Latent phase ends with the onset of active first stage labor. Mothers are often allowed a period where they are relieved of their normal duties to recover from childbirth. The length of this period varies.
Acrylic, collage on canvas. / SIze: Height 864 mm x Width 567 mm Taking over a period of 12 months to complete, this work started out as four separate feature areas working from original sketches studied from nature in the landscape (Brampston Beach, Far North QLD) . They were then combined into the one composition. Features are textures/patterns of collaged pieces and thickly applied, textured acrylic gel with multiple paint overlays. In artist’s collection.
^Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called l…
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice or even professional advice. This is some stuff I’ve learned along this funny little thing called life and may not apply in any way to your current situation. At worst, it’s my opinion, at best it’s some ideas for you to think about. If you need real proper advice, go see your solicitor. I’m of the opinion that photography should make me money, not cost me money. So far, I have been successful is making more from a photograph than it took me to create. Here is my list of not so secret tips and advice on covering your arse and saving your cash. When To Pay There are times where spending your hard earned money is the right choice. For example to obtain goods or services you can not find for less (or free) elsewhere. Or when you have done all the maths yourself and you feel you are buying into a good deal. But there are also some pit falls to watch out for. Art Direction, Ideas and Intellectual Property My rule of thumb, if I am paying to shoot, I should have full rights to everything I take. No ifs buts or maybes about it. If you shoot a commercial, the art direction team put together a shoot and then hire a photographer to take photos of what they and the crew have created. They pay for lighting design, they pay the models, they pay the hair stylist, they pay the guy who makes the coffees- and they pay the photographer. Some businesses operate under a similar model but suck money out of photographers in the process. As part of a ‘workshop’ or ‘event’, several photographers rock up with their cameras and take photos of a scene. Often they have little or no control of the setup, can’t communicate properly with the models and will walk out of it with similar images to everyone else who attended! In the worst cases they have restricted rights regarding how they use their images. So is essence, they have paid for something that out in the real world, would be making them money. Sorry if it sounds confusing, the concept completely baffles me. When you are shooting someone else’s ideas and have restricted publishing rights or have little influence over the set up, posing, lighting or set design, (in my opinion) you should be getting paid by them. After all, you are doing them a favor by taking images of their creative work. Classes or Tuition Wanting to improve you skills and knowledge is a great thing. And there are numerous classes, mentors and workshops available for you to choose from. If you are going to pay to attend these, make sure you are getting what you pay for. Before you hand over any cash there are a few details that you should have to help make your decision. Class Size: The more people attending, the cheaper the class should be. If there is a practical component, I usually wont accept a class bigger than 10-12 / Location & Time: no point signing up for an ‘on location’ workshop only to find it is out of your way. Also as a safety issue, you should always be able to tell a trusted person exactly where and when you will be shooting. / The Teacher: You should be able to find and contact the person facilitating the class to verify their experience and ask questions. It not always convenient for a facilitator to take calls from a whole class, but you should be able to send them an email and get a reply without going through a middle man. / Contracts: Ask if you will need to sign any contracts and insist upon receiving them before paying. / What do you get: do you get class notes to take home? Exactly what does the course entail? What can you hope to know and have learned at the end of the course? Contracts These are a great way to waste your money. They also happen to be very important. First and foremost contracts exists to make people money or stop people from making money. So before signing anything, read it a few times and make sure you are aware of what your actions are costing you. If you need to get images approved before sale or publication, you could be agreeing to never publishing or selling any images taken if none are ‘approved.’ It is completely reasonable to request changes to a contract or write your own and offer it instead. Don’t sign away potential income! You should always be able to take a contract away and show it to other people for advice before signing it, and especially before paying for anything. If you are not given this opportunity, my advice is to avoid it with a ten foot pole. And then there are the bazillion poorly written contracts that mean very little or nothing at all. It’s actually quite funny to me sometimes, what people will put on paper. Useful Links Australian Competition & Consumer Commission / Scam Watch Photographers – What are you paying for (part 2).
If you know what this or any of my other flowers are then drop me a message, I don’t know anything about botany! If you have chance please check out my Bubble Site for more art and photography and over 150 T-shirt designs. Thanks
On the way to work I pass this building and finally took this shot from the car just before the turn at a light…not with out getting honked at!
Hush…listen.Can you hearlife pleading from withintrunkated and twistedroots of sin.The end is goneleft behind memorynot soon forgottenabandoned beyond recognition.Surely this onepropogated new lifeonce beforenever again.A life once livednow outlivedbeyond physical realmgraduating to spirit.Outlived.Chad Miller
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As some may have seen throughout my art this year its mostly based on Creation birth or new life… as my Best friend over seas has been Pregnant over the past 41 weeks… and today she told me she had a few hours of Contractions during the night… i was lost for words and mixed emotions took over lol so excited but at the same time trying to be just there for her… which is hard beeing 12,000KMs away lol I suddenly had like 1001 questions to ask her but tried to calm my self as i didnt want to bother her with them lol so the past 4-5 hours ive been trying to relate art to her early contractions in some way… so tried to use Love hearts to explore this as the baby slowly makes its way to the outside world… so came up with this simple art work… im hoping all goes smoothly for her in the next few days… will make some more art when the little one arrives : )
Another photograph taken during the rare snow fall we had a few months ago. / I was due in work and wanted to take these quickly as I knew the snow would vanish within a few hours as the rain was due. / Luckily I was informed that work was closed! / I manged to get quite a few nice shots….so more to come. Picture / Make: NIKON CORPORATION / Model: NIKON D70 / Shutter Speed: 1/13 second / F Number: F/22.0 / Focal Length: 18 mm / ISO Speed: 200 / Date Picture Taken: Feb 3, 2009, 9:48:50 AM
a full line of commercial art products can be found in my main zazzle gallerys, please visit: I also have a new gallery devoted to just magnets that can be seen here: / http://www.zazzle.com/magneticfields
a full line of commercial art products can be found in my main zazzle gallerys, please visit: I also have a new gallery devoted to just magnets that can be seen here: / http://www.zazzle.com/magneticfields
a full line of commercial art products can be found in my main zazzle gallerys, please visit: I also have a new gallery devoted to just magnets that can be seen here: / http://www.zazzle.com/magneticfields
It’s total nonsense of course, but I didn’t go to law school for nothing…..giggles / Please take a second to view larger, so you can read this in its entirety. Thanks!!! I’m feeling like I’m standing on the edge of something, shivering with the flames of doubt, and trying not to not fall. To counteract all the vacillation, I’m trying things I wouldn’t normally try. Like this card.
July is the time for marriage. A time people commit to a contract of a lifetime. Enjoy
Assinine arbitration for wishful thinkers. (Also available as a t shirt.)
The rocks meet the sand, the stripes of quartz in the black rocks at henley show up in the late afternoon sun.
Bong Design Hit Man Shirt…
Taken in Gnangara in the northern suburbs of Perth where there are lots of market gardens. I spotted this lone tree against rows of white (dead?) orchard trees. The contrast in colour was what caught my attention.
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