Currently.

READING;

Be Careful what you wish for by Gemma Grisp.

 

FOLLOWING;

Just a few of my favourite instagramer's; @timcoulson @thesundaycollector @petamazey

LISTENING TO;
I love all of  Macklemore's songs and my current  favourite  is "Can't Hold Us".  

 

CLICKING ON;

I have been reading a lot of The Beauty Department lately. I find that their DIY posts are always interesting and easy to do.

 

WAITING FOR;

House Husbands to start tonight.

 

SAVING FOR;

I'm not really saving for anything at the moment. Although an Imac or Canon 5D mk 111 would be excellent.

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO;

Going away for a couple of days with my family in the next few weeks. I am Beyond excited to see all my family.

 

WATCHING;

I do not watch a  lot of TV or movies. I watch Packed to the Rafters last year but have not gotten into it this year. On the bright side, Househusbands starts again tonight.  

Easter.

Easter was last weekend, I know! I've been really busy this week, too busy to write this post!

Our Easter was..

Good Friday was every kind of good because we went to the Royal Easter Show. It was crazy fun.

On Easter Sunday the Easter Bunny was really nice and visited us. We went to Bundeena with our family friends later in the day. We went Kayaking, I took some familie photos and we had a Easter egg hunt. The kids were all excited that the Easter Bunny came.

Our Easter weekend was the perfect weekend.

How was your Easter?

Photography terms every beginner should know.

Apeture - Apeture is the lens opening. The more open the apeture is, the more light that comes in. This also effects your shutter speed. The smaller the apeture, the less light and faster shutter speed, and the more open the apeture, the more light that comes in and a slower shutter speed.

Bokeh - When the background is blurred in a photo and the subject is very focused, the background might appear as small circles.

Camera Angles - Different angles the camera can take photos of a subject. The photographer could take photos from the left, right, birds eye view, front facing, below - there are many different angles you can photograph with.

Close up - A Photo taken very up close to a subject, and you can get very close with a macro lens. Close ups can often be taken of insects, flowers ect.

 

Composition - The appealing way a photo has been arranged. If you were photographing pictures for a photography book, you could compose it with the main subject -the food, foreground - a placemat, background - the kitchen, and supporting objects - cutlery.

 

Contrast - The difference in the light to dark areas of a photo. It is the brightness range of a subject or the scene lighting.

 

Depth of Field - When the camera focuses on a subject close to the camera, and the background, or things in the distance become very blurry.

 

Graininess - When a photo is blurry in some parts, it may appear grainy or sandy.

 

Lens - One or more pieces of glass put together designed to catch rays to create images on film.

Macro Lens - A lens designed to capture very close up images of smaller subjects, such as insects or flowers etc.

 

Over Exposure - When a photo is over exposed, the camera has let too much light in and therefore is way too bright.

 

Shutter - The blades in a camera that open and close to take the photo. The whole time the shutter is open it is taking a photo. The longer the shutter is open the more light that comes in, and makes the image brighter.

 

 

Weekly stills.

Veggie Patch.

The past week we have spent a lot of time in the garden watering grass, plants and growing things. We have decided we are going to
build a veggie patch but have not yet decided what veggies to grow.
 
What vegiesare you growing?

 

Wordless Wednesday.

Currently Loving.

I can't believe it is already mid january.

Here are a few things I'm currently loving.

1) Washi tape. Great for almost anything!

2) Paw Paw lip balm.  I love this stuff, keeps my lips moisturised. 

3) Books I'm loving, Beyond Snapshots, Be Careful What You Wish For, Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual and Donna Hay Fast, Fresh, Simple.

4) Canon 55 f/1.8. Probably my favourite lens.

What are you loving? 

Stills: A Weekly Collection.

1) Flower. I got these beautiful flowers for my birthday.

2) Adding to my collection of washi tape. You can never have enough Washi Tape!
3)Meow Meow laying in the garden.  



Linking up with Em over at The Beetle Shack for Stills: A Weekly Collection.

I've spent the majority of this 45 degree day avoiding the heat.  I have spent most of the day laying on the lounge with the air con going.

It is waaaay too hot to do anything!

What are you doing on this hot day?

Maunal.

I have really been getting into photography this year and last year. I have  been using the camera on manual rather than just using the camera on auto. 

Here are some pictures I have taken on manual.

Yellow.

I am a fan of yellow! I think the colour is so happy.

 

 

Images via Pinterest.

The past few weeks.

These last few weeks I've been spending a lot of time with my amazing family and close friends. It has been really lovely spending time with them.

I am very blessed to have a family you can always laugh with and rely on.

Merry Christmas

And just like that it is Christmas time!

2012 has been a wonderful year full of travel, change, love and happiness.

I am amazed and beyond blessed to have my blog take off so fast. Thank you to the lovely readers that keep coming back to read and comment on my blog.

Wishing you a Christmas filled with laughter, family, fun and lots of delicius food.

Za xoxo



I'm going to take a little break from blogging over the Christmas break(I'm sure I'll still be around on Instagram. My username is @zaslittleblog). I'll be enjoying plenty of ham, spending lots of time with family and friends and enjoying myself. Merry Christmas!!

All I Want For Christmas ::: Another Christmas Post!

All I want for Christmas is....

1.Papillionaire Bike.
2.Beyond Snapshots Photograpgy Book.
3.Canon 5D mark 111.
4.Kitchen Aid Mixer.
5.Salt Water Sandels.

What is on your list?

Papillionaire.

 

 

You know how you go to the beach, and you see all the cool locals riding around on awesome vintage looking bikes, and dream of riding one? Well I know I certainly do!

I have recently discovered Papillionaire Bikes. Papillionaire are a bicycle company, who design modern, easy-riding bicycles. I love the vintage style of these bikes, the traditional basket on the front, the colours; oh I could go on and on and on!

You can get your hands on one of these bikes, built in Melbourne, for around $500.

Customise and purchase your Papillionaire bike on their website here. You can also pop in to Papillionaire's Melbourne or Sydney store for a test-ride. I know I will be!

xo Za

Manual.

I have lately been playing around with the manual settings rather than just using the camera on auto. It is all starting to click now and I am getting the results I want.

My camera and I are off Bondi this afternoon; I am planning to shoot the afternoon on manual.  

Hope you are enjoying your weekend,

Za xo

12.12.12

Today was like every other day, besides the fact that the date was the 12.12.12! The last time we will see a date like this.

We didn't do too much. Just a typical day really.

In the afternoon we went for a walk while the sun was setting.

And when we returned home it was taco's for dinner.

What did you get up to on the 12.12.12?

Counting Down The Days.

14 days until Christmas

5 days until my Christmas break starts

20 days until a New Year’s Eve party in the Hunter Valley

33 days until my birthday

What is one thing your counting down?

Saturday.

Today we had nothing planned and the day ended up being great.

We started off the day with a yummy breakfast.  Later on, we went for a walk around the city and decided to go to the Queen Victoria Building.  We saw a huge Christmas tree which is draped with 144,000 Swarovski crystal ornaments and 60,000 lights. Beautiful. Apparently it is the largest Christmas tree in Australia.

 

Hope you are having a lovely weekend.

Za