an old aquaintance

Ahh, my old friend; the sunrise. We meet again. Finally!

I must admit though, the colours I saw from my balcony were exquisite! I then dilly dallied (yes, that's right, I said dilly dallied) around trying to figure out if I should do down and shoot or not so in all honesty I missed the best part. However, I give myself brownie points (mmmm.... brownie) for getting up and going. Up until now I've been adamant that the only thing to wake me up in the morning should be Finn...maybe I'm turning a corner. Here's hoping. Anyway, here's a few from today.... I know they are all a little samey but I'm just excited to be back in the game and I couldn't chose between them!

whats at the end of the rainbow?

sitting, laughing, chatting, banging...

I can't believe how much and how quickly they change. A few of my friends have had babies recently and it seems so long ago that Finn was just this sleepy little thing that just seemed so daunting and fragile, he was my silent observer. Now he is this bruiser of a dude who wants to be involved in everything, chew anything that comes within arms reach and tell you about all the crazy new discoveries he has made today.

Boom! 

Mine 

..and this one goes here....

magic

tee hee! 

 Photographing a baby is all about the eyes in my opinion. The voyage of discovery, the journey of leaning about themselves and the world around them is awe inspiring and I have to remind myself that it is one that we have all shared in. Watching Finn watching me or trying so hard to master a new skill gives me the warm and fuzzies, at the same time it motivates me to work harder to achieve my goals...I had to learn to sit, crawl,  stand, walk, talk, and eat...if I can do this, I can get off my arse and sort my career/life out now!

I've entered into a weird mental state, so I'm going to sign off now... but stay tuned for more frequent updates, and please, think of Images by Sophie for your next photographic needs... recommend me to a friend, family member or colleague and you never know, maybe there'll be a reward in it for you!

Wonder

my not-so-little-man!

I think I might be finally getting my *expletive* together...although I don't want to talk too soon, you never know what may happen tomorrow.

Motherhood is amazing. By far the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life, but equally the most rewarding and fulfilling experience as well...so without getting all smooshy and emotional (The Stiff Upper Lip of the Pommy in me wouldn't allow it anyway!) I'll just let a few pictures speak for themselves.

black & whites

south side of the bridge

Way back when, I took a stroll from Bondi to Tama along with about eighteen thousand other tourists to peruse the witty and ironic artisitc interpretations of last years Sculptures by the Sea.

new york, new york

 Here's a random selection of several hundred pictured of one of the greatest cities on earth.



In sunny Brooklyn

 

The architecturally stimulating.

   

Division of clouds of the Brooklyn bridge



Lines

Neck ache

Arches in the sky

One Way

finn

I know, I know, it's been a very long time since my last post... but in my defence I have been busy growing a person; that is my super power.

So introducing; Finn Henley Geraghty, born Friday 16th December 2011, weighing a somewhat large 3.9kgs (that's 8lbs 10oz for the metrically challenged) at 3.49pm. 

 

I can't believe he's finally here, it's felt like a very long road to meet him, and I promise this won't turn into an 'I love my Baby' blog... I'll get back into the proper pics very soon...but I reserve the right to sprinkle it with some Finn Love every now and then!

In the mean time - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, I'm sure yours will all be a lot more alcohol-induced than mine!

schmokin'....

Most of you know I've been swanning around North America and Canada for the last free weeks...needless to say, it was amazing. Sadly, back to the Southern Hemisphere with a bump (seriously, in all ways possible, turbulence made for a nightmare landing and I'm now HUGE as well).

Here's the first of many updates from our travels...

morning light....finally

I can't be the only one who's noticed the improving light in the mornings. Well thank goodness is all I can say...and welcome to Spring (for those of us in the southern hemisphere!)

looming symmetry

There's not much to report on at the moment....apart from being referred to as Jabba The Hut last night...thanks.

Oddly being drawn to shapes and patterns and light in nature, so you'll have to indulge me.

glowing

This is off topic, but as I was walking through North Sydney Oval on my way to work these two school kids got out of their P Plater car and sparked up.... quick cheeky nicotine hit before school eh boys?! It's 7.30 in the morning... your addicition cannot surely be that bad?!

Quick bragging rights: Off to The Big Apple and Canada in a little over a week! Cannot wait! Stay tuned!

morning goo?

This is in no way, shape or form an artistic photograph, this is a request for information?! I was walking through North Sydney Oval on my way to work this week and the whole place had these weird foam piles that I could not figure out.

Were the residents of North Sydney have a giant foam party that I wasn't invited to? In which case I'm incredibly insulted.

I didn't want to get to close in case some highly dangerous Australian insect that I have not yet been warned about came flying at my face in an Alien style take over (I have an active imagination). So I took a snap shot and went on my merry way, sans a zenomorph attached to my noggin. (Alien reference, watch the movie)

all blue?!

Shhhhhh.... don't mention the weather, you might frighten it away! In a sort of homage to the clear skies and out of character August mid-20s on the Mercury dial, I'm photographing blueness.

 Seems to be a bit of a minimalist theme coming through... not sure what that's about.

I haven't braved the water yet, I'm not convinced the blue lagoon will have caught on to the atmospheric temperatures... surfers are still wearing wetsuits which is enough proof for me to stay beach-bound.

This blog post is brought to you by the number seven.

I honestly have no reason for taking photographs of air rats seagulls. There were just lots of them and I liked the orange legs. I blame the baby.

Toodles.

spots and stripes

I don't even need to comment on the conditions we've all been experiencing this week. Needless to say I'm a little over the fact that it has done nothing but rain, constantly, all week. And it's cold to.

It could be worse though, I have friends who are moving house...Good luck Dean & Ainslie!

Me, I'm considering a few months of hibernation. We talk ourselves up as the top of the food chain, intelligent creatures blah blah blah, but you don't see squirrels running from street corner to street corner trying to stay dry and walking into buildings looking like drowned rats. No, they're currently curled up, all snug and warm and DRY...point made?

So as you have probably guessed, I haven't really been anywhere that was dry or interesting enough to take a camera this week. Fingers crossed for some clear blue skies (what does that look like again?) over the weekend (yeah, right) and next week.

 A guy in my office got an email informing him that all soccer matches had been called off this weekend. It was from Captain Obvious. What a waste of cyber space.



there she blows!

You know what sucks more than anything in the entire world (famine, war, global warming and pollution type issues aside)? Sea sickness. What's even more sucky is sea sickness when you can't take any medication for it. There's nothing you can do about it, the only way to make it stop is to get off the damn boat...and when you're stuck on a 4 hour tour with 20 other people, you're not getting off anytime early.

Out through the heads - let the games begin

It didn't start off badly... the swell was big, and it was slow and rolling, so you felt ever inch of that wave...up...over the top.....and down....and on and on.... oh and it was freezing, but I felt fine and when we saw the huge pod of dolphins that came to play in the wake of the boat, I just started snapping away...

They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning

And then the whales came. 

Thanks not a wonky horizon... that's a wave...uuurrrggghhh....



What was that?

From here on in, I was a pretty putrid-green colour and was spending much of my time visiting the facilities. Nuff said.



High Five!

Sadly we only saw them breach once, unexpectedly, hence no photo...despite being promised by the research  dude (who looked a lot like a drunk pirate) that "if they do it once, they'll do it again".

How do you type the Jaws theme? Duh nuh.......Duh nun......

Did you know these guys don't eat for 6 months when they are at the Antarctic?! 6 months?! Every day's a school day. I can go about 3 hours at the moment, just. 

Dropping in at Manly on their way north for some good old fashioned feeding.

Note to self: don't go whale watching when pregnant, have a sensitive stomach, are prone to motion sickness at the best of times and can't take anything for it. Apart from that, will definitely be going again. Next year. When it's warm.