Crabs might not be the most exciting of critters unless you are a foody, a marine biologist or a scuba diver. Most crabs are really quite cool and collected critters that just go about their business picking their way through aquatic carrion oblivious to everything going on around them. This makes them ideal subjects to […]
Read MoreJewelled Eye Flat Head
It’s 8 kilometres off-shore and 60 feet below waves reflecting a midnight sky. Sleepy critters hang in the watery darkness tolerant to the terrestrial visitor in their midst. I am on my own down here and my strobes have just failed, … again. It is a recurring problem I’ve not gotten to the bottom of […]
Read MoreBlack is the Colour
The Adelaide Fringe is over but the songs from Celtic Sounds still linger in my head. Angela and Casey’s ‘Black is the Colour’ remains a daily ear-worm that often finds me softly humming to myself in my day job. And that’s absolutely fine by me.
Read MoreEphemeral Art
Well the Adelaide Fringe has come to the end and what an amazing time we all had. Hundreds of performers shared their art with us and now all that remain are images and memories. Watching this graffiti artist at work was like being at one of those Fringe shows. His art offered from nowhere, performed […]
Read MoreDialling in the Sound
How hard can it be? Just play with the sliders until the performance sounds great. Easy, right? Over the last month and a dozen shows I’ve developed a deep respect for the guy or girl driving the sound desk. Faced with changing shows every day and often several different shows in a single day the […]
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