I’ve decided to shoot as much film over the next 2 weeks as I possibly can. As of today, or as of 3pm yesterday, I am officially on 2 weeks holiday. So I have 2 full weeks to get in as much film shooting as possible.

My arsenal includes:

• Nikon FM3a - 35 mm manual SLR camera
• Polaroid SX70- Instant Polaroid SLR camera
• Holga 120GN- Lomographic 120 medium format toy camera
• Lomo Fisheye- Lomographic 35mm fisheye lensed toy camera
• Polaroid Spectra System- Instant Polaroid camera

I do not promise to use them all but I have a roll of Holga waiting to be developed and the Nikon is almost ready to be reloaded. I guess I’m just a little bit sick of digital at the moment. I will still use it in the next 2 weeks, no doubt (I did last night at our trivia night- which we won btw ) but I’m hoping to get a little more manual..part of that simple life I’m longing for.

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And the lovely inspirations are from these talented photographers:
1. Untitled, 2. pentacon six - mr big, 3. reading #2, 4. Hello!, 5. Japanese scene, 6. 20, 7. Untitled, 8. commuting, NYC style, 9. …, 10. climbing, 11. my brother told them they could walk home from the park alone if they wore cones on their heads., 12. Untitled, 13. a little bit of sun on an otherwise grey day, 14. Untitled, 15. little boy, 16. men at work, 17. bike ride in the country, 18. Bubble Fantasy II, 19. Untitled, 20. APPLE, 21. lichter, 22. 通路wish flower, stripped., 24. Marina, 25. wait., 26. I, 27. ., 28. ., 29. Untitled, 30. Untitled, 31. Untitled, 32. ., 33. mermaids, 34. maría, 35. Untitled, 36. Harbor way

Being that tomorrow is Canada Day and that this is the first Canada Day Sean has spent in Australia (we have been back in Vancouver each since he moved here) , I am going to honour all Canucks with these little Canadian tidbits.

• There are more donuts per capita in Canada then anywhere else on earth.
• 0.3% of all vehicle accidents in Canada involve a moose.
• Alberta has been rat-free since 1905
• There are 23 different words in the Inuit language for “snow” - How beautiful is that?
• Canada invented the chocolate bar, washing machines, zippers and roller skates!
  
• Canada has funny place names such as Manyberries, Skookumchuck, Cardigan, Moose Jaw and Pocahontas.
• They call their money loonies and toonies and a beanie is a toque- pronounced “tOOk” as in “spook”.

Check out some old posts from when I first visited Canada : Canadian Things that are genius , Canadian Things That Make Me Giggle , Canadian words I love

Scary that I recognise the blinds of their studio.

Courtesy Youtube and U2miracle.com and thanks to Daniel for the link!

I think I fixed them!
Comment away kids.
Weekend is here and i am loving these this week:

• windsweeping- its not often that you find a really good writer, she is fabulous.
• Theodora Allen - the type of photographer I wish I was.
• Style Me Pretty - I’ve always adored this pretty blog, not sure why I haven’t linked it before. I like it mainly for the photography.
• Melissa - Melissa is one of my favourite flickrites and she now has a blog. She also has damn good taste in music.

All photographs copyright to the respective photographers as linked above. Top left corner: Melissa; top right: Windsweeping; bottom left: Theodora and bottom right: Leigh Miller on Style Me Pretty.

Haunting and quiet, a night time song. Eyes blinking still.

I got excited when I heard they had one song in English. Now I’m not sure SR should be heard any other way than how they usually are. I like not knowing what they are singing about. I like the unknowing bliss of confusion and beauty all wrapped up in the pocket of my winter coat. That’s how they feel to me.

A beautiful close to a beautiful album. Sigur Rós are like snow on my face.

Scroll to bottom to see my whole play by play of the new album.

with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly…

there is an almost buzz, more a humm, dotted candle lights hanging from tree branches, bouncing in the breeze.

and water rushes…

Soft and mellow..

ára bátur ended with a bang and now the rest of these tracks at the end of the album are very soft and dreamy.

Floating…

I can see those fingers running along the guitar strings. Woody and clear.

OK, I can’t even fathom what this is after ára bátur. Sorry illgresi.

Another beast.

Oh, but Jonsi makes beasts beautiful. OK, this is too pretty to ruin with my words. But I do imagine its going to turn as we are only 3 minutes in to an almost 9 minute track.

So haunting and still.

Oh damn them, a boy’s choir? Seriously, where are the doves? OK here comes the turn. Big violin swell. Boys singing again. AND THERE WE HAVE IT. 7.46 haha! Doves released!

I told you it was going to be a beast. OK, how are they fitting the choir, orchestra and doves on stage at the Hordern?

Piano. Jonsi. Drums. Jonsi.Glowing.

I don’t know how to describe this one.

Its running.

Like a stream and then like the hands of a clock but as if the world was going in fast motion.