De Bortoli – Yarra Valley

Vineyards

Barrels

Shed

Vineyards & Dam

Hill & Vineyard

I’ve made a number of good and a couple of bad deals on twitter and facebook over the past few years. I think the most interesting and potentially beneficial has been my relationship with De Bortoli Wines, particularly in the Yarra Valley. They very generously donated a few cases of wine to the opening of an exhibition I had with my friend Robert Young. Recently they asked me to visit their Yarra Valley property and photograph what I saw. I took the better part of the day and photographed a number of aspects of the property, including the restaurant, cellar door, cheese room & vineyards. It was a lovely day and I was lucky enough to also have a tasty lunch in the restaurant. Having so much access to all the aspects of the operation was fascinating and I hope that I get similar opportunities in the future

Nefertiti

Nefertiti, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

So flickr has this rather intense new layout… I’m not sure how I feel. I think that things are looking better on the ipad than on the desktop right now. I hope thing equalise soon.

Spensley Street, Clifton Hill

Spensley Street, Clifton Hill, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

I’ve been sort of recovering from an incredibly busy couple of weeks but trying to get into shooting again on a daily basis. The light was kind to me this afternoon. I’m hoping the weather stays stable for the next week so I can get out to the Yarra Valley and shoot a winery, restaurant and cheese shop. I’ll post some shots when I’m happy with them.

Tree & Wall

Tree & Wall, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

Things seem to be easing up creatively.. I am getting back into shooting almost daily. That may well change again once I have university assignments and teaching placements.. we’ll see.

Maldon, Victoria

Maldon, Victoria, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

I managed a quick trip to central victoria this afternoon.. It was nice to get out of town. I didn’t shoot much, but got a few decent shots. This shot from Maldon works well I think. Maldon has one of the oldest street frontages in the country, with a lot of it dating back to before the gold rush. It was quite beautiful, I’d like to get back during the week sometime to shoot with fewer cars and people around.

Ivanhoe Carpark

Ivanhoe Carpark, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

Flinders Lane, #Melbourne

Flinders Lane, #Melbourne, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

I’ve not been shooting much lately, I’m really trying to pare back what I do. Learn and expand a little, I feel like I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall and that nothing has evolved for a while.
I know that this is an inevitability, I’ve felt it before, but I’ve also sort of enjoyed not shooting all the time. I’ve been re adjusting my headspace to get back into some part time study and I think I’m ready. I’ll definitely keep up the shooting, albeit at a slower pace.

Colour – Northcote

Colour – Northcote, a photo by @awursterphotos on Flickr.

Sometimes, colours jump out at me. This was one of those times. I really did very little to this. I’d thought about leaving the perfect blue sky in before I shot, but it distracted from the strong duo tone.

Little Collins – Again

I’m undertaking a degree in secondary education with the plan of becoming a high school teacher. I’m planning on teaching photography, art, maybe some history & possible French. I will be studying part time for quite a few years. I’m looking forward to the challenge.

2012 Wrap Up

It’s been a fun and productive year. I manager to work together a good edition of Refractions with my friends Robert Young and Stuart Murdoch. Which we also turned into an on going website and blog, there will be more coming from Refractions sometime in the first half of 2013. I also happily ran urbanphotomag.wordpress.com where I sourced a good number of urban photography essays, that is still on going also and I’ve got a few posts up my sleeve for the new year. I also learnt a couple of good lessons after being unfortunately ripped off by a “customer” who never paid his bill and can’t be found.

I more recently started raising money for a substantial solo exhibition to be held next year, if you haven’t had a look yet, please do pozible.com/awurstershow I’d appreciated any support and there are rewards if you support me and I reach the goal, I really hope I do. I’m hoping to be able to travel a little, to Thailand or Vietnam sometime towards the middle of the year, I might also study, I’m waiting to hear. I’m hoping to do a secondary teaching degree so I can teach photography, art, design and maybe French.

Overall, I think it’s going to be an overwhelmingly productive year, I’ve got a group show I’ll be a part of and hopefully my own solo show.

Thanks for listening & looking..
Andrew