Black and White

Lately, I have been re-discovering my black and white editing style and I must admit; I have missed it. So I thought I might share with you some of the images I have worked on. As usual the photos themselves are quite old as I've had no chance to take any new ones lately :(

Enjoy!

- tom

Absence

I have to apologise for my neglect towards The Tea Drunk Photographer. It's not so much that I've been hectic busy, it's that I've been trying to get a hold of a lot things and God has really been bringing me through a lot of changes which is hard, but also truly wonderful! It's great to see prayers answered in ways that you didn't expect and in such a intricate and long term way. Praise God!

What am I doing at the moment? Well, I have started my ministry mentorship under my pastor and the ministries I'm involved with are getting under way so that's all very exciting! I'll also hopefully be sending out my resume sometime this week to various cafe's. It'll be nice to have a job I'm getting a bit lazy to be honest haha!

Anywho! Here are some new, blue photos to make up for my long absence:

God bless!

- tom

Mel

I had a photoshoot with my dear, artistic friend last night at the same place as my previous post with the power-lines. Got caught in the rain and wind, enjoyed some massively heavy looking clouds; had fun! :D

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks Mel!

- tom

Powerlines

I went for a night last Friday with my friends Canon D450 and took some photos of my favourite place. This is pretty close to my house and it's where I go for a nice long prayer walk. I know these looks fairly light but that's only due to the editing; it was actually quite dark, about 9:00.

- tom

Coles Bay

I went down to Coles Bay this last weekend and I envisioned myself taking wonderful summery photos by the seaside; turns out I forgot my camera and so this never happened. BUT! I am determined to show you the beautiful place that it is so here are a couple of photos from when I was last there, two years ago.

I could only stay for the weekend but the rest of my family intended to stay for the whole week. I went home on Sunday night which was fortunate for me because they endured a huge storm that literally tore our tent in two. Glad I missed it!

- tom

A Return

This is very much a return to my old style of photography; heavy textures, accentuated shading, no true blacks or whites etc. It was fun to throw caution to the wind and go nuts with the curvature :D

I hope you like it!

- tom

Wedding Anniversary/Australia Day

It's my brother and sister in law's wedding anniversary sometime soon (or maybe it's already been? I'm not too sure). This was taken of my sister in law, Erica at the rehearsals, a night before the wedding a year ago. I always found this photo rather intriguing but never really knew what to do with it. I'm still not entirely happy with it but there it is!

Also, it's Australia Day today! I've never quite known how to respond to this celebration; of course I think we have a lot to celebrate, but today certainly does shed light on what we value as a nation and a lot of that saddens me or even angers me at times. What little treasures we cling to!

Nonetheless, I wish you happy Australia Day!

- tom