359: Christmas is here

Christmas is here and boy what a day! It's been lovely, filled with family and friends, glorious Christmas food, the after lunch siesta, pressies and games. What better way to cap it off than with an evening swim. I just had to hop out and grab my camera though when we turned the lights on. I loved how they lit up the water, and the clarity that was produced. Nick didn't mind having a few more photos taken for the 365 project. The end is fast approaching, I can't believe I only have 7 photos to go!

357: Seasons greetings

Warm season's greetings to everyone! This year Brisbane can proudly boast the world's largest solar powered Christmas tree set up King George Square. The big star on top, made up of solar panels, lights up the 16,000 blubs decorating the 21 meter tree!

350: Festivity

Don't forget to take a little drive around the burbs of Brisbane at the moment and check out all the spectacular 4KQ Christmas lights entries. Winners have been announced and can be found here, if you're interested in seeing the best of the best festive displays. This pic is taken at one of the highly commended houses in Corinda. You won't miss it, the garden lights up the block! Pop on your Santa hat a take a peep.

348: Santa's down our street

The kids have been out with their chalk and are well into the festive spirit! I was delighted to stumble upon this lovely pavement illustration of Santa being pulled along by his reindeer with a sled loaded up with sacks of presents. Ho ho ho!

342: Hearts of light

Tonight was an experiment to carry out a tutorial set by Katie of Color Me Katie. She has this nifty little trick of cutting out a shape on a small piece of paper. Placing it over the lens of the camera and taking a photo with quite a few light sources involved. A couple of hers have been of night time city scapes or massive Christmas trees, check them out here and here - lovely! As we have some fairy lights up around the house for Christmas I decided to bite the bullet and use them as my light source. What a dreamy result, gives the room a warm and inviting Christmas feel.