Rachel in Words

In 2012 I participated in a global photography project called 'A Day'. The idea was that on the 15th May 2012, people were encouraged to pick up their cameras and photograph their day. Then in the end all these photos would be collated together and we could see how different the same day is for people from all walks of life. The website for A Day is now no longer online but I still have my photos. I uploaded them to my Flickr account . Feel free to check them out. I decided to do it again on the 15th of May of this year, just to really see how different my life is now compared to back then. There were some obvious changes. For instance: Then: I was working full time and running a business. I was running myself to the ground trying to juggle the both of them. But that was the only way I could survive back then. Now: for the most part, I'm self-employed. Then: Sydney. Now: Wollongong. Then: single. Now: ... still single. Then: 90kg Now: 75kg But wi...

I went to the Vivid Sydney winter lights festival the other night after I had finished up with a meeting in Sydney. It was a bit shit, to be honest. Granted, I went during high-peak hour - a Sunday evening during a long weekend. Couple that with the fact that Circular Quay really isn't a great place for big crowds despite the high-profile events that take place there and I was in for a Bad Time. The crowds were massive and crowd control marshals couldn't control the crowd, believe it or not. The vibe was just off. It's supposed to be an event that would bring the tourists from all over the world, but afterwards I said to myself, "I would not recommend tourists come here. At all." I thought maybe it was just the wrong time, but I was told it's just as bad on a weeknight. I didn't go to the inaugural festival in 2009 but I did go in 2010. It was very much different. On Saturday evening, I could just stroll around the harbour and take some shot...