Category Archives: At work On site

30 Days of Gratefulness: Ramadan Part 7: Gainful Employment

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Alice

Question: What value do I place on “work”? From where did I recieve my work ethic? How was I influenced? Why is it that I consider it important that I succeed in the workplace? Observing my Muslim colleague fast; striving for betterment in their personal relationship with … Continue reading →

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Diamonds are Forever…

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Alice

Unique as each fingerprint and every snowflake, each and every diamond is a one-of-a-kind creation. Forged from the impact generated through the combination of temperatures over 1000 degrees centigrade deep within the Earth’s mantel, 150 kilometers below the surface, under high pressure and over … Continue reading →

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Diamonds are Forever…The Tennis Bracelet

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Alice

My obsession with the tennis bracelet began in 2004. A neat row of diamonds clasped together by platinum claws, and a flexible, serpentine-like structure, this jewel drips magnificently from my wrist like nothing I’ve ever worn. It was a surprise … Continue reading →

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Photography as Reflection

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Alice

I have been caught; captured, set in glass by light, forever. Well, my legs have…These reflected lower limbs have had me meditating on what in fact reflection is. Here is one definition: reflection is an effect produced by an influence. … Continue reading →

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Armani Hotel, Dubai – Part II

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Alice

An invitation that was not ignored: to participate and to shoot the launch of Armani Hotel Dubai’s, ‘Cooking Master Class’. Yes, indeed: Armani Hotel’s Specialty Head and Sous Chefs taking the Foodie Writers, Journalists and Photographers of Dubai on a gastronomical … Continue reading →

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Armani Hotel, Dubai – Part I

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Alice

Can hardly call it work can I? A photoshoot at the Armani Hotel, Dubai: Cooking with the Chefs in their very own Hell’s Kitchen; Sampling the fare…sizzling the sea-bass on rosemary…plating up…finally waking  my faculties with what cannot be at all labelled … Continue reading →

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Froth n Frou-Frou

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Alice

Four years ago, I made one of the biggest financial decisions of my life. Loverboy and I decided to get married. Not for the faint-hearted, a modern girl like me covets a style of wedding that reflects entirely my Sydney style, how thoroughly … Continue reading →

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The Shop Front

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Alice

Being the polo-watching, horse-adoring, jodhpur-wearing lassie that I am, inevitability stated that today my camera was to shoot that bastion of retail aesthetic, La Martina. It is at La Martina that my obsession with the hand-crafted riding boot becomes my quarry, a … Continue reading →

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Shutter Bugs Everywhere!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by alicehartley

Well hallo there Happy Snapper, Photography has managed to become the province in which I dream at nights, daydream all day, and merrily frolic on the regular. Has the lens become my third eye?  How is it that the world … Continue reading →

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