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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

When you wish upon a star

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Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 142-8714 It’s really fitting that the base of this Kylie Minogue statue is a star, because the...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Here's A Visual Mystery For You!

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Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 124-5919 Time to put your thinking caps on. Can you work out what on earth I've shot here? A...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Wedding Presence

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Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID:135-2148 My new wedding photography site has been launched. It is here and if you have the time,...
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Saturday, August 06, 2011

Cue the theme music from Jaws

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Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: CanberraJuly2011-7997 It might look like a fearsome carnivore, but it’s completely harmless – an...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Let There Be Light

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P hoto copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 139-7018 These stage lights had me mesmerised at a recent function. They went through various c...
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Monday, July 04, 2011

The King And I

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  Image copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 139-6914 One day Elvis was in the shop window - then he was gone. There's this beautiful w...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pail imitation of his former self

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Photo copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 137-5090 A couple of months ago, the Authorbloglets and I were in the bayside suburb of St Kilda...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

The bride wore orange

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON. Image ID: 139-6680   She was only three when the Steve Martin version of the film 'Father of the ...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Try picking my most popular shot

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Close-up of a building facade, Whitehorse, Yukon. IMAGE COPYRIGHT: DAVID McMAHON Some of my blog friends would remember this unusual image...
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Off to the Michael B(a)uble concert

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 120-1234) No, I wasn't using a fisheye lens - but by concentrating on this bauble, high...
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Monday, December 06, 2010

Verse and worse

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Mrs McClusky had a pet husky That could play the piano while using a bus key But as we discovered, on grand concert night Its Bach was defin...
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You can't drive THIS Chrysler

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-30June-9305) As most of you would know, my continual quest is to find fresh, unusua...
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Sunday, December 05, 2010

Verse and worse

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I have this friend called Malcolm Who has blind faith in talcum Instead of tucking in to chowder He's out buyin' stocks in powder
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How does your garden grow?

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 131-6568) Judging by the state of these window boxes in the bright sunlight, the first-floo...
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Saturday, December 04, 2010

Verse and worse

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If all your cables Have "Top Secret" labels Just wait for the geeks To read WikiLeaks
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Welcome to the new millennium

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: Malaysia2010-4249) Sometimes the most minor factors can lead you to an unusual composition....
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Friday, December 03, 2010

Verse and worse

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So complex was the nature of the ecclesiastical riddle That it completely flummoxed old Archbishop Siddle He consulted the scripts and stake...
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Farewell to November's last light

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 132-8790) It was the last day of spring, and the post-sunset sky show was brief but memorab...
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Thursday, December 02, 2010

Verse and worse

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A would-be accountant named Jonathan Ryan Failed every exam (but he had fun tryin’) He told us all he was useless at addition But next thing...
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We're so glassy-eyed this morning

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: Malaysia2010-3527) This was a tough shot to take, despite the fact that it looks easy when ...
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Verse and worse

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Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after The lawyer’s face revealed a frown As he sued for a broken rafter
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So they roped you in as well?

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: Sydney2010-7235) It's not your normal view of a retired naval cruiser, but who wants a ...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Verse and worse

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The master builder taught his daughter How to lay bricks and prepare the mortar Her skills and talents could not be finer Now she's clo...
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Identify this mystery object

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 7323) OK, so it's not the most common viewpoint. That's because I stood with my bac...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Verse and worse

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The new lighthouse keeper Is such a heavy sleeper That he sets eight alarms to rise every morning And take on his duties even while he's...
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Dune not disturb

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 122-3368) I love a decent abstract as much as the next photographer, so I found this simple...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Verse and worse

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William Spode bought "Abbey Road" But his credit card began to implode Downloading the Beatles brought him so much delight That he...
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Never yawn, from dusk to morn

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-8530) It's not often you get to photograph dusk over your own country and then,...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Verse and worse

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It was terribly sad to see Angus McCracken Get his new grey trousers ripped by the bracken So he patched the holes and sold them for a shill...
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Some drivers are so ... pig-headed

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID:USA2010-Long Island-8645) We were in a hurry, catching up with close friends for dinner in L...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Verse and worse

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Great-uncle Bryce was addicted to dice He'd gamble his wages without thinking twice He'd look for a contest when he went for his str...
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Wiggypedia gets a facelift

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 124-6129) This might look like a page out of the French Revolution or from Alice's Adve...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Verse and worse

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Henry Moloney was ever so bony So he ate fried mushrooms laced with baloney He began to work out, now he's sinew and muscles And the wom...
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Yup, the pizza dough was ... light

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-LongIsland-8590) So there we were, the entire Authorblog clan, dining out with clos...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Verse and worse

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Alas, the frustrations of Scientist Jones His experiments failed to produce any clones But all he could say was "By gosh and by golly...
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Mall things bright and beautiful

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-Long Island-8626) This was shot at a large shopping mall in Long Island in June thi...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Verse and worse

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Miss Harlequin Bunning Looked ever so stunning In a gown of laced pearls Before emp'rors and earls
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Bold as brass

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 124-6111) Shooting images during street parades can be really difficult. On the plus side, ...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Verse and worse

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``Whatever,'' mused the oracle, ``would rhyme with `tumbler'?'' ``I know,'' said his pupil, ``why don't yo...
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Wonder why he looks so familiar

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID:122-4401) With these strong colours, you might think this was shot on Caribbean soil, but it...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Verse and worse

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If you love to pose With a freshly cut rose Then nuthin' will thrill yer Like a purple grevillea
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Just gimme a ball park figure

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Photograph copyright: DAVID MCMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-NYC02July-1050) There aren't many shots I take with a focal length of only 18mm...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Verse and worse

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There once was a bloke called Wilberforce Schneider Who slid down ALL banisters (and was nicknamed The Slider) He did blackflips and star ju...
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This seat fits like a ... glove

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: USA2010-Long Island-8563) I'd never seen anything so unique - or colourful. On our firs...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Verse and worse

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Lord Balfour was ill (so terribly stricken) When he ate his enemy's poisoned chicken His lips turned blue, his hips wouldn't move Bu...
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What kind of honeycomb is that?

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 131-6646) It's not a honeycomb. It's not an advertising hoarding. It's not a co...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Verse and worse

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Because her brain was affected (by weevil) Lady Macbeth never thought she was evil She thought it her duty, as a nobleman's wife To know...
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Cutting remark

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: 132-8552) Let me start by saying the cutting remark was not made by me. It was made by one ...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Verse and worse

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Nuthin's colder or windier Than the far north of India Where my first cousin Betty Rode to school on a yeti
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A real display of inviting colours

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Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID: Malaysia2010-3816) Perhaps this was once the main entrance to a pagoda. There was no one ar...
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For a free wedding photography quote, go to davidmcmahonweddings.com. I am a Walkley Award-nominated journalist, wedding photographer and bestselling novelist. My first novel, `Vegemite Vindaloo', was published in April 2006 by Penguin Books India and was on the bestseller lists from July to December. My second novel, `Muskoka Maharani', a wartime love story, was published by Penguin in March 2010. I was born and educated in India, where I finished high school at St Joseph's College, North Point, Darjeeling. I live in Melbourne, Australia and travel the world with my cameras.
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