Mornings

Some mornings you just wake up more hungry for adventure than others. So I got up, had a bath and came to my computer to look for something. I quickly found myself taking an early morning walk around Seminyak and it seems a couple of hours have slipped off the clock but I'm now ready (rather than restless) to start this day. 

Photos: Rachel Kara 

safe

It's hard to know what to say and which ones to share that could even start to represent the day as the true slice of heaven that it was. I can proudly say it looked as beautiful as you could ever hope a glowing, intimate, alfresco, summer dinner party by the ocean could look like - but what I really want to express is how it felt. I have always dreamed of finding a way to transfer feelings but the whole setup is a little elaborate for a blog post on a Sunday evening. 

Becoming his wife made & makes so much sense it's silly to think that things could ever have been any other way.

We danced in the moonlight, standing up in the middle of dinner looking out at the people I loved and I think that moment summed it up as best as possible for now. Watch this! #racheltimwedding

Photos: (the bundle of joy that is) Bek Grace

Animals

 

models Ruby Jean Wilson & Hirschy // stylist David Bonney // hair Jenny Kim // makeup Claire Thompson // 

photographer Daniel Gurton // creative director Matthew Roland Bannister

When I am invited to come and capture behind the scenes of a cover story and they provide a cast and crew like this, I couldn't be more honoured to be let in.  

Photos: Rachel Kara for Brace Magazine Issue 2

desire

"Her pictures always turn on an intimacy between the subject and herself, a sort of private collaborative energy that's beyond all the conventional "gazes"...You see the person in her work, not the icon, not the guy, not the girl. And the result is always deliciously and joyously hot."

I want my summer to feel the same way Cass Bird's photos do. Deliciously hot. 

Photos: Cass Bird

a record

I was planning a wedding, my wedding, shooting, editing, emailing every day up until the day. Comprehending the end of a era and preparing for a new one. I wasn't nervous for us, it was for them...especially her. It crowded my mind (its slowly easing), filtered into my dreams, disrupted my sleep, hurt my head and made me cry out "Why?!".
But now I'm with him and I know I can love them from here - where I wake up to this and stare out at that and know that I am on the shore and everyone else is slowly swimming in too.

xx It's been two months but I am back!

A table

The ever elusive Kinfolk long tabled lunch club, we made it. I don't really know how (and we did get a little lost along the very windy roaded way) but we did. Styled to the point of imperfect perfection my brain can't comprehend and all details accounted for in every corner of every place the eye can see. Light bouncing everywhere, raucous laughter from our end of the table, some almost awkward interactions and some very easy, natural, simple like minded ones to make up for the former...the beauty of throwing a group of strangers together and share around a table and a meal...but not just any table....this was the Kinfolk table! 

A big thank you to our warm and welcoming hosts, beautiful Natalie of Eat Read Lover and extremely talented artist, Lisa Madigan, whose home we invaded. Hannah Rose Yee & Amanda Bechara, you make any occasion as good as it could possibly be. 

My life feels so rich at the moment...bursting with activity - and slight chaos - but intensely full and dynamic which is why I haven't been hanging around here too much. Rest is coming and when it does I will unleash the last few months worth of stimulation upon you. 

xx 

sweat

As with most areas of life, when it comes to exercise & routine "casual" would be the best way to describe my approach. A walk along the beach when I'm randomly struck by motivation (or the desire to stare at the horizon) and a few core exercises on the floor of my bedroom is enough as long as I'm eating well. But for the first time I'm committing to a 'work out' a couple of times a week where we skip, squat, hit, crunch, sweat, complain a bit and do all sorts of other fun things like that. We're not talking factory produced bootcamp style shit, it's a true boxing training ground with a ring and mats and where one of my best friends is preparing for her first fight in March next year, Million Dollar Baby style, baby. 

Now what I really want is a uniform...if ever my new found motivation wanes I find new apparel helps out, a lot. I'm thinking 90's sports tshirts to warm up in with crop tops hiding underneath ready, man style shorts and braids is where it's at - and don't you worry the bod to match will be on its way. 

If you have any sportswear shopping recommendations, please let me know! 

x

Photos: Gloves on by Van Sarki for Interview Magazine, Edita Vilkeviciute by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue Paris