Digital Photo Gallery of Ted Szukalski
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Woman Runner MG_1217

Many people in Sydney take advantage of the nice weather during lunchtime and go for a run. I have photographed this athletic woman running near a park. I was lucky to photograph her totally airborne.

Lunch in the park

This photograph of people having lunch in the park may not be of Manet’s “Breakfast in the Open Air” pedigree but it seemed to me a nice capture.

Beautiful, sunny day in Sydney even in the middle of our winter can bring nice, low 20C temperatures. A perfect weather for of a bit of park socialising or simply relaxing lunch.

Man in white shirt

This is yet again a very simple photograph of Sydney people during lunchtime. What drew my attention here that most of the people were dressed in dark clothing and were in the shadow, while the man sitting on the bench only in white shirt seemed to attract most of the sunlight.

Wet, empty benches

After the driest May on record with only 1mm of rain Sydney has enjoyed finally some rain with first days of June. City parks, which are usually buzzing with activity during lunchtime, were totally deserted. These wet, empty benches will have to wait for some sun before the usual crowd returns. Everyone resorted to indoor venues for their lunches. The bureau of meteorology is forecasting very heavy rain for next two weeks.

Girl Knitting

This young girl in the beret was knitting something in Hyde Park during lunchtime.

I associate knitting with something my grandmother did. As a child I had countless sweaters and winter scarf knitted by her. Usually in a mix of blue and white threads.

These days knitting is a not an activity one sees often. Sometimes there will be a lady on try train ustilising the time to knit something up. It is a skill that no longer saves money as the cheap imports from developing countries undercut the need of making garments yourself. And yet, I hope that many kids in generations to come will have nice memories as I have of a sweater knitted by their close ones.

Martin Place in Autumn

Most of my lunchtime photographs are focused on people of Sydney. However, today I have captured another aspect of this city. Here is a mixture of functional architecture combined with people spaces and beautiful autumn foliage.

River of people

A small lunchtime scene from Sydney. Never ending river of people in the CBD - getting their lunches, doing shopping and general business. Seeing that many young faces amongst this crowd it is hard to believe this country has people shortages and has to entice families with monetary rewards to have children.