I was reading one of my favourite photography-based newsletters from Photojojo last week and it gave me some amazing insights into today's project.

First of all, who and what is Photojojo?

Well, Photojojo is an amazing website that embraces the unique side of photography. It gives you inspiration to be super creative with your shots and to embrace your own style of photography using new and experimental methods of creating interesting content.

They even have an awesome online store that sells a whole bunch of awesome and unique camera accessories and even accessories for your iPhone to enhance your iPhone-ography! I've purchased a fair few of their items for my camera bag including: Photorito Lens Wraps, Seat Belt Camera Straps and a Polaroid Z2300 just to name a few :)

So yeah, I really love their website and their bi-weekly photo inspiration newsletters.

Last week the newsletter was all about 'The Most Unconventional Family Portraits' and it made me wonder what that meant. You can't really have a portrait without a human or living being, right? Wrong. Sometimes we are shown in our possessions. You can really find out a lot about a person by their interests. And that's what inspired me today.

Camilla Catrambone prides herself in her unconventional portraits by laying out the person's belongings and photographing them instead of the person. How cool is that? You can see her amazing photographs here where she showcases her family through their possessions and what they surround themselves with, because ultimately that is how we tell the story of ourselves.

Through this series I decided to try it myself, telling my own story. So below you'll see a collection of my own possessions that I think tells the story of me, Clarissa.

Above you'll see some of my cameras that I've collected over the years including my first Nikon which my dad bought me to start off my collection & ignite a passion of photography, my two favorite pairs of shoes (Steel Cap Lita by Jeffrey Campbell and my black leather Doc Martens) , my iPhone which contains photos of the people that I love (my family and friends) and music that fills my ears including Michael Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest, Justin Nozuka and more, my very first Apple product; my blue 1st generation iPod mini, make-up because well... I love make-up, a photograph of my Sugamama aka my best friend, my calculator watch given to me by my brother Spencer as a spontaneous gift, my Coach clutch, my favourite perfumes; Rose by Paul Smith and Miss Dior Chérie by Dior, my Tiffany & Co jewellery including my Engagement and Wedding rings given to me by the love of my life Gideon and my Tiffany Key which Gideon gave me as well, my RayBan Wayfarers that I've owned for about 5 years, my Macbook aka my love, Frankie Magazine which I have been reading since issue 1, a composition book which represents my years in university (my undergraduate in Education & Psychology, and finishing up my Masters this year in Primary School Teaching) and lastly my Ukulele, Jackson, whom I have strummed many chords on for hours and hours, creating music.

Another possession not featured was what I used to capture the photos for today's post, my Nikon

D7000. I take this camera everywhere and I love it!

I believe these possessions of mine really show who I am, and ultimately tell a story of myself.

What would you think, from your possessions, would tell your story?

Stay classy

-C.

Music.

I'm all about music; I live for it. I love it. It's a passion.

Discovering new music is basically the greatest thing ever, especially when it's good. I feel like every moment of life could be defined with a song, just like how they do it in the movies... except in real life.

Whenever I listen to a certain song, a period of my life comes flooding back. It's the best, even when the memory isn't that friendly. It's like my own personal way of remembering momentous occasions of my life.

See, let me give you some back story.

My mum is a huge music enthusiast. Her parents never allowed her to pursue her musical talents so she fed her children that repressed energy, in a good way. I have 2 older brothers and 1 older sister and dead set we were The Ferreira 4 (our little spin on The Jackson 5, heh). We all play musical instruments, we all can sing, and we all love music. Some of the best memories I have are of my siblings and I free styling songs together and making it sound amazing. Thanks mum.

I personally play the violin (although now out of practice, I will get back into it), the ukulele, I can play some chords on the guitar and I can sing. Gideon bought me a stylophone for my birthday once and I can play Beat It! by Michael Jackson so I can totally call that a talent too.

Gideon, my cousin Josh & I recently went to The Big Day Out and we saw so many good bands and two of our absolute favourites, The Killers and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. At the end of the RHCP's set, Flea, Michael Balzary the bassist, yelled out to the crowd to embrace every form of music whether it be the most farfetched style on the planet or the popular music of today. Gideon recalls it as him yelling out, "IT'S THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE! IT'S THE VOICE OF THE F****** PEOPLE!"

Can't believe G found a photo of this exact moment.

 And that's what I believe too. My music preference isn't limited to one style, I try to embrace all different styles... TRY (Country music still isn't doing it for me). But we will see.

I've tried to place myself into a certain musical-genre-kind-of-person, but I can't. I feel like I am sort of defined by what kind of music I find enticing but I wouldn't say it comes out in my everyday look like a punk or something. I have 11 GB worth of music on my iTunes and it's like a fruit salad of musical genres. I think i'd make Flea proud in my own little way.

I didn't really know where I was going with this post at the time (I kind of put it down for a week and then randomly came back to it) but I think I was deep in thought about how I handle big changes in my life, and usually music helps me. So, I guess that's why.

So, to change things up a bit, here is a 'Clarissa's lucky dip of some songs she really likes and thinks you will like too' maybe you'll find some songs you like, looove from the mix I have compiled here... maybe. If not, that's OK too. Some of the songs i've chosen are soooo underrated. but I love them anyway.

Happy clicking!

click love Heh Yepp fav shuck :) 

click OPP Yes THIS rise Bon

 LOVE Swell YES Dew <3 this. 

truth. FF flaws. @  bay 

oh ?? listen. money yesssss & boyz

Oh, & sorry some of the video clips are lyric videos made on Windows movie maker... I just can't get enough of those sweeping cuts and dissolves!

Let me know if you have any good new/old music to add to my library!

-C.