[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"archive-2012-6-1":3},{"posts":4,"total":52},[5,34,55,70,86,102,122],{"author":6,"categories":13,"coords":23,"coverImage":24,"excerpt":27,"location":28,"publishedAt":29,"readingTime":30,"slug":31,"title":32,"updatedAt":33,"updates":33},{"image":7,"name":12},{"_type":8,"asset":9},"image",{"_ref":10,"_type":11},"image-9bb286ab76652033b5a8988805b5f86ccc2a1932-100x100-jpg","reference","Kristin",[14,17,20],{"slug":15,"title":16},"australia","Australia",{"slug":18,"title":19},"photo-essay","Photo Essay",{"slug":21,"title":22},"photography-tips","Photography Tips","27.46°S 153.02°E",{"_type":8,"asset":25},{"_ref":26,"_type":11},"image-76bc9c689b51bd0033ed46bd4cb22700bf1d3ba5-1024x681-jpg","In the early part of this year, I took hardly any photos at all because it was very difficult to hold a camera and a set of crutches at the same time. 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