shooting with the Trip

I have the Trip 35 and the Holga with me today as promised and guess what – it was fookin’ cloudy again this morning.  Not a problem for the Trip, but the Holga needs sun. So, I popped out across the road for a coffee with one the guys I work with and took the Trip. The good thing about Perth is the traffic…

100% unsuccess rate

Every time I’m at the office in Perth I take a good long look at the weather forecast to see if its worth lugging a camera in with me for a few shots at lunch or after work. I’m only shooting with the Holga at the moment and I really love Velvia 100 film, which means it really has to be bright sunshine for…

Whine Flu

I have it, I do. *wheeze, moan* In other news, I went out to meet a bunch of photographers from Flickr last night in Kwinana and had a blast.(except when it rained) I didnt take a lot of shots and mostly I’m sure they’re the same as everyone elses, but it was good fun.   Good to meet some of the people I’d been chatting…

updates

been a bit of a delay in posting as I’ve been sick.  really sick.  stay in bed for 48 hours kind of sick. meh! Just about getting over it now, but now the family are starting to go down with it, which is not good.  Jay is ok-ish for the moment, but both the kidlets are off school and have a high fever.  Hope…

upgrading

Well, due to repeated crashes and stupidity from my laptop, I’m upgrading to Windows 7 Its almost done. Hope it fixes the problems, gives me some time to save for a replacement. Which will be an Apple Mac.

Big Day Out

well, not big, but as Jay’s back has been really sore for months, it was a big deal for her. We took the train into Perth yesterday so we could go to the WA Art Gallery and also see Kevin Ballantine’s Holga exhibition in the Spectrum Project Space on Beaufort Street. Had lunch in the Belgian Beer Cafe on Murray St – was deserted…

first films

so, as you know, I’m on the quest for photographic enlightenment and that involves a forray back into the world of film. Starting with the basics – a Holga medium format toy camera and (still to arrive – Monday hopefully) Olympus Trip 35 As I said in the previous post, the first of the Holga films came back and they are wicked! The only…

first prints

got the first set of prints from the Holgas back, and by all accounts (a 15 minute phone critique), there’s more practice needed. ah well – thats why these things are fun, right? I’m still at work and haven’t see them yet but I can’t wait to have a look and scan a few later – watch this space. well, the space above, probably…

personality types

So, I’m very rare, apparently. Your Personality is Very Rare (INTJ) Your personality type is logical, uncompromising, independent, and nonconformist. Only about 3% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 4% of all men. You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judging. How Rare Is Your Personality?

One Year

Its 1 year to the day since I arrived in Oz. Time flies, eh?