film addict

The Holga’s aren’t even here yet and I’m already thinking about what 35mm film camera to get to replace the broken OM10. I think I’ve decided on a couple of old school cheapies – no reason to get flashy with my ambitions as all I really want is to recreate the vintage feel of photos from when I were a lad. Well, that and…

nooooooo

My lovely old Olympus OM10 film camera is busted. Taking some test shots today I noticed that the shutter speed was a lot less than it should have been – almost 1 second at times. Meh – had a look inside and its all broken by the mirror – the plastic inside bit seems to have been broken and shaken loose somehow. So, its…

things that irk me about photos

Looking at some pictures on Flickr and other sites, a few things regularly irk me about some “professional” photographers photos. Now, I’m far from being perfect, I’m not a professional photographer, but people, there are some simple things that we all need to watch out for 1. Horizontals The horizon is always horizontal. Unless you’re doing a really wacky obviously not meant to be…

Splash

Took the kids out to Point Peron after school to let them work off some steam, it was a nice warm evening and the light was nice for some photos too. Got a few nice ones along the beach as the sun went down – I really need a polarising filter to make the best of the landscape, but never mind! Got a nice…

more sunsets

we’ve had some gorgeous sunsets around here the last few weeks – sometimes, I’ve been fortunate enough to have time to take photos 🙂 The recent storms have eroded the beach a fair bit exposing a little rock shelf that wasn’t there before – or at least as long as I’ve been here (11 months) – its good though – adds some foreground interest…

portraits

Set the studio lights up – well, one of them – I really like the single light look at the moment and took some self portraits, aiming to get the real dark and moody black and white look quite pleased with that 🙂 The Cactus wireless flash triggers work flawlessly – brilliant!!

hats

I love hats.  Always have done.   Which is a pity, as I look a bit crap in them. I was chatting away to my kids on Skype webcam yesterday (for those of you who don’t know, my kids live in England with their mother (my ex-wife) and I live in Perth, Australia) when I put on my youngest step-daughter’s Hi5 beanie and was making…

new toys

ooh, my cactus V4’s are here – wireless remote flash triggers – lots of off camera flash goodness. means I need to learn how to meter properly *eep*

so much for

..only using the 50mil for 3 months like I said I would in April – I’ve been using the 18-200 for landscapes too.  I kinda forgot about that. At least I haven’t taken the 18-200 out with me for general shots – I spose thats something to hold onto. Someone told me once that great pictures are made by getting close and thats what…

happenings

well, lack of really – its been a quiet few weeks with nothing specific going on. The step kids have broken up from school for almost 3 weeks so they’re busy running around the house beating each other senseless. Jay’s back is really not getting better yet, so she’s having to take it easy – just sitting in the car for 20 minutes is…