Holga and Hasselblad

So, as you are aware, I got my films back – I was especially looking forward to seeing the shots from the Hasselblad, given I paid a small fortune for it and am betting the farm that it’ll produce images that will stir my creative soul.   I know, not too much pressure then. First, the Holga, which never ceases to surprise and amaze Next,…

The films, they are back!

I’ve been waiting eagerly for these ever since I got the call on Thursday to say they were ready and being posted back to me. Well, they arrived yesterday and I’ve been scanning a few of the shots already and I’m pretty happy with them. It was a bit of a camera combo this time 1 roll of 35mm from the (now dead) Supersampler…

painting

I’ve been a busy bee these last few weeks.  I decided that a year of inactivity on the house was a bit crap so got down to prepping and painting First, little ‘un’s room, as she was happy to clear up and empty her room without any complaining, unlike big ‘un, who just whined and moaned that it would be too much like hard…

cameratime

previously (as they say on Dexter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and others, before wasting 10 minutes of airtime on recapping seemingly the entire series to date) I mentioned a new camera. Well, its not new.  1981 to be exact.  But it’s new to me.  And actually, given the concourse condition, it may as well be new.  There’s not a mark on it anywhere. So,…

slackest blogger award goes to..

er, me.  bugger so, whats new in my world? 1.  Its got cold. A feet numbing kind of cold.  Infact it’s almost record breakingly cold in Perth.  We’ve had a couple of frosts this week and night time temps have generally been around 1 or 2 degrees all week.  I know, I know, its not exactly cold compared to Europe or the US this…

so slack!

One post in a week – thats pretty piss poor.  Ah well. So, whats been happening? My Birthday.  Apart from that fact that I was working from 8am till 11pm and couldn’t celebrate at all – I had a wonderful day.  Jay bought me a guitar fx thingumy which means I can sound like Dave Gilmore or Kurt Cobain, even if I can’t actually…

Sydney part 2

So my trip to Sydney is done and I’m back home in a slightly chilly Perth. The training course was pretty intense and by the last day my brain was not taking in any more information – was so glad to be heading home. Interesting things about Sydney. 1.  Double decker trains.  brilliant idea – fit twice the number of people on the train. …

travel

I haven’t had to travel for my current job, which has been a bit of a blessing compared to the previous 12 years where I have travelled often and far and wide. Business travel is not as glam as it is cracked up to be and often involves just very long and unsociable hours, lost weekends and only seeing the inside of the airport,…

home by the sea

Sometimes I can go for weeks, living my life, oblivious to the fact that I live only a stones throw from the Indian Ocean and the most beautiful beaches. Nuts isn’t it. Other times, if there is no breeze and the world is quiet, I can hear the waves crashing rhythmically onto the beach as I drift off to sleep. Today, I popped out…

day with the dead

Jay and I went up to Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth today to see if we could find the grave of her best friend who died 13 years ago. Thanks to all the death and burial records being online now, all this information is (finally) easily accessible and we found her details pretty quickly. It was an emotional moment for Jay, who didn’t even know…