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Expired Film

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:28:41 +0000

Just like cameras, I hoard film, and for some reason I quite often come across people throwing it out, or shops clearing it off their shelves.
I can’t stand the thought of film being thrown in landfill somewhere when it can be used for something creative or fun. It’s just a waste. So as a result I have quite a lot of it.
Mostly I just load it into one of my mju:II‘s and keep it in the car or in my pocket and shoot anything that come to mind. A lot of the time they don’t turn out, and from the ones that do, only a small number are “keepers”. I’m not really bothered. This “low stress” type of shooting is what got me into photography in the first place. It’s something I lost for a couple years. Instead I’d agonise about the shot I wanted to get, the preparation and post work etc. It became a chore and not enjoyable.
These days I just shoot for the fun of it and the final result isn’t the prime importance. I find it a lot more fun now.

Below are some shots from expired film I’ve been using. I’m not even sure what it is. Just some consumer grade Kodak 200 & 400 iso I think. These are some scans of the prints so things aren’t as sharp as they’d be from a negative scan, but I kind of like the aesthetic anyway.
Some shots are from my ongoing A car took me there series.

Urban Study

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:40:40 +0000

As part of one of the subjects in the Masters course I started at the beginning of semester, we had to document a urban social phenomenon. Here are a few photos from the set of 15. To sum it up briefly, the photographic essay was looking at the dichotomy of conformity and individualism in the Sydney CBD. Taken in context with my essay and annotations it was well received.
For the project I used the little S90 which performed quite well I thought and was a fun change from film. The b&w conversions aren’t as bad as I anticipated also but not particularly special.

Been a while

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:52:12 +0000

Wow, it’s been quite a while since my last post. Time flies.
Things have been incredibly busy lately. There’s so much on, some exciting, some not so much.
I’ll be updating with one of the more exciting things soon (should hopefully be finalised within the next few weeks). Besides that, work takes up so much time, plus because I figured I wasn’t busy enough already, I started a Masters at COFA (College of Fine Arts – UNSW) which is going great but very demanding.

My shooting patterns have differed over the last 6 months or so too. Most of the film I shoot is colour, and it’s with my Mju:II, haven’t touched the R3A or any of my SLR’s for a while, but hope to change that this weekend.
I’m also looking at getting a digital point and shoot, possible the S90. I like the idea of the LX3, but it’s not compact enough for me, and that’s one of the major factors for me at the moment. Wish it shot HD video though.
I’ve realised it’s pointless wishing for the perfect camera. The best camera is the one you have in your hand when a photographic opportunity arises.

Woohoo.. I think it worked

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:06:59 +0000

Ok, i think i managed to get this blog transferred to another server.
Things got a bit “iffy” for a few hours there, im not a fan of going into databases and editing values, but i think its all working now. Just in time for Christmas too, arent you lucky?
Anyway, don’t have much to say besides being relieved that i got the blog transferred over and didnt loose any posts/pictures in the process (i dont think).

On another topic. Heres a picture i shot the other day. First time i’d picked up the DSLR in a while. There were some really interesting storm clouds i could see form the back of my house so thought i’d get a few photos. It looked pretty dramatic. I would of loved being in that plane