I’ve finished my Graphic Design course.
This whole month has been insane. So many assignments to get done and hand in, i almost left my run too late and didnt finish them in time. I’m very relieved that didnt happen.
The annoying thing about rushing alot of my work is that it didnt turn out as i originally wanted. So over the next couple of weeks its my goal to redo my portfolio and get something im actually proud of. Not something that reflects many late nights and half assed rush jobs like my current one does.
I also plan to redo my horrible website and actually upload some content to it. I think it’s going to mostly be html though, no flash, as it shits me and im always worried that people wont have the latest version installed in their browser. I like designing websites, its the coding thing that frustrates me. I’ll be happy if i never have to make a full website from scratch in my entire life! I doubt that will happen though.

Havent been taking too many photos over the last month. Actually last weekend was the first time i’d used a camera in ages. When i finish the roll i’ll post them up. I’ll be pushing some 400iso > 800iso for the first time so hopefully they come out!

Whats dangerous??
Well, the fact that im borrowing a Mamiya RB67 from a friend and i might get attached to medium format photography…. Thats whats dangerous.
Its big and heavy and damn ugly, but when you look through that viewfinder its bloody terrific. They you ofcourse have the 120 film itself which i’ve always been wanting to try out. Nothing comes close to the quality of enlargements and fine detail from medium and large format film.
I dont know why im letting myself try this camera out. Its actually pretty stupid. I’ve been interested in the Pentax 67 for a while now, and i need another reason to spend more money like i need a hole in the head (ie. photography has already sucked enough money out of me).
so anyway, this is the camera. An RB67 “Pro-s” made between 1974-1990. It has the 120 film back, 2 lenses; 90mm f/3.8 and a 150mm f/4. Oh yeah, and no metered prism on this baby (an expensive optional extra).
I’ll give it a go in a couple of weeks. I have about 10 rolls of cheap 120 film i’ll try and burn though, then develop along side my regular 35mm film. Hopefully i get some half decent results.

After a couple of delays i finally have my Voigtländer Bessa R3A Setup.
I originally ordered a secondhand camera but my order was accidentally sent to another person!… I was obviously pretty disappointed. In the end however, i was sent a brand new R3A for the same price of the used one.. I immediately felt better again I have to say,  out of the many cameras i’ve owned and used, this camera feels the best.. I dont know what it is, but its the type of camera that makes you want to fire off a few rolls of film just by holding it. I cant wait to start using it. I’m bringing it to work tomorrow, haha
After i put a couple rolls through it i’ll post up a proper review and take a few “beauty shots” of the camera.
For now, heres a quick shot of some of the gear..

A couple friends and i were talking about how we haven’t really taken any photos lately. It’s Just been hard finding time with so much other stuff on at the moment. So we challenged ourselves to take atleast one photo today, of anything at all. We were all going to work so couldn’t really dedicate too much time to it. I ended up almost finishing a roll of film, but wont be able to develop and scan it before our “deadline”, so here are a couple sunset pictures taken from the car. There were some amazing colours in the sunset, so i waited until the sun went behind a cloud and shot a couple of pics with my digital p&s Fuji F10. They’re nothing amazing, but i think they turned out ok considering the limitations of the camera, the time i had, and the fact i was trying to drive at the same time =/ . Atleast i completed the challenge, i’ll see if the others have though :p
I just did a resize and cropped out soem of the bottom on the second shot, no other processing.

Haven’t taken any photos for about a week now… Well i’ve started a roll of Fuji 100SS, but havent got around to finishing it yet. Just have too many assignments and things on at the moment. Cant wait until its all finished. Im sick of studying…
Oh, also im waiting on some new gear from the U.S. Got half of it, but there was a stuff up with the other half and it’ll be taking another week to get to me.. So frustrating. I wish i could just buy this stuff from a regular shop instead of relying on Internet and postage =/

Been trying to install this piece of shit(cs3 master colelction) for 6 hours now. Never had this many issues with one piece of software before. After reading many threads of people with the same issues and no real solutions, i’m about to give up. How can it be so hard to install something??
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Last year i won a photo comp on an Australian Photography forum. The prize was an A1 sized print of one of my photos. It took me ages to send in the photo i wanted printed out (mainly because my hard drive died. Plus the fact that i was quite lazy over the Christmas break).
I finally got around to sending the printer a pic last week and received the finished product in the mail yesterday. I was really happy with the result. The printing was terrific so that was never an issue, i was just concerned about the post processing work i’d done to the photo. It was bit of a gamble, but turned out looking really good in the “flesh”.
I’ve made prints of my photos before, but never at A1 size. It’s pretty impressive.
I took a quick picture of it below. I haven’t mounted it yet on the wall, so will hopefully sort that out today. Oh, and the print doesn’t look all flat like it does in the photo below.

Got some new film this week that i’ll be shooting tomorrow hopefully. I want to try and use up my Rodinal so i can test out another developer too.
But, onto another subject. I was meant to post this up a while ago but never got around to it.
My brothers girlfriend brought back this little figure from Fiji. How good does he look! I dont know what it is, but i just think its terrific. He looks quite comical and has alot of character. Havent named it yet though :p
Oh, and before anyone asks, yes it was declared at customs.
Posting this little guy up was sort of an excuse to test out a couple new features ive finally got to work on the blog. Click on the image and watch it magically appear larger ooh..
If it doesnt work, let me know