Gettin’ back into it

Finally shot a new image last night, possibly the first one in the last 6 months! I’ve forgotten crucial points of the shooting workflow, unfortunately… one being that I shouldn’t submerge my tripod and/or filters in the river.

Sucker for trends

Hey folks,
As a cure for study insanity, I opened an image and tried to kill it. Here’s the result! Call it my interpretation of ‘AIPP atmosphere’. The actual image is from NZ, shot with the ol’ 400d (it’s also about as grainy as as a wheat farm and will yield absolutely no use for printing large). There are a few other issues, but enjoy!

Give it a few weeks

Hey folks.
Blog has – for the fourth or fifth time this year – died. The reason for this is that exams are coming up, which require masses of focus and concentration, which photography tends to prevent me from exerting. For this reason, things will continue to be deceased for some time.

The lack of photography has had profound health effects, though. Every time I see the camera my hand loses control and tries to press the shutter, and if i don’t allow it to, it starts flapping around like a dying fish. Preventing this is difficult and involves bricks to weigh the hand down during study sessions. I’ve also had to result to listening to a prerecorded shutter click on my ipod whenever I see a decent sunset, and the miming of setting up a camera is often necessary to prevent stress and retain sanity. Finally, whenever i see a decent composition, I’ve had to instantly close my eyes to keep the image in my mind for as long as possible. This can be a problem in public places, especially when walking in places where walls may be frequent.

Anyway heres an old image that may remind you of the good times. It does for me!

tunnels are addictive

Stakky made a film (sort of)

Hey folks, or those who still linger amidst the blog’s stale air. Apart from becoming a pretentious writer lately, I’ve produced a short art film for my media class. This was all filmed with the 5d, and edited by the same girl who acted in it. Had a great time making it, even if we produced it in a day’s time, and after six hours in that tunnel we went slightly crazy (possibly explaining the plot). This insanity officially categorises the film as an ‘art film’. Might get a little more thorough in this filmmaking stuff.

Damn

Only because I’ve gone and shot this in JPG. Damn.

More Lights

 

Both images from a smokey night at Lights Beach, Denmark!

Lights @ Lights

Going for a Tony Hewit look this time i think!! Was at a restaurant in Denmark just before, and some of his local stuff was on the menu, which may be the reason!

Dun di bib mate

 

That’s right, a 4 day section near Bailingup which included all the standard Bib track elements: snakes, huts, mice, tourists, rain, mice and of course photography!! great pine plantations down there, which make for a nice soft tone on a cloudy day. Got Kelby’s new photoshop guide by my side, which is a great book… if you can block out his sense of humour!! This image was coloured with his guide to split toning. EDIT: looks like i uploaded the wrong file!! here’s the calibrated version.

Trees

…is what they are. This was late evening at Joffre campground, just after a cold bundi on the porch of the new restaurant after a long days gorging… and not the preferable type either (pun intended!!). As much as i am against that new pulsing-mass-of-tourism eco retreat, i have to tip my hat at the comforts and commodities!