No wise words here.
Well aint this a fine Kodachrome picture? It's one of several dozen from a box of slides I took a punt on and bought from an antiques shop in Clemton Park. $AU20.00 well spent I think.
The whole set covers the years 1957 to 1962 and include a wedding, what looks like a honeymoon to Lord Howe Island followed by lots of pictures of a son and daughter. The family scenes are all set around Oatley and Hurstville near where I live. I find it sad that they are no longer loved by the family they are from but WOW do they bring a smile to my face (as well as a bit of a nostalgic feel).
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Sunbeams
No wise words here.
So I "invested" in three packs of new Impossible PX70 film as I did enjoy using my folding Polaroid SX70 and thought I should support the great effort the Impossible crew have made to date. What I'm not madly thrilled about is the images I've so far shot along with the stuff ups my SX70 cameras have performed.
1st SX70 I pulled from the shelf was the one I now remember didn't work so well.
2nd SX70 I pulled from the shelf was the working one but no amount of fiddling in a dark bag had me successfully re-fitting a dark slide to swap film packs. OK 1 shot lost as it acts as a dark slide!
Took some shots, did all the cover and keep them dark stuff including ignore them for an hour!
PINK, PINK and PINK shots I get. Yeah they look OK I guess.......
Hey I think. I'll try a pack in a lesser model 1500 SX70 camera. Load the pack, out comes the dark slide....woo! Take a shot, get the noise but no pic spits out......great another dud shot, another pack swap = another lost shot.....Jeez.
Whats a guy gotta do to get a colour shot from this colour film?
So I "invested" in three packs of new Impossible PX70 film as I did enjoy using my folding Polaroid SX70 and thought I should support the great effort the Impossible crew have made to date. What I'm not madly thrilled about is the images I've so far shot along with the stuff ups my SX70 cameras have performed.
1st SX70 I pulled from the shelf was the one I now remember didn't work so well.
2nd SX70 I pulled from the shelf was the working one but no amount of fiddling in a dark bag had me successfully re-fitting a dark slide to swap film packs. OK 1 shot lost as it acts as a dark slide!
Took some shots, did all the cover and keep them dark stuff including ignore them for an hour!
PINK, PINK and PINK shots I get. Yeah they look OK I guess.......
Hey I think. I'll try a pack in a lesser model 1500 SX70 camera. Load the pack, out comes the dark slide....woo! Take a shot, get the noise but no pic spits out......great another dud shot, another pack swap = another lost shot.....Jeez.
Whats a guy gotta do to get a colour shot from this colour film?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Dunlop Factory
No wise words here.
So, I recently got taken to The Dunlop Factory in Alexandria. I'd seen numerous shots taken by people appear on Flickr and was mildly interested. It's a pretty large complex that actually has "Dunlop - Slazenger" branding on the exterior. Its a pretty graffiti filled space a la Glebe Tram Sheds and with easy access.
I thought there would be a couple of people there but was amazed to see a dozen plus, all with cameras, including a whole group (with make up artist) participating in an off camera flash course. Now this is a property that someone owns, someone may have insurance policies for, may even have plans for aka demolision but there it sits as a public liabilty nightmare.
I kind of find the whole graffiti thing dull but seeing this once busy and productive space in ruin, loved it!
I was also amazed at how well my Polaroid 103 with Fuji FP100-B worked. The strong light was on the XO floor panel but it exposed nicely right to the back.
So, I recently got taken to The Dunlop Factory in Alexandria. I'd seen numerous shots taken by people appear on Flickr and was mildly interested. It's a pretty large complex that actually has "Dunlop - Slazenger" branding on the exterior. Its a pretty graffiti filled space a la Glebe Tram Sheds and with easy access.
I thought there would be a couple of people there but was amazed to see a dozen plus, all with cameras, including a whole group (with make up artist) participating in an off camera flash course. Now this is a property that someone owns, someone may have insurance policies for, may even have plans for aka demolision but there it sits as a public liabilty nightmare.
I kind of find the whole graffiti thing dull but seeing this once busy and productive space in ruin, loved it!
I was also amazed at how well my Polaroid 103 with Fuji FP100-B worked. The strong light was on the XO floor panel but it exposed nicely right to the back.
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