No wise words here.
So I have this backlog of Fujifilm FP100-C "peels" to process via a bleach wash to give me a transparency. As I work through them its a nice surprise to see results I'm not expecting, this shot being one of them. The original print is a nice soft shot of a blue car so getting a green from this is nice but the big white square I think result of peels sticking together while drying.
I think I prefer this to the print here http://www.flickr.com/photos/frontdrive34/4892830487
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
BOLWELL
No wise words here.
Well aint it nice to have my Yashica mat 124G repaired and working!
Some months ago I dropped it on a hard marble (well is there soft marble?) floor in Old Parlaiment House in Canberra. When it happened I was quietly distressed but put on a brave face to my friends.
I sent it off to the Camera Service Centre in Castlereagh Street in Sydney and they expertly did the following:
Realingn the focus rails
Repair the light meter
Clean the taking lens
Fix and test the shutter
This shot of a Bolwell Nagari taken at the Shannons Eastern Creek Raceway event. Close to 2000 classic cars attend this event. Lots of common and not so common machines. I'd forgotten Bolwells even existed and I had a friend who owned several in the 1980's!
Green, yellow and blue are a great combo too.
Well aint it nice to have my Yashica mat 124G repaired and working!
Some months ago I dropped it on a hard marble (well is there soft marble?) floor in Old Parlaiment House in Canberra. When it happened I was quietly distressed but put on a brave face to my friends.
I sent it off to the Camera Service Centre in Castlereagh Street in Sydney and they expertly did the following:
Realingn the focus rails
Repair the light meter
Clean the taking lens
Fix and test the shutter
This shot of a Bolwell Nagari taken at the Shannons Eastern Creek Raceway event. Close to 2000 classic cars attend this event. Lots of common and not so common machines. I'd forgotten Bolwells even existed and I had a friend who owned several in the 1980's!
Green, yellow and blue are a great combo too.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Cold Cuts on Lake Avenue
No wise words here.
I've often wondered what was up Lake Avenue, Cringila, so as part of a U-turn I got to find out. As soon as I saw this shop I had to look closer. The plastic fly strips in the front door must look great on a breezy day!
I love Burek but never find it easy to find in Sydney. This one road in the tiny, quiet almost backwater industrial suburb above the Port Kembla steel factories has three shops that sell Burek almost all next door to each other. Why? How? Sadly none seemed open and ready to sell me some Burek.
A cloudless sunny day makes Fuji FP100-C instant film a dream to use.
I've often wondered what was up Lake Avenue, Cringila, so as part of a U-turn I got to find out. As soon as I saw this shop I had to look closer. The plastic fly strips in the front door must look great on a breezy day!
I love Burek but never find it easy to find in Sydney. This one road in the tiny, quiet almost backwater industrial suburb above the Port Kembla steel factories has three shops that sell Burek almost all next door to each other. Why? How? Sadly none seemed open and ready to sell me some Burek.
A cloudless sunny day makes Fuji FP100-C instant film a dream to use.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Tank
No wise words here.
I feel great about this shot. Another reason I'm finding the use of older film cameras rewarding. I can't do this with digital, maybe someone can? Without post production?
It's also another shot from my self developed C41 films using the Tetenal kit. I appear to be capable of processing around 40 films from a $AU50 kit. Not bad really and very easy and therapeautic to do!
It's also a shot I think might lead me on towards more shots of "Big Rigs"!
I feel great about this shot. Another reason I'm finding the use of older film cameras rewarding. I can't do this with digital, maybe someone can? Without post production?
It's also another shot from my self developed C41 films using the Tetenal kit. I appear to be capable of processing around 40 films from a $AU50 kit. Not bad really and very easy and therapeautic to do!
It's also a shot I think might lead me on towards more shots of "Big Rigs"!
KOMBI POWER
No wise words here.
I'm pretty darn happy with this shot and what the Rokkor f1.7 can do.
Taken at the Volkswagen Nationals, a gathering of hundreds of VW vehicles held at Fairfield Showground in western Sydney annually.
It was another of those days where I packed too many cameras for a day looking at cars so left most in the car and wandered with a Minolta SRT303 and a Nikon D50. It was also another of those days where I was expecting loads of people to be there with cameras, as is the norm at a classic car events but was truly amazed at how many people have big dollar DSLR's.
I've had my DSLR for a number of years now and it is a great thing. It was an upgrade from a 3.2 megapixel Olympus UltraZoom, quite capable in its day but garbage by todays standard. What I still am yet to see is DSLR shots that don't look so clean and often clinical out of the camera or more importantly, shots that don't have endless things done to them with software manipulation.
I often feel too many people come home and heavily modify (well even lightly) an image rather than do all that with the available light in camera as they take the shot. Am I becoming an even older "old skool" stickler?
I'm pretty darn happy with this shot and what the Rokkor f1.7 can do.
Taken at the Volkswagen Nationals, a gathering of hundreds of VW vehicles held at Fairfield Showground in western Sydney annually.
It was another of those days where I packed too many cameras for a day looking at cars so left most in the car and wandered with a Minolta SRT303 and a Nikon D50. It was also another of those days where I was expecting loads of people to be there with cameras, as is the norm at a classic car events but was truly amazed at how many people have big dollar DSLR's.
I've had my DSLR for a number of years now and it is a great thing. It was an upgrade from a 3.2 megapixel Olympus UltraZoom, quite capable in its day but garbage by todays standard. What I still am yet to see is DSLR shots that don't look so clean and often clinical out of the camera or more importantly, shots that don't have endless things done to them with software manipulation.
I often feel too many people come home and heavily modify (well even lightly) an image rather than do all that with the available light in camera as they take the shot. Am I becoming an even older "old skool" stickler?
Friday, April 16, 2010
*
No wise words here.
Well, this is another recovered negative/transparency from a shot with a Polaroid 103 on Fuji FP100-C peel apart film. I'm slowly working through all my recent shots and bleach washing the part that often gets thrown away.
I love the colours, sometimes more than the original shot!
I, by no means, created this process but I often get asked how its done ( I also can't find the step by step Flickr set)
My method is as follows:
1. Shoot an image on Fuji FP100-C, develop and peel apart.
2. Keep the image AND the chemical backing with its "negative" and allow both to dry well.
3. Wash the negative section in a cold water bath. (I originally read that you should fix the image in B&W fixer. I've never done this and had no issues by not doing it) This will allow you to wash off the white goop as well as remove all the remaining backing, paper and chemical pod. Once cleaned up you will have a clean sheet of film. Allow to dry.
4. Tape the dried sheet down to a sheet of glass with the black side facing out. I tape it down with a minimal amount of tape around the sheet. It needs to be sealed so bleach can't get under the tape.
5. In a sink keep the glass sheet upright and then using an old soft toothbrush and liquid pool chlorine brush clorine over the black backing. I work quickly as the tape I use has a water soluble glue! ANY chlorine that gets on the "dry" side will wash away the image. Once the black falls off, usually after 2 wipes with chlorine, wash the sheet well under cold water, remove from glass and keep rinsing taking all the tape off. Allow to dry.
6. Once dried, SCAN!
Well, this is another recovered negative/transparency from a shot with a Polaroid 103 on Fuji FP100-C peel apart film. I'm slowly working through all my recent shots and bleach washing the part that often gets thrown away.
I love the colours, sometimes more than the original shot!
I, by no means, created this process but I often get asked how its done ( I also can't find the step by step Flickr set)
My method is as follows:
1. Shoot an image on Fuji FP100-C, develop and peel apart.
2. Keep the image AND the chemical backing with its "negative" and allow both to dry well.
3. Wash the negative section in a cold water bath. (I originally read that you should fix the image in B&W fixer. I've never done this and had no issues by not doing it) This will allow you to wash off the white goop as well as remove all the remaining backing, paper and chemical pod. Once cleaned up you will have a clean sheet of film. Allow to dry.
4. Tape the dried sheet down to a sheet of glass with the black side facing out. I tape it down with a minimal amount of tape around the sheet. It needs to be sealed so bleach can't get under the tape.
5. In a sink keep the glass sheet upright and then using an old soft toothbrush and liquid pool chlorine brush clorine over the black backing. I work quickly as the tape I use has a water soluble glue! ANY chlorine that gets on the "dry" side will wash away the image. Once the black falls off, usually after 2 wipes with chlorine, wash the sheet well under cold water, remove from glass and keep rinsing taking all the tape off. Allow to dry.
6. Once dried, SCAN!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Chicken Schnitzels for everyone.
No wise words here.
Well when I walked into the dining room in this Cafe in Violet Town I was smiling. Picture a largish room painted in that dull violet and around 12 sets of tables and chairs like these.
I ordered a chicken burger - it came first and comprised an oval chicken schnitzel (from the deep freeze). It was tasty.
Michael ordered a chicken sandwich - it came second and comprised a heart shaped chicken schnitzel (from the deep freeze). He enjoyed it.
Mark ordered a chicken sandwich - it came last and comprised a different shape of chicken yet again.
No product streamlining in Violet Town.
Well when I walked into the dining room in this Cafe in Violet Town I was smiling. Picture a largish room painted in that dull violet and around 12 sets of tables and chairs like these.
I ordered a chicken burger - it came first and comprised an oval chicken schnitzel (from the deep freeze). It was tasty.
Michael ordered a chicken sandwich - it came second and comprised a heart shaped chicken schnitzel (from the deep freeze). He enjoyed it.
Mark ordered a chicken sandwich - it came last and comprised a different shape of chicken yet again.
No product streamlining in Violet Town.
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