Playing With Blending Layers and Textures
Cruising through some blogs the other day I came across one (Shadowhouse Creations)which had a whole heap of textures and blending tutorials, Awesome!. I had a bit of a play with a couple of images I shot on the Rollei a couple of weeks ago. Lets just say I’m not a subtle kinda guy 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford FP4+ 125 ISO Film rated at 50 ISO, CanoScan 9000F Scanner, Heaps of Photoshop…
Same Corner Different Day
It seems I have been hanging out at this corner quite a lot lately
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Rainy Day
A couple of rainy day street portraits on the corner of Manners Street and Victoria Street.
I like going out on rainy days, people seem more surprised that you are taking their photo and the light is usually much less harsh than when it is sunny. I usually find the end of a covered section of pavement and take photos of people walking in the rain.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Baby Factory Delivery Door
Um so this is where they deliver the babies?
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner
Somes Island Gull and Lighthouse
A shot from my trip to Somes/Matiu Island last week.
At first glance nothing special until you realize that this is a fixed lens camera with a focal length of a 50mm on 35mm film. I think the focus put the gull at around 4 feet from where I was standing which is nearly as close as the Rollei will focus. The Gulls were nesting with offspring and were pretty territorial… more on that in another post…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford FP4 125 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Jandal and Punk
On the corner of Manners Street and Victoria Street. I love when you get a prop that people think you are shooting like the Jandal (Shoe) in the bottom left hand corner.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Bike Track Jump Packing Down
The bike track across the road is still under construction and it seems that they are having problems packing down the bigger jumps.
Problem solved, just drive your car back and forth up and down them… This tactic seems to be working pretty well.
I am hanging out for them to be finished to go shoot some extreme air time… Rollei might have to give way to 7 frames a second F5 and 35mm Film 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Spray Artist on Cuba Street
This is where the low angle of the Rollei really comes into its own.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Running Girl
On Cuba Street in the middle of a heavy downpour.
I saw her running across the mall from the money machine and totally thought I had fired the shot too early (possibly a little bit early) and missed her altogether. Film is great for surprises.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Somes/ Matiu Island Lookout
As a family we went to Somes/ Matiu island in the Wellington harbour. The island has been used for many things from quarantine of both people and animals to internment for foreign nationals at time of war… It has a lighthouse which was built-in 1900 to replace the lighthouse built-in 1866 (images to come) and the remains of an anti-aircraft battery not to mention its a pest free zone so there are no rats or mice or other nasties so it is a safe haven for many of New Zealand’s endangered wildlife.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford FP4+ 125 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Airport Tunnel
Pedestrian Tunnel to the car park at Wellington Airport
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
2010 The Year that was…
Happy New Year to all!
Here is a quick breakdown of my first year (or not quite a year) of Blog action…
First Post on 03/03/2010
295 Posts since then
8140 Views
355 Comments
Top Post for 2010 : Wellington Zombie Walk followed closely by the other 2 posts about the Wellington Zombie Walk
Top Google search: Pigeon Houses
Top Referer: Facebook
My Favourite post: Hmmm kinda a hard one possibly Street Chess or Negative Space Portrait and the Zombie Posts
Most used Camera: Early year Nikon F5, Later in the year Rolleiflex
New Tattoos: None…
New Piercings: One
Bones Broken: None
Money made from Photography: (Not counting Assisting or working at a camera shop) Less than $1000 NZ
New Years Resolution: Shoot more and put together an exhibition
Let me know what you’ve liked, what you want to see more of and what you think sucked…
All in all a pretty good year…. Lookingf forward to 2011.
Peace out! 🙂
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