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Rolleiflex Action

This week at work someone dropped in a Rolleiflex TLR camera that they didn’t want because it wasnt working and the taking lens had some chips out of it where someone had tried to fix an earlier problem.

Now this doesn’t sound the best but if you have ever handled one of these cameras it’s a pretty awesome piece of mechanical engineering. It also had the bonus of having a 35mm adaptor which when I took a couple of test shots means that you don’t get any loss of image quality from the marks on the lens!

Anyway took it to a camera repair guy today and he is going to reseat the lens and tidy it up a bit so hopefully later this week I will get it back and be ready to go shoot.

I will post pics of the camera when I get it back 🙂

These 2 shots were only test so sorry they aren’t more interesting 🙂 These are actually taken when the lens wasnt seated properly so hopefully will be sharp as when I get it back.

Must remember to see what is leaving the scratch down the entire neg…

Rolleiflex 2.8e, 80mm Zeiss Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Posted by  |  10/08/2010 | Categories: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Spinning

Playground toys can be great to photograph…

Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Posted by  |  09/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Experimental | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Darkroom Printing Session

Managed to get in a darkroom printing session this week so of course I had to get a photo of it 🙂

This is the City Council public darkroom and at $5 NZ per hour is a pretty good setup with everything you need except chemicals and paper (there a both of those there to use but are other people’s cast offs so wasnt too keen to use them)

I spent the first couple of hours thinking my paper was dud since I couldn’t get any contrast even with using a whole heap of magenta filter and then discovered that the filters had been disengaged on a switch on the side of the enlarger and once this was discovered things went a lot more smoothly… A trick to remember for next time.

It’s nice to know that I can still be a Dumbass sometimes 🙂

Nikon F5, Tokina 19-35mm Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.

Posted by  |  08/08/2010 | Categories: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

People Taking Photos

Here goes a series of images of people taking images 🙂

This guy was obviously very happy to be here.

This kid had the right idea, get above the crowd…I need one of these (the person to sit on, not the kid) 🙂

Always make sure your assistant is well attired.

When I was taking this I was wondering if he was actually taking a photo of me or if that puddle was just REALLY interesting.

Posted by  |  07/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Street | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Fatherhood Friday 18: The Return of Wild Hair

Another week down. This week has seen the return of colds mostly all round and continued teething from Sam.

Conversation of the week with Emily:

“Dad, dad”

“Yes Emily”

“Dad…Do you remember when Sam was sick?”

“Yes I remember”

“And the Doctor was closed and we had to got to the other doctor and Sam was crying lots and lots?”

“Yes I remember”

“And we had takeaways for lunch… I liked that, can we have takeaways for lunch today?

“No Emily” 🙂

Teamwork. Emily taking Sam down the slide… It doesnt seem very long ago when kids were doing this with Em 🙂

Emily at Playcentre with some wild hair.

Kinda hard to see but Sam fell asleep the last time we went out street shooting. In hindsight I should have gone into a shop and asked to use their mirror to get this shot because its kind of hard to see here.

Posted by  |  06/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Fatherhood Friday | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Fern

Seen at the Botanical Gardens in Wellington

Nikon D70s, 50mm f1.8, ISO 200

Posted by  |  05/08/2010 | Categories: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Borrowed Lensbaby

Borrowed a Lensbaby the other day to take a couple of shots with.

Not really sure what to think of them…

Nikon F5, Lensbaby Lens at f4, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Posted by  |  04/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Experimental | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Jump for the Camera

Tourists having their picture taken at Civic Square in Wellington.

Cropped in slightly.

Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Posted by  |  03/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Street | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Film Ends

These are a couple of film ends where the felt from the film cassette has left an exposure on the film when it is loaded. This mostly happens when you use a bulk film roller and your relaodable cassettes start to get a bit ragged. I always look for them but dont get many good ones. I think I may have posted the top one a few months ago… can’t remember.

Top Image Ilford Delta 400 ISO, Bottom image Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO

Posted by  |  02/08/2010 | Categories: Blog, Experimental | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Bridge Jumper

Seen at Kaitoki

Nikon D70s, 18-70 mm Lens, ISO 200

Posted by  |  01/08/2010 | Categories: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Fatherhood Friday 17: Ummm Make That Saturday

Been busy for the last couple of weeks so have got a couple of oldies from my camera phone… Both are a few years old now

Wow looking at these I can’t believe how much she has grown up 🙂

No pics of Sam this week but she has started walking a little bit and decided to do it when Amanda was working late for the first time since Sam has been born 😦

More recent pictures next week I promise.

Posted by  |  31/07/2010 | Categories: Blog, Fatherhood Friday | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Foam Attack/Art

A weekend of Foam related street art maybe?

Cuba Street


Te Aro Park Fountain

Foam Clean-up on Cuba Street

Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Posted by  |  29/07/2010 | Categories: Blog, Street | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment