Googlie Eyed Squid
The eyes were a nice addition… I wonder if they were added by the artist or someone else?
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Going Slightly Crazy And A Picture Of A Dragon
The start of week two without shooting due to a combination of a back and rib injuries from a miss-spent youth. The weather hasn’t been especially friendly either and the few times I have tried to venture out with either half frame or D70s (yes I have dusted it off, literally) it has either been raining or has started to rain when I was in transit to where ever I was going.
Carrying a digital again has been due to a Fujifilm competition which wont let me enter scanned images…Um don’t they make film too? The first prize is an Fuji X100, which I have to say would be a quite nice camera to carry around to compliment Rollei. It is quite hard to be inspired when it is raining and not shooting 6×6 (everything seems to look better square) but we will see how it goes. It is supposed to be a nice day tomorrow so I might take Sam out in the push chair and have a look round and see what is up.
I think Sam is going slightly crazy too with not being able to get outside much… She is currently under my desk untying my shoe laces (hopefully she’s not tying them together) and talking a mile a minute.
Anyway here goes a shot from earlier in the year at the dragon boat festival…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 900F Scanner.
Sleeper In The Rain
Not a particularly good sleeper but I couldn’t get a better angle since it looked like he had a friend nearby who wasn’t asleep.
It pretty much sums up things at the moment with it raining the last 3 Saturdays when I usually get these shots.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
More Alley… Before And After.
I was cleaning out some stuff on my computer last night when I came across the top image of the Alley from last year. It was almost from the exact same viewpoint as one of the shots from the post on Wednesday so here they go side by side (or one above the other).
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Sand Relocation
A truck coming back from dropping off a load of sand along Oriental Parade. The trip before this one he really booted it through the water sending spray everywhere but toned it down this trip possibly since I was standing there with a camera and Sam was too impatient for me to stick around for another pass.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Alley Revisited
I was walking past “The Alley” the other week and I noticed that the gate was open… Sweet… So here goes some shots from inside my favorite Ally after it has been painted entirely white and boring… with a few embellishments and on the bonus side it didn’t smell of urine like it used to 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Me Again And Yoga Related Injuries
Yup it’s another self-portrait… I may have to call this series something like “Things I do when its raining and I cant get the shots I normally take…” although that does sound a bit long-winded.
Somehow last week I managed to injure a rib whilst doing yoga (yes I know that sounds pretty dumb and I’m sure my friend Adam would say “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!) and if you have ever had a rib injury you will know that it hurts worse once it starts healing than when you did it in the first place. That pretty much hit yesterday and I didn’t quite know how bad it was until I made the mistake of going out shooting while carrying Sam in the backpack. About half way along things started getting real painful and the rest of the walk turned into a slow haze of pain… Hopefully this wont put me out of action for too long.
I still have a backlog of images to post so it shouldn’t change too much here… I think its time to start planning a darkroom session anyway and this might give me time to sort out what to print and put together a series to take to some galleries…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Beware Of The…Teddy?
Seen on Willis Street guarding a digger…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Happy 2nd Birthday Samantha
Today Samantha turns 2. Here are some shots from this year as we have been out and about.
I sometimes wonder what my kids will think when they are older and all of the photos of them are shot on cameras from the 50s and 60s and are predominantly black and white, I hope they like them 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Canon Demi S Half Frame, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner
Giant Bubbles
It was finally a nice day on Thursday so me and Sam went for a wander along the waterfront shooting after not being out for a couple of weeks. As we were walking past the rowing club we both noticed some rather large bubbles out across the inlet. Upon further investigation we came across the bubble maker who was testing out his bubble mixture. This is one of the few times I wished I was shooting colour…
I don’t think I have ever seen bubbles bouncing off the surface of the water before and Sam was more than happy to stay and watch where as she usually gets bored easily in the backpack if we stop for too long.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film , CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Self Portrait Mode
Over the last couple of weeks it has been raining pretty consistently in Wellington which makes for difficult shooting conditions with the Rollei. Obviously I can’t take it in the rain and shop awnings become dark enough to make for slow shutter speeds and focusing difficulties, not to forget that people tend to congregate less when it is raining so there is less opportunity to capture interaction between them.
At times like this it seems like I go into “Self Portrait” mode and start looking round for things that reflect…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
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