Where Old Houses go to be Resold
Maybe 50 houses that have been moved off their original sites and put into a yard to be sold and moved to a new location.
Between Porirua and Lower Hutt.
The further back you got in the yard the worse the houses got. I was only there for a short time while doing some assisting work but will definitely have to go back when the light is better.
Nikon F5, 19-35mm Lens, Ilford HP5 400 ISO film
Graffiti and Flowers
Random flowers mixed in with empty spray can, beer bottle and downpipe.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5 400 ISO Film
Protest
Protest from a couple of weekends ago (only just developed film last night)
I like that some of the people are looking directly at me and that some are avoiding me altogether.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 lens, Ilford HP5 400 ISO film.
Shooting Seals (But in a Good Way… With Cameras not Guns)
Fergus getting a shot of a seal at Red Rocks, Wellington
Yes the horizon is crooked 🙂
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens.
Dragon Stilt Girl
Seen at Cuba Street Carnival, Wellington
I went to the street carnival initially shooting with my 80-200mm lens but gave up the tele lens and swapped to my 50mm after taking this one shot. I havent use my tele for street shooting since. Wish Id swapped lenses before I took this image.
I like the eye contact in this image.
Nikon F5, 80-200mm f2.8 lens, Ilford Delta 400 ISO Film
Death of a Motorcycle
I guess motor scooters aren’t supposed to go on BMX tracks.
I never found out if it was stolen of if the owner just got angry and destroyed it.
Id like to point out that I use the term “motorcycle” pretty loosely here 🙂
This is a good example of some scanning machines not being able to handle the grain from a film like Ilford Delta 3200 very well. I need to re-scan these so the grain is less mushy.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 lens, Ilford Delta 3200 ISO film.
Bendigo
Ruins of an old gold mining town in Central Otago, New Zealand
Nikon F5, Tokina 19-35mm Lens.
Verns Head
Slightly macabre but an old school image from a number of years ago.
This is a scan of a black and white print. No Photoshop involved. I cut a hole in a piece of wood and then placed a tablecloth over it, also with a hole cut in it, then a plastic plate had a chunk cut out and the model was kneeling on the floor. Â Developer was painted on with a brush to get that uneven effect.
The actual print has more detail around the face. This is one of my Favourite pics I have taken.
Looking back it could have done with some garnish.
Great Beards
If you want to see some great beards you should go hang round and wait for an ACDC stadium concert to get out.
These types of pics are why I love Delta 3200 film. Flash would have detracted from these images even well positioned flash and you can be a lot more stealthy without it.
These two guys were waiting for friends and heckling me pretty much every time I went to take a photo (I did miss a few shots because I was laughing so much). It made for a pretty amusing time.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Ilford Delta 3200 ISO film. f1.8 at 1/80th second
Same Shot 3 Ways with IR
Here is a comparison of the same shot but taken 3 different ways.
Shot 1: Boring!
Nikon D70s, 18-70mm Lens ISO 200. f8 at 1/320th second
Shot 2: Same shot but with Cokin 007 filter straight off the camera.
Nikon D70s, 18-70mm Lens ISO 200. f8 at 2 seconds with Cokin 007 filter.
Shot 3: Using Cokin 007 filte rand processed, much more interesting!
Nikon D70s 18-70mm Lens ISO 200. f8 at 2 seconds with Cokin 007 IR Filter then converted to black and white with photoshop.
Waves
Waves breaking against the cliff at Castle Point
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens. Â Ilford Delta 400 ISO Film
Fatherhood Friday 10: Sam Likes Steak
Once again colds featured a lot this week (welcome to winter) and there has been a fair bit of tired and grumpy behaviour all round.
Samantha: Still learning words at a rapid rate of fire. The current cold has made her lose her voice so when she tries to scream pretty much nothing comes out and she gets a very confused look on her face (which is amusing but also kinda a bit sad) so the house has been a bit quieter this week.
She is also attempting to stand on her own by putting herself up on things and then letting go to stand unassisted.
New phrase of the week: “uh oh”
Sam Likes Steak
Emily: Aside from having a cold, Emily has been pretty well-behaved this week. One of the highlights has been watching Emily and Samantha chasing each other round the house while laughing and squealing with delight. unfortunately the cold and rainy weather has ment we have had to stay inside and she is getting to the point where she needs a bit of a run around to burn off some energy but I don’t want to take her out because she still has a cold and something resembling a smokers cough.
Scary Emily
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