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! 🙂
Scrap Yard Cars
These were all shot on Ilford Pan F+ 50 ISO Film, I really love the tonal range of this film… unfortunately after I had developed these and seen how good they were I went to work to stock up only to find that someone had bought all that was left in the fridge… How Rude! I have ordered more but unfortunately it comes from Australia and wont be here before the new year 😦 . I’m going to try pulling Ilford FP4 125 ISO film to 50 ISO and see what results that will give.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford Pan F+ 50 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
Traffic Photographer on Manners Street
Just after Manners Mall became a bus road this guy turned up for about a week… We initially thought he was there to catch buses that were running red lights but it turns out he was there to take images of cars going through the “Bus Only” section of the road, possibly to give them tickets.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
A Couple of Cemetery Half Frames
A couple more Half Frame panos, this time of a couple of different cemeteries.
The top image is from the cemetery overlooking the Terrace in Wellington and the other is at Karori Cemetery also in Wellington.
I Like how the top images have been run together on this one… It definitely adds a bit of atmosphere to the image.
Canon Demi, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
From Darkness
Couple of shots from Staglands trip a couple of weeks ago…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
More Building Demolition
Another shot from the Lombard parking building looking across to a bit of demolition…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
Fatherhood Friday 30: Twas The Night Before Christmas… Half Frame Styles
Well kinda the day before christmas and in some parts of the world when I publish this, the day before the night before christmas… Wow that was pretty confusing…
As you can probably guess the girls are all pretty excited and riled up (all 3 of them, big one included).
One last shopping foray to complete for the girls to get each other a present and then its time to kick back and relax… At least until Boxing day when I’m working again.
Canon Demi Half Frame Camera, HP5+ 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
Rainy Night at The Bus Station
While waiting for a friend at the bus station I shot a couple of images… This was by far the best one.
Great eye contact with the camera… I didn’t notice when I took it… I love how film still surprises me from time to time 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F Scanner.
Window Dresser Through Window
I seem to be taking lots of images through windows at the moment…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, Canoscan 9000F
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