Zoo Poo
At the Giraffe talk at the Zoo… Apparently the smell of the stored poo was a bit much for some…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Adventures In Assisting: Out Of The Box
Another shoot with Bev Short for her NZ Tattoo project. This one was using the storeroom in the New Zealand Portrait Gallery here in Wellington as a set and we got to have it for a couple of days so things wouldn’t be too hectic especially since we were basically building a set for the shoot.
The main element of the set was the packing crate which I ended up making (and then destroying). The day I took the finished crate (unbroken) to Bevs we found out that breaking it was going to be a bit problematic. No matter how hard I stomped on the thing it just wouldn’t break, next came the hammer (that was possibly the smallest hammer I have ever seen) and after about 15 minutes it was starting to look a bit more demolished, although I managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder doing it (must be getting old).
Since this shoot was going to be inside over two days I thought it would be fun to set up my D90 as a time lapse camera to show what goes on (the video is done and just getting a custom music track from my friend Ben Capp) and should be up later this week 🙂 Its the entire photoshoot from empty storeroom to empty storeroom in 3 minutes.
The first day was building the set and initial lighting set-up which went pretty smoothly complete with fake dust and occasional issues with light bulbs.
Day two and Gillian Parkinson (model) and Matt Middleton (make-up) turned up which gave me some time to take some shots of everything.
Enjoy
See finished image HERE
Box before destruction
Box after attempted destruction
Box in position on the set.
Bev posing for the time lapse camera
The time lapse camera up above the shoot and looking out to the gallery.
Custom dust placement.
Catering Trolley
Make-up under scrutiny.
Wood particle placement.
Eye lashes Matt made from peacock feathers.
Costume alterations.
More costume alterations.
Hair alterations.
Instruction.
Shooting.
Stand in.
Final Set-up.
Square Shots: Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
35mm Shots: Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 and 35mm f2 Lenses, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film Pushed to 1600 ISO, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Climbing
From before the “No Climbing” sign went up…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
No Climbing
I guess this spot has been officially shut down 😦
To see this being climbed on look here 🙂 https://darkhalide.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/civic-square-parkour/
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Lookout
Been super busy of late developing film and putting together a time lapse of a shoot I was assisting at from the weekend (my computer really doesn’t like video). Here is a shot from my Zoo visit during the school holidays…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Book Sale
Book sales are great for taking shots on a Rollei. For a start everyone is looking at books and then with Rollei you are also looking down so people just assume you are also looking at books 🙂
Usually they are not so well lit though…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Early Morning Spider Web
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Rolleinar 1, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Lions At The Zoo. Who’s Watching Who…
With the school holidays on we took the girls to the zoo. I love going to the zoo but mostly for the people 🙂
While the girls were at the chimpanzee talk I went and checked out the lion enclosure. This was the first time I had seen the lions up close to the viewing window, wow they are big!
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Train Sleeper
I went on a train adventure with my girls and a friend in the school holidays and wouldn’t you know it someone fell asleep just across the carriage.
I couldnt resist 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Bus Waiting
Bus station walk-by.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Busted?
Walking past the Sunday vegetable market I spotted this person getting a stern talking to from the police…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Civic Square Parkour
I put up a shot of this sculpture about a week ago (See it HERE) and how I thought it would become my nemesis due to the fact that I had already missed some shots around it and could see no way of hanging around it without looking suspicious. As it turned out I didn’t need to worry :).
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
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