Here stands a salutory lesson on the folly of cost cutting in business, the practice of which so often proves to be founded on false economy. Melbourne’s try at having an ‘eye’ was constructed in such a way that when we reached a certain temperature in the heat of summer last year, components failed and [...]
Category Archives: bbf
Regrowth
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Friends of ours live in country Victoria, which experienced some devastating bushfires early in 2009. We visited the other day and my friend took me on a tour of some of the areas nearby affected by the fires. It was wonderful to see how the regrowth was progressing in even the most blackened scorched areas. [...]
The Slime
Friday, May 8, 2009
For all the Frank Zappa fans out there. In a bout of insomnia last Tuesday night I was capturing this scene with a variety of cameras, including the blackbird,fly. This exposure was taken over approximately 50 seconds. Camera: blackbird,fly – no mask Film: Fuji Superia 400
Yellow Hula Hoop
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A cute image of my eldest, looking quite happy with her latest ‘toy’ – the Hula Hoop, an oldie but a goodie Camera: blackbird,fly with no mask Film: Fuji Superia 400
Umbrella Girls
Friday, April 10, 2009
Another colourful capture of my beautiful (if slightly bonkers) kids, sheltering from cosmic rays under a rainbow striped umbrella. Sprocket holes courtesy of the blackbird,fly cameras different masking options. This image was taken as part of a little 8mm filming project of which a small movie snippet can be seen here: documenting the capturing of [...]
Curly Topiary
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Some curly topiary at the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park in Melbourne’s South Eastern suburb of Langwarren. My sister had found some expired Kodak C-41 Black & White 35mm film and thought I might be able to use it, 400 ASA – tasty! Thanking her very much, I loaded the blackbird,fly with it sans mask [...]
The Geometry of Customs
Monday, March 30, 2009
The facade (or rather part) of the Customs building in Melbourne. This building sits in the docklands precinct and I was quite taken with it’s OP-Art sensibilities, so of course had to capture some views on film. I took this photograph last week whilst wandering town with my nephew (pictured in this photo) and remember [...]
Urban Surfing
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
My nephew clowning around on one of the ring sculptures in the Melbourne Docklands area, a place that has changed remarkably in the last few years. The buildings behind Charles have sprung up and development seems to be continuing at a pace that defies the current global economic gloom… Camera: blackbird, fly with square mask [...]
Superman’s Laundry
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Wandering around a local fair whilst recently on holidays, I noticed a stall with various superhero costumes hanging up high above the stall, I couldn’t resist snapping this image of superman’s outfit blowing in the breeze. Camera: blackbird,fly with 24 x 24 mm square mask Film: Fuji Superia 400
Masked Girl with Snorkel
Thursday, March 5, 2009
It has been a hectic few weeks but thankfully we have been fortunate enough to get down to the beach. Here my youngest tries out the new mask and snorkel set we bought her. The crazy vignetting is courtesy of 200 speed film in the wonderful blackbird,fly (from Superheadz) camera set on ‘sunny’ aperture. Camera: [...]
Curious Kid
Saturday, February 14, 2009
This little kid is featured in one of my plastic lens words posts regarding scanning sprockets, but I thought this pic so cute it needed to be featured on the front page (so to speak) as well. We went to a nearby childrens’ farm during the summer school holidays recently and this little creature was [...]
Happiness
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happiness is a face full of ‘Fairy floss’ at the fair on a fine day. Happy New Year everyone! Camera: blackbird,fly with square mask Film: I can’t remember! – asa 200 generic stuff I think…(it’s not printed on the neg)
Jumpy Castle
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Modern fairgrounds and parties mimic the wonderful soft sculptures of the POP Art era, as in this Jumping Castle at a local school fair. Camera: blackbird,fly with square mask Film: I can’t remember! – asa 200 generic stuff I think…(it’s not printed on the neg)
Couple with Dog
Friday, December 5, 2008
Walking down at St. Kilda, an inner Melbourne bayside suburb, this nice couple poaed with their dog for the camera. Taken with no frame mask in the bbf, the exposure extends to the edge of the 35mm film, which is why the sprocket holes are visible. Camera: blackbird,fly Film: Fuji Superia 400
Girl with a blackbird,fly
Thursday, November 13, 2008
A lot of blue happening here, blue dressing gown, blue eyes, blue background, blue blackbird fly. One of my favourite bbf shots (taken with my orange bbf, yes I’m spoilt – I have two of these cool cameras). I think I love this shot so much because my daughter just looks like she is made [...]
Hang On!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Camera: blackbird,fly with 24 x 24 mask Film: Agfa 400 Vista (specially designed for Powershovel according to the film box)
Piglet Passenger
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
This is one of the shots I took on World Toy Camera Day which was on the 18th October this year. It was towards the end of the day and the family were taking the dog for a walk. My youngest was on her pushbike (still with trainer wheels) and had her favourite old toy [...]
Fuzzy Blossoms
Friday, October 17, 2008
(Still testing themes) This particular bbf image was taken on a very dull day with slow-ish film, so I had the camera set on ‘bulb’ with no tripod, hence the fuzz-factor. Camera: blackbird, fly with square (24 x 24) mask Film: Can’t remember!
Playground Swing Thing
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Another of my first exposures using the newly released blackbird,fly from Superheadz, taken with 400 asa film on a partially overcast day. As you can see, the kids were having a great time at this playground, which is the kind of time that children should have as often as possible. Camera: Blackbird,fly with no mask [...]
Test Flight
Saturday, October 4, 2008
In collaboration with Powershovel/Superheadz in Japan, I have been shooting rolls of film for them using their great new camera, the blackbird,fly. So far I have exposed 15 rolls of film and returned them to Tokyo. Quite a few of my images have appeared on the promotional poster for the blackbird,fly and also some appeared [...]
Docklands Construction
Monday, September 22, 2008
I have added a new plastic fantastic camera to the archive categories. It’s called the blackbird,fly from Superheadz in Japan and anyone who has been reading the words part of this site will be familiar with my recent excursions with this camera. It’s a plastic twin lens reflex that takes 35mm film and has various [...]
