If I seem a bit distracted this month, in no small part it is due to this gentleman. Let me explain, this is Jeff Moorfoot, one of the primary driving forces behind the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Jeff is the festival director and with the help of the committee, volunteers and participating artists from Australia [...]
Category Archives: Polaroid
Flat Rose
Monday, June 22, 2009
Here is an interesting photograph from a couple of years ago. It was taken on WPPD (World Pinhole Photography Day) as part of a series of pinhole Rose captures. I used a Holga converted to a pinhole camera, with a Polaroid back attached. The Roe in thi instance turned out looking very 2-dimensional as opposed [...]
Abandoned Gas
Friday, May 15, 2009
One of my favourite Integral Polaroids, this image has recently been printed in the “Roadtrip” theme gallery of Light Leaks magazine (thank you editors), along with many other great images and articles (this one’s on p. 34 if anyone has the latest issue) *grin*
Camera: Polaroid Spectra Film: Polaroid Spectra/Image Integral film
Sabra
Thursday, April 23, 2009
This talented young fellow is one of the Melbourne Flickrites and I caught up with him early in April, along with many other photogs at one of our monthly meets. Most of us take a camera or two and this meet was no exception, I myself took a Polaroid 600SE, EE100 and the little Superheadz [...]
Curvy, Spiky Against Blue
Sunday, November 30, 2008
More about this Polaroid later – got to do some angle grinding now, must attend to the Chook shed!
OK, I’ve successfully managed to cut the chook (chicken) shed down to 2/3 it’s original size without actually injuring myself with any power tools (an achievement for someone as clumsy as I, believe me!) Why am I [...]
Girl with a Prawn
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Another image from the ‘old’ plastic lens which I am transferring to the ‘new’ plastic lens. (some comments will be older than post date as they have been transferred from the original post) Original post date: June 7 2007I’m not sure why, but my eldest developed a strong attachment to this prawn at my sister-in-law’s [...]
