Do you have obsolescent or semi-obsolescent stuff around? I bet you do. Here I was just having a bit of fun visually recording some audio recording of some obsolescent or semi-obsolescent technology for monome.org’s latest community recording project ‘Exploring Obsolescence’ No micro-cassettes were harmed in the making of this video, but I’m afraid some circuitry [...]
Also filed in Miscellaneous, Sound
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Tagged cameras, clockwork, metronome, micro-cassette, monome, obsolescence, polaroid, Project, recording, reel-to-reel, sounds, telephone, typewriter
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I saw an article today which I found interesting, hope you do too: Photo Enlargers Loom Like Dinosaurs of the Film Age If you want to cut to the chase and see the project that prompted the piece of journalism in Wired however, go here! edit: Since posting this I have found a video featuring [...]
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
It is completely inexcusable of course, but I haven’t had a chance to do anything much except fulfil work & family responsibilities lately, so my apologies for any lack of content here. I hope everyone has had a very safe & happy festive season and wish you all a incredible New Year! Here is a [...]
Also filed in Photography
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Tagged 8mm, analogue, Australia, bbf, blackbird fly, Cameron Stephen, cars, film, freeway, Melbourne, Photography, Superheadz, toy camera, trucks, www.theplasticlens.com
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
One Saturday a group of friends with a common passion for analogue photography got together to convert Paul’s kitchen into a darkroom for the afternoon for the purposes of making some traditional photographic ‘wet’ prints. Those of us not experienced in this art (Lea, Sophie & I) watched & learnt from our friends Paul & [...]
Also filed in DIY, Photography
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Tagged analogue photography, Australia, D.I.Y., darkroom, friends, fun, Melbourne, Melbourne Photography, Print Making, Traditional Photography, www.theplasticlens.com
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I have been fortunate to know him for many years through our mutual love of toy cameras, but he is also a great Polaroid photographer. We mainly interact online from time to time but I remember one memorable day we wandered around Melbourne (with another friend Mike) taking photographs of anything that grabbed our interest [...]
For the 2010 World Pinhole Photography Day, I decided to make a new pinhole camera, similar to the pinhole blender cameras that merge several pinhole images onto one long exposure. In 2007 at the Daylesford Foto Biennale, I first saw some amazing pinhole images taken by an Australian photographer Steph Tout – Steph Tout Photography [...]
A while back I tried to explain how to get sprockets holes from your toy camera negatives scanned to a digital file correctly. My text and images where not entirely the best method to explain it so now finally I have produced a long overdue tutorial on how to use your scanner software to scan [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
It’s been a busy year and it’s not over yet. Coming up in September is something I’ve been looking forward to for oh, 2 years now, since the last one! The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is about to kick off and anyone who is even vaguely interested in Photography would find more than enough to [...]
