It’s about time I updated this photoblog. I got this alarm clock at a op-shop (thrift store) years ago. It was sitting in the window calling to me. I love retro things like this, I particularly like the little Sputnik second hand that cheerfully travels around the clock face. Anyone who has watched a bizarre [...]
Tag Archives: analogue
Hydrant Leaking Light
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Taken a while back near Smith Street Collingwood, the plastic fantastic had a few issues with light leaks (or perhaps it was me when I unloaded the film, it could have been a ‘fat roll’ but I can’t remember now) whatever the cause I quite like the effect. Camera: Diana 151 Film: Fuji Provia 400 [...]
7-Acre Rock, Branches, Shadows
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Taken at 7-Acre Rock in The Yarra Valley ranges, Victoria. Camera: Holga with Waist-Level Finder as modified by Randy at Holgamods Film: Fuji Neopan 400 Rated ISO: 400 Developer: Ilfotec HC Dilution: 1:31 Temp: 22ºC Time: 6 min Method: Initial agitation 60 seconds then 4 inversions every minute.
Heat Engines
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
After uploading some software ‘analouge emulation’ images I thought we should get back to some actual real images (in the sense that the photo exists in tangible physical form, either as a negative or print as compared with 0′s and 1′s of binary data storage) This particular image was captured in my brother’s study (he [...]
Little Asphalt Dude
Thursday, October 21, 2010
A quick upload before I head to work… this little painted pedestrian (highly stylised) on the asphalt. (As captured on a Holga) Soon I am going to talk about the way we capture, process and share our perceptions of the world (ever changing it seems these days) and the tools we use to capture images, [...]
Under a Freeway on WTCD
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Even though I haven’t blogged about it this year due to laziness, family commitments, study, work, life, the universe & everything (and the dog ate my homework) – we have had a world toy camera day (well it was a whole weekend) this year and I did manage to take a few Holga and Polaroid [...]
Jesus in the Junk
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Well, those of Christian beliefs do say he is everywhere, which kind of freaks me out if I think about it too deeply, but this particular shining example of the saviour I found in the Dandenong Trash & Treasure sidewalk market one day. This is yet another shot taken with the cool Waist level Finder [...]
Negative Space Rider
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Camera: Holga 120N with Waist Level Viewfinder (modified by Holgamods) Film: Fuji Pro 400H
Ossification
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Testing the Bronica Auto Extension Tube S-18… Camera: Bronica SQ-A Film: Shanghai GP3 100
Under the Clocks
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Most people who have grown up or lived in Melbourne for any length of time would know the central Flinders Street Station. “I’ll meet you ‘Under The Clocks’ has been a favoured rendevous point for many generations. This is an extended exposure taken around twilight at Flinders St Station – Camera:Bronica SQ-A Film: Fuji [...]
60 Dollar Rooms
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
My brother gave me a box of old cameras, mainly old box-brownies, but in it was this cool box camera with the largest waist level finder I have seen in these kind of cameras ever. It’s an Ensign Ful-Vue and what is more it takes 120 rolls nicely! The settings are pretty simple and shutter [...]
We Are Not Really Here [Variations]
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Camera: Bronica SQ-A Film: Agfa XPS 160 Development Method:Developer: Nova Pro-Speed 41 ‘Press Kit’ – two step C-41 process.Time: 2:55 sec Temperature: 39ºC Agitating 15 sec initially then 5 sec every 30 sec and then 3 min blix, continuous agitation. Thorough wash (at least 5 changes of water in tank after 30 seconds [...]
View from 7 Acre Rock
Monday, December 28, 2009
Seven Acre Rock is a large rocky outcrop, 600 m altitude, which provides superb views of the Yarra State Forest, the Bunyip River Valley, and the Bunyip State Park in the state of Victoria. It is located in the Yarra State Forest, deep in the logging area south of the town of Powelltown, about 80 [...]
Three Sentinels
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Seven Acre Rock is a large rocky outcrop, 600 m altitude, which provides superb views of the Yarra State Forest, the Bunyip River Valley, and the Bunyip State Park in the state of Victoria. It is located in the Yarra State Forest, deep in the logging area south of the town of Powelltown, about 80 [...]
Cape Liptrap Lighthouse
Monday, November 23, 2009
Camera: Holga 120N with Waist Level Viewfinder (modified by Holgamods) Film: Shanghai GP3 400 Developer: Rodinal Dilution: 1:50 Temp: 20ºC Time: 15 min Method: Initial agitation 30 seconds then 10 seconds every 3 minutes. 60 sec Stop Bath (Kodak Indicator Stop Bath). 5 minutes Ilford Rapid Fixer. Ilford Wash Technique then Kodak Fotoflow for 30 [...]
A Girl, a Dog & an Old Car
Monday, November 2, 2009
Recently, thanks to the example and encouragement of some friends, I have ventured into developing my own negatives at home. So far I have done a few rolls of B & W, but I also have the ingredients for some C-41 (colour negative) developing, when I feel brave enough. This particular image was shot with [...]
Stop Train Crossing
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A train crossing in Bullarto, country Victoria. Camera: Diana 151 Film: Fuji Pro 160
A Boy’s Toys
Friday, August 28, 2009
A young fella contemplates life with his hand full of bounty. Slightly blurry (as Diana’s can be) but I find the selective focus of his right (on our left) hand holding the toy interesting. Camera: Diana 151 Film: Konika Minolta Centuria 100
The Niche
Friday, August 21, 2009
Another photo from a roll that was an unintentional x-pro (cross-process – where E-6 slide film is processed as ‘ordinary’ negative C-41 film), I forgot I had slide film in the camera, dropped it off and the lab had already loaded it in the machine before we realised it was E-6. Normally they don’t X-Pro [...]
Magnolias
Thursday, August 13, 2009
This photo is from a roll that was an unintentional x-pro (cross-process – where E-6 slide film is processed as ‘ordinary’ negative C-41 film), I forgot I had slide film in the camera, dropped it off and they had already loaded it in the machine before we realised it was E-6. Normally they don’t X-Pro [...]
Church in Talbot
Thursday, August 6, 2009
In keeping with the rural theme and also following on from the reference to the Foto Biennale mentioned in the last photograph posted on the site, here is a church facade in Talbot, a small township in country Victoria, where my family and I stayed for part of the Daylesford Foto Biennale in 2007. Camera: [...]
