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: Diana
The First Motel (no Vacancy)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I grew up not far from here and always meant to photograph this place. I finally got around to it! Some extended exposure toy camera photography, of the Oakleigh Motel, heritage listed – the first motel in Victoria. Camera: Diana F+ Film: Fuji Pro 160S (approximately 60 second exposure)
Stretcher Bearer
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A friendly paramedic who frequently drops off customers to our E.D. named “Buddy” He is a bit of a photog himself and has shown interest in my plastic cameras. Here he poses for the Diana + in the ambulance bay one afternoon we both had 5 minutes spare. Camera: Diana + Film: Agfa 160
Barbie Gothic
Sunday, December 28, 2008
This shot may be rather dark, but I kind of like it a lot, being surreal and headless, something I often think the direction of my life has been. Only joking, I know where I’m going and what I’m doing, for sure! (Is this my beautiful Wife? ..and my beautiful House? How did I get [...]
Jun’s Cool Hat
Saturday, November 8, 2008
(originally posted on the old site, February 2008) This is Jun, a nice guy I met randomly one day in Brunswick whilst photographing old buildings with my pinhole camera. He stopped and started a conversation about photography and we chatted for a while, then I took his portrait (a different one to this) with my [...]
Uluru In The Distance
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Once again, the Agfa XPS 160 combined with the plastic lens on the Diana F+ has created some sort of alchemy for this photograph that makes it another of my favourites from Central Australia. Heading away from the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, I had the sudden urge to pull our hired Maui to the side [...]
Sleeping Horse
Friday, December 28, 2007
On a hot summer day the best thing one can do is have a bit of a nap under a tree. Horses are far more sensible than people most of the time, don’t you think? Camera: Diana + Film: Fuji NPC 160
