Archive for June, 2009
Once again, not a mention! Have a look at this list and see if you agree. Mr Hobby knocked me back for an interview on this very blog, he did say if I was Gizmodo it would be ok to do, so I am anti Strobist again. 
No Duncan, no Vitek, no Wisie, no Micko and no Andrew Günsberg. Its a joke!
Who would you have in your top 5?
There are times when you should just shut up and let the pictures do the talking.
Yesterday afternoon I ventured down to my local boat ramp to get some long exposures at sunset. I had an ND8 and ND4 (ND is Neutral Density, which blocks light to let you take longer exposures, and the number just tells you how strong the light blocking ability is) stacked on the 24-70 lens. At 24mm, you could just see the edges of the 2nd filter.
Estimating exposure times is always tricky doing this sort of thing. You want it long enough to smooth out the water, but not so long that you blow out highlights. Thank god for digital and the ability to chimp. This shot was about to be a reject until the bride saw it and loved it. Just goes to show how bad my taste is.
For shots that make this one look pedestrian, have a look at Wisie’s work, he is the long exposure king.
A bit of a slender link to photography this one, but what teenage boy from the ’80s doesn’t remember this iconic photo?
The smile that sent teenage boys into a hormone induced frenzy.
RIP Farrah.
So, I just had a rather large clean out of cameras. 11 film cameras have been sold or given away in the past week. The Argus “brick”, gone. The Canonet QL-19, gone. The Praktica, the Asashi, the Retinette, gone, gone, gone. I am down to a measly 6 film cameras. The beautiful Yashica 635 TLR. The Yashica MG-1 Rangefinder. Olympus Trip 35, EOS 1000F, Polaroid OneStep Plus and The Holga 120GN. Of these, the Yashica 635 TLR and the Holga 120GN are my faves. The 635 is built like a tank, looks beautiful and is medium format, a format I have fallen in love with. The Holga is the exact opposite (apart from the medium format film that is). All plastic, it feels like it will fall to bits at any moment. They are poles apart, but I love them both. So, can you imagine my excitement when I found out about this beauty…
… a Holga TLR. It is like the 635 and the Holga made sweet camera love and had a baby, a beautiful baby. It is cheap, it is a TLR, it is a Holga, and I want one! If you want more info, see the links below, I am off to sell some more cameras.
blurdotblog.com
holgablog.com
fourcornersdark
Many thanks to Mick Orlosky for the heads up.
So, you have run out of ideas. You have lost your phojo. You are at a loss. Want to be inspired? As much as I can’t stand the idea of needing inspiration, I understand some times the ideas are few and far between. The link below should get you out of trouble. Plenty of good suggestions to get the ideas and photos flowing again.
Photos are everywhere.
Strictly speaking, this isn’t a photography related post, but considering the laws in the UK regarding photography, it does have a little relevance.
The band set up their music equipment, from microphones to drum kit, in eighty different locations, including busses and what appear to be taxi cabs, and then requested all of the footage using the Data Protection Act, an English statute similar to the U.S.’s Freedom of Information Act that mandates any individual should have access to all information collected about them.
Priceless!
The Future of Media » Blog Archive » Viral Music Video Created Using Surveillance Cameras.
For those of you who want the manual (what man ever reads them?) before the actual camera is in your grubby hands, check it out here in all its glory. Big ups to Ben Hughes on Twitter.
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