Struggles of the daily grind hit home very quickly, so quickly that whilst in the airport exiting Melbourne airport customs from the return flight home I recieved a call to start a 12 hour shift that afternoon working on a rail project happening throughout Melbourne. No word of a lie, i couldnt make it up…
Well as promised (eventually) the great saga of the land of sushi, samurai, and shinto shrines has set, simply summarised in a schedule of stills, Shinjuku being the final stop. Watch out for the Haiku’s Roll 18 800 ISO Kodak Portra Film Shot with my trusty Nikon Its story starts here Overcast it seems Vacation…
Nara; what an experience. The colours, the soft rolling landscape, the woody forests, and ever so daring deer. A day spent there is nay a day wasted, but get used to the ever present crowds; running at a slow hustle and bustle suited perfectly to the non business type of field trips. Japan runs on…
Guess what happened? Nights happen, and nights also happen with the only colour film on hand being ektar 100;that wont do! So digging into the arsenal I loaded some Tmax 400 into the Mamiya 645 super, and assumed the worst, needless to say, film keeps, and keeps and keeps on surprising me. Where was this? Still…
Leaving from Kyoto; a seemingly vibrant hallmark of past great works and history, to the seeming faraway and terribly juxtapositioned Hiroshima with its great destruction and sad history, took a mere 2 and a half hours by Japans now famous Shinkansen rail network. It was a subtle feeling of deflation that both my travelling companion…
Rush! Stop! Rush! Stop! This has been almost the last month to date and it almost feels like the eye of the storm is the calm before the inevitable, in saying that, next week is moving house time. Until then is a small period of pause, and where the time is found to continue to…
Today I’m sharing 2 rolls instead of 1, for two reasons: Aforementioned image overlap, and a useful visual comparison; since these were shot in the same location, at the same time, in the same conditions. Before I continue with the comparison, some info on where we were that day. Staying in Kyoto, we hired bikes…
The reason behind 52 rolls is to enhance your skills, maybe try new film and different ways to process it to push the boundaries. It certainly taken me on new road! Agfa vista 400 pushed to 800; for a consumer film, hats off, not much colour shift, none too dark shadows, all in all a…
Roll 7 is pushed Portra 400 to 800 on 35mm shot with the Nikon FM3A. Good tones, works with the overcast conditions still sharpish, but after being spoiled by medium format, i see things differently now 😦 Im starting to see problems with uploading a film at a time, going back and forth in (visual)…
This roll is Kodak Ektar 100 shot on the Mamiya 645 super. Shot in Shibuya, namely Yoyogi park, and Meiji Jingu shrine that is encapsulated by the park itself. The area is huge, and being blessed with a warm bright day, it felt like everyone was there, surrounded by tourists; a feeling which was unrelenting…
Japan. As a long-term admirer of the country from afar, I will admit of having some preconceptions about what I was to expect, gladly most were met. The lights, the sights, the scenes, the people. What I cannot describe in words, I hope some of the feel will be imparted through these pics. These…
Prepping for a trip I had left loose ends of many things, this roll for example was developed and emailed to me once already into my trip. Now it has been finding the time (and wifi) to do a write up. Contrary to the title this roll wasnt shot in a rush, simply the Mamiya…
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