Overprocessed

So, I "bought" some new software to play around with and I've just been messing round with some of my past photos seeing as I'm too lazy to get out and shoot atm. I should get round to it next week though.

Sculpture - 7D + 50mm 1.4 @ f/8

I found it really difficult to get some usable photos from this years Sculptures by the Sea in Bondi. Not much different from any other year really as it was just due to my timing. I went midday on a hot and sunny day, not the best light at all. Anyway, this is woefully overprocessed in some software. It's supposed to look like some type of film, I'm gonna say Portra but I'm not so sure.

Q - 7D + 50mm 1.4 @ f/8

This is another one that was from that day. Ran it through a B&W converter and it came out looking very fake. It was a bit of a dull picture before so I just left it. Had to back off the strength a little but it's still looking a little strong, meh.

Hiding - 7D + 50mm 1.4 @ f/1.4 (ISO 128000)

Finally, one from camping. Tried out my camera's high ISO settings around the campfire and was very impressed. I didn't dare go over 800 on my old camera but this is sooo much better. Anyway, not too much processing on this one actually, bit of NR and a desat (fire makes everything very orange). I probably should have cropped out the leg but I really liked this framing and CBF with photoshop. Maybe later...

Anyway, that's it for the weekend. Hoping to do some shooting with my lights next week and I'm deciding whether or not to drop $1k+ on a new lens, decisions decisions.

Film Friends

So, for my very first proper post, I thought I'd show some of my recent film experiments. I'm completely new to film and developing so forgive the dodginess. Annoyingly, my biggest problem is digitizing the images. While I love the colour and experience when shooting on such a format, displaying it on the internet really shows it's limitations.

Dan - f/1.4 Ilford FP4+

My first keeper :D Probably my first outing with my recently acquired rangefinder, the marvelous Yashica Electro 35. Also the first roll I ever developed so I'm pretty happy.

Bec - f/1.4 Ilford FP4 (expired)

Next is a nice shot from a very long expired roll of film I found in a box of old darkroom stuff. I'd say it's been sitting in an attic with temperatures from 15-55 Celsius for around about 25 years. Not the best quality but quite fun.

Liz - f/1.4 Fujicolor Pro 160S

And finally, a colour shot. Got some cheap rolls off ebay an quite liked how this turned out. This was actually "scanned" using a ghetto lightbox and my DSLR with some extension tubes. Turned out alright and a much higher res file than my crappy scanner.

Anyway, those were my first few shots. The rangefinder makes portrait shots much more fun, and with the current OCAU competition for candids, I've been taking a fair few just to play around. It's been great fun. Just waiting to get some more B&W film and try out my rangefinder now that I've cleaned the glass :D

Well, til next time.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my photoblog, phlog or photographic log.

I'm dabbling in many different areas of photography; studio portraits, landscape, street and events. I'm branching out into new and more exciting areas everyday and have recently started exploring film with my first rangefinder.

I've created this blog to inspire me so that I can document my experiments and hopefully successes while hopefully imparting a bit of information/biased opinions in the process.

I hope you enjoy what I have to present.