A trip to Malaysia late last year had me jumping fences in between conferences to shoot these amazing abandoned houses. They can be seen everywhere and are usually locked away behind tall fences. If you find yourself there one day, just go easy while finding your way over the fence and back.
No,no. Not with the girl in the shot. With the camera and lens I used to take the shot. Sure it’s nothing super special but the picture has a quality that all my other camera’s don’t have. A soft yet sharp image. A bokeh that I’ve not seen another lens produce. Finally after a LONG time of taking pictures for the sake of taking pictures I may have a real reason to take them again.
One of a series from the archives. Possibly more episodes to come
So yesterday I managed to have my computer infected by a very nasty Trojan that, in a matter of minutes replicated itself and took over my machine. I’ve gone many years of PC usage (and Mac usage for that matter) without this happening to me. No less that 84 viruses found on the drive with the OS on it.
I could not get rid of them. This lead to a complete re-install of the system on a new disk. And I figured while I was in pain I’d inflict a little more by installing Windows 7. Having just gotten my machine almost to normal I have to say I’m very surprised by the performance of this new OS. All my apps seem to work without an issue. Drivers? Everything is automatic. I Did have to download a printer driver, my scanner and the Wacom driver but everything else related to the machine was taken care of by the OS. The speed of the new OS is noticeably faster than XP pro which I’m happy about and the interface seems to be an improvement (function wise) but I’ll still need to get my head around these new permission issues.
Computers – fucking waste of time.
(and you mac people…spinning ball of death…yes, I know about that too).
So a few of you will recognise where this shot is taken. What you may not know about is the secret door. Evidence above. Next time you’re in the area, look for the hidden keyhole.
Great story and even better photos to be had over at whatsthejackanory.com
Well that was an expensive fuckup. Trade the 1d mk3 for a 5d mk2 only to trade back again less than 1 month and less than 300 photos later.
Lesson learned. The only reason I did not switch to Nikon is it would have cost me significantly to buy the same setup I have now. And given I make no money taking photographs it seems slightly unjustified.
Moral of this story is buy Nikon from the start. Canon had the edge until the D3 then everything changed.
Taken with the trusty Voigtlander Bessa R2A. Now had I used canon’s new camera, the 5D mk2 We’d have had an out of focus shot. A wonderfully exposed, out of focus shot mind you.
Sometimes you’re afraid to ask…
Lane 3 Narrabeen pool. Yet another taken in the same spot.