50mm

This was shot quite a while ago. Not a flattering shot of the model but I like the atmosphere in the shot all the same.

Shot at about 5:55am on the 1st Jan 2010 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Managed to wake up at 4 and leave at 4:20am. Never actually saw the sun but was lucky enough to get a bit of colour in the clouds before everything went a flat bright colour.
My next trip back there will be with a view to achieve something very different.

Words of advice from the inexperienced. Wash your negatives thoroughly and DON’T change the type of film you shoot unless you have experience with the new film you plan to use.
I’m a bit disappointed that I traveled thousands of kilometers to meet up with the family (which is hard considering everyone lives in a different state) and manage to destroy all my black and white film in an afternoon.
I shall, from this point, revert to my tried and trusted film stock and developers. Not that there is anything wrong with what I’ve just ruined. Just that I don’t want to have to spend more money learning the in’s and out’s of another stock when the current one already serves me well.

As so this is about where I am at the moment. The end of something and the beginning of something else. Here is hoping your journey from one thing to the next is an enriching one.

This shot is one I dug up from the archives again. To be featured in the upcoming update of the 50mm web site which hopefully should launch before the end of the year.

An afternoon off with the wife in the park in Autumn.

Mt. Mitake on the final leg of a rather good walk. Taken some time ago.

I tell you I’m a bit hacked off with this Ektar 100 film. This is the 2nd roll I’ve shot of the stuff and this time I pushed it 2 stops. Should be no issues given I push another neg film and have never had problems. I have, however, had issues with getting Ektar developed at Horiuchi Color before. SO, this time I figured I’d go to the source and get it done at Kodak. Well, the bloody neg has blotches all over it. Spend a good 20 mins touching the crap out of it to make it look half ok. The OTHER issue is that they decided to charge me 1449 for ONE roll! And this is development only. I must say, I do like the colours I managed to squeeze out of the film but not if I’m going to get bent over a table on the price and they do a shoddy job of it to boot (the development not bending you over a table. That they are good at).
I think I’ll have to give Ektar a miss from this point on. Shame.

Another archive shot while I work my way very slowly through a roll of film.

Shot taken from around here while on a bike ride around the mountains.
The Hasselblad is a bit heavy to lug around while trying to race up mountains so the Holga has become the substitute on rides. Can’t have great views and not shoot medium format!

Thanks to Manny Santiago for the REALLY old expired (march 2000) Fuji once again.

A shot from the mini world series from tha archives. This one has not seen the light of day yet.

Shot (like usual) on the way to work.

This particular shot I like because of the light on her face and the softness of the shot in general. Difficult to find in stations.

Random girl found of the street that would pose (with assistance from friends)

Sometimes you have to really hunt for these types of shots.

Connections to title…

This created by Peter Saville reminded me of this (wrong song for cover art…still…) which is where I stole the title from.

It’s so easy to go to sleep on the train in Tokyo.

Sometimes when a perfect moment occurs, thing’s go horribly wrong. In the case of this shot I was disappointed at the time but after not viewing it for several months I’ve come back to it and had a laugh. Some shots you can’t plan

Sometimes being a foreigner with a Hasselblad at 7:30am near Tokyo station means you’re not going to blend in the with the rest of the crowd hence the look I’ve managed to capture on the mans face. This doesn’t usually happen. Most of the time I’m ignored (and not just in this country!) but it seems, in this instance, it makes the shot with him looking down. Aahh the time (and film) you can waste on a weekday morning near the station.

From a series I’m working on from Australia