Panedia Project 365

Feb 15-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:23:19 GMT

]]>The Long & the Short of it.

Dressed for church, heavily pregnant Michelle & very skinny Elijah pose against our red wall.

Awww... ain't they cute :)

Feb 14-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:14:06 GMT

]]>Apple Captivation.

Elijah and his great friend Drummond are completely spellbound by the site of a new Mac laptop.

We had lunch and spent a few hours at Darren & Benita's place today. As always, much fun was had by all.

Oh and it was Valentines day... ahh.. and Elijah got to eat a chocolate he'd prepared 2 days earlier at Kindy. I think it was meant to be for mum... but I'm not certain.

Feb 13-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:13:45 GMT

]]>Pancake Machine.

On a shoot for the Gold Coast Convention Centre we had some downtime waiting for their 4 massive halls to be reconfigured. As we started at 6am we did what everyone does in that situation... headed for the main kitchen and checked out the new instant pancake machine ;)

This shot is a section of a panorama I shot. Here one of the chefs & the head IT guy are trying to figure out why the pancake machine is spitting out either massively oversized pancakes, or tiny droplet ones.

Of course we ate them all regardless :)

Feb 12-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:13:05 GMT

]]>http://vicfires.panedia.com

Today we launched our panoramic print site to try and raise money in order to befit the survivors of the Victorian Bushfire.

Feb 11-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:12:58 GMT

]]>Shifty Dean.

I needed a photo of one our our panoramic prints framed... and since I'd never framed one I went to the only person alive who has. Dean. He'd got one of the panos he shot framed for his wife as a Christmas present.

He graciously took it off his wall and carried it outside for me to photograph. Being Dean he started by putting his head behind the print and moving his eyes back and forth in a shifty manner. I grabbed the shot, and it's my favourite from the few we did, much to his chargrin.

The print is a gorgeous pano he took a while back while staying at his inlaws in Terrigal, about 1hr north of Sydney.

Feb 10-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:12:39 GMT

]]>Sticky Sissors.

If my wife had to choose between the sissors and us (Elijah & I) I'm not sure who she would choose. In our household the sissors are scacred, and if used must be returned immediately to the kitchen drawer, for fear of ones life. If they are ever discovered missing and immediate all point bulletin is issued and search parties called in.

Yesterday, the sissors were reported missing. Fortunately I had nothing to do with it, so I wasn't concerned. Then after repeated reminders that the sissors were missing I started to get an uneasy feeling that I may have been the last to see them.

As I thought about it more this evening I became sure that I was in fact the last to see them... now where did I use them?

That's right, I used them to cut open the brush cutter box yesterday, before doing the lawn. Now where was I... in the garage. I immediately headed for the garage and looked on every flat surface I might have laid the sissors to rest on... all except one.

I went back in the house and thought some more. Where else could they be... then it hit me, there was one 'flat' surface I hadn't checked... and I'd driven the car once or twice since yesterday. Oh my... but I have to look anyway.

So here you have the scissors somehow hanging onto the back tyre of our Nissan Patrol. I'd been out in the afternoon, driven to the local shops 3km away, up hills, around corners, over speed bumps... but those sissors had held on. Thank God :)

Feb 9-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:12:25 GMT

]]>My Latest Gadget.

Today, at 36yrs of age, I bought my first mower & became a real man. I now join the ranks of the mower owning elite.

Not only that, but I used some Christmas gift certificates to buy a brush cutter [weed wacker, weed eater, whipper snipper, line trimmer, strimmer, insert your local name for it here _ _ _ _ ]

Since we cancelled our mowing service last year, I've been borrowing my bother-in-laws mower. But when picking up the mower & prepping to mow takes as long as mowing... it's certainly a chore.

Although I had looked at Bunnings (monster conglomerate hardware store) I decided that buying from a small local store was the way to go. It cost a little more, but I'm supporting real people & getting vastly better service at the same time.

Feb 8-2009

(Panedia) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:11:50 GMT

]]>Moon Palm.

An out of focus moon shines through a palm frond. Another last minute front yard job. Shot with a 70-200 f2.8 at 1600ISO hand held no less :)

Feb 7-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:01:45 GMT

]]>Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles.

We went swimming at cousin Abi's house this afternoon. Ended up having home made pizza there for dinner (yum) along with 2 of my favourite things. Chocolate milk and Samboy BBQ chips :)

Last month Elijah taught himself to swim, he hasn't worn his floaties in the pool since. I'm glad we didn't spend money on swimming lessons ;)

He watched what his cousin was doing (she has had lessons) and copied. Then in about 10 minutes he was swimming on his own.

This is him doing his favourite thing... jumping in and either swimmer back to the side, to an Adult or over to the other side of the pool.

I shot it on a Vivitar 6200w, which apart from its underwater capabilities is the worst digial camera I have ever used. I seems to have been designed in 1997 when nothing of modern digital standards had been figured out.

The camera is Elijah's first, he got for his 3rd birthday. It was very cheap at $179, waterproof & tough... which is why we bought it. Lucky too, he literally put it in a bucket of water within 10mins of unwrapping it... and that was before we told him it was waterproof =)

Feb 6-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:00:47 GMT

]]>3 Little Pigs.

We had cousin Abi for a sleep over tonight. Her parents were heading out to the birthday party of one of my 5 sisters. The sister turned 30 & had the party in a pub.

We were invited of course, but a pub on a Friday night is not the best place for little ones, so we babysat instead.

Truth be told I don't like pubs at all... you could even say I hate them. But don't tell anyone or my Australian Citizenship will be revoked & I'll be deported... even though I was born here ;)

Feb 5-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:00:01 GMT

]]>He's baaaaaaack.

Tonight we went to the shops and bought a new scooter for Elijah. The old one cost $20 and self destructed after 3 weeks... this one cost $40, lets see if it lasts 6 weeks.

It was about 9pm when we got home with it... there was no way in hell he was going to bed without riding it first. So while he brushed his teeth and put some harry highpants on I unpacked the scooter.

He was a bit wobbly for the first few runs around the kitchen, but soon found his form again.

This shot is using slow flash sync... I should have set rear curtain sync... but didn't think much about it at the time. This shot worked well regardless.

Feb 4-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:59:12 GMT

]]>Here is my good friend & former business partner - Matthew Lester.

This out of focus image is him asking why I'm taking photos of his office. I'm explaining the Photo A Day thing as I shoot.

We used to have a company 'Fusion Creative' together. It started in 1997 & we wound it up in 2001. Between us we did just about everything that can be done. Design for print, signage, web, billboards, cd-rom - Web & Cd-rom production, Photography, Video, Audio - 3D prototyping, animation - Illustration hmmm what else... we'd even design & have built portable display systems when clients asked.

Anyway we both wanted to head off in our own directions & do more of what we loved... and less of everything else. For me that was Photography, for Matt that was 3D. These days he has a business 3dviz that does stunning work.

We often talk of the amazing things we could do with my panoramic photography & display technologies & his 3D work. We come up with cool ideas... but we're both too busy to spend time on them. Hopefully one day.

Feb 3-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:18:17 GMT

]]>I got nothing today, will go to my fallback and dig up an old slide to scan.

Feb 2-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:58:48 GMT

]]>I attended a Gold Coast Business briefing today on the Global Financil Crisis & opportunities for international export. It was a good 2hrs... they also had the most amazing spring rolls before & after & some of the best orange juice I've tasted ;)

On the way out, knowing I needed to get a shot I grabbed these tables set up for another function. Later on Michelle saw the raw images and said she thought they looked like miniatures. So... I decided to really make them look like miniatures. I know, I know... the effect is bit tired now... but it is the first time 'I' have used it :)

The effect is surprisingly simple to do... it only took about 5 mintues to figure out a quick method & do this shot.

Feb 1-2009

(Panedia) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:58:25 GMT

]]>We headed to a 4yr olds birthday party tonight... it was a BBQ at a friends house, and a great night.

The kids were given cool torches (flashlights) with image outlines over the lens, so they projected the image onto the wall. The kids loved'em.

Later on I found them in the Birthday girls bedroom with the lights off shining the torches around and having fun. I braced the Panasonic LX-1 against the door frame and shot away at 4 second exposures. The results were surprisingly solid & free from camera shake.