I started a new group on flickr in case anybody else has photos of Housing Commission Flats around Melbourne or, indeed, other parts of the world.
Feel free to join in. Please.
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I started a new group on flickr in case anybody else has photos of Housing Commission Flats around Melbourne or, indeed, other parts of the world.
Feel free to join in. Please.
]]>(yes, this means I can't go and see The Bats at the NSC.)
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I'm in an exhibition next month. Please come along!
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International Commie Camera Day 2009 seems to have been extended into the weekend, though I didn't manage to capitalize on the extra time - I did manage to shoot a whole roll on the main day (Friday), though.
Instead, here's two photos I took last Wednesday with the Zeiss folder on Ilford XP2 Super, which is chromogenic film - black and white that's developed using the C41 process, normally used for colour film - hence I didn't (try to) develop it myself.
Coming next? I just picked up a bunch of expired B&W 35mm film to home-develop, so I suspect I oughta go and shoot some.
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So, I've finally developed a roll of film at home.
I need, um, a lot more more practice with spooling it onto the metal reel, as you might notice - there are plenty of blotches of undeveloped areas on the roll, so it must've been touching in places. But there were a few salvageable (for some values of "salvageable") photos amongst the messed up and/or "let's just finish the damn roll" test shots.
Before long, I found myself down by the river, heading toward and through the (closed) Collingwood Children's Farm:
...and towards Victoria Street, where I figured I'd be able to find somewhere open for breakfast (even on Good Friday).
In case you hadn't noticed from my flickr stream lately, I'm completely in love with my Kiev 60 (or, perhaps, the lens on it). Using it's a rather different process to the kind of "shoot and run" stuff you can do with a 35mm (or digital) camera, but the results are frequently worth the effort of hauling it around - more often than not, so far, as shown by this roll (I've never uploaded an entire roll to flickr before).
I must say, I'm becoming quite fond of Fuji Provia film (as used in 5 of the 6 photos shown here), having picked up a few rolls of expired stuff from the Camberwell Camera Market the other week. I'm a little scared to try Velvia in this thing, I figure it might burn my eyes.
The other thing I promised I'd try this year was developing my own B&W film - I've recently acquired enough bits and bobs to try this out, and once I finish a roll of "expendable" film in my camera (I'm about 2/3 of the way there, honest) we'll see how it goes.
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I think I liked the art section the most...
...but one must take a few flower photos, mustn't one?
so, y'know, I guess there was no doubt I'd end up doing something similar, eh?
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