tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:09:39 +0000processingscotlandFujiseagulllivedevelopinghotelflighthomelessworryinginspirationFandanjakiesUSArantingairportTennentstravelSeattleVancouverepsonSpace NeedleVashonHeathrowCanadaWorkNew MexicohasselbladdarkroomTripSalt SpringweatherscannerIslandcolourWashingtonNew Yorkblack and whiteilfotecArranboredomcameraphotography4490SaramusicinstantHoly Mountaindole scumflyingilfordflickroutdoorsunemploymentGlasgowpolaroidArt SchooljunkiesWArailwayseaplanejessopsfilmUninikonnew zealandJFKolympusfife35mmPhotography based Ramblings of Ross Finnie.http://blog.rossfinnie.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)Blogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4929632625433712689Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:56:00 +00002011-11-08T07:45:08.402Z One of the more interesting sides of studying here at UNM has been learning about Printmaking. One of my classes here is called "Introduction to Printmaking", and is about as broad an introduction as one could hope for, covering Relief (lino), Intaglio, Collagraph, Litho and Monoprint. At first, I was kinda worried - mostly because I'd never really had to create work directly with my hands.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/iRrL8ievCDg/new-adventures-in-printmaking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2011/11/new-adventures-in-printmaking.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-1138735660471574398Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:53:00 +00002011-10-31T05:54:31.867ZUSAphotographyArt SchooltravelpolaroidfilmNew MexicoworryingUniWell, it's been a year and 15 days (probably 16 by the time I finish writing) since my last blog post. It's not like anybody ever reads it anyway I don't think - most of the feedback seems to be from spambots posting nice comments about where I can source some cut-price viagra. So, to catch up, this time last year I would've been in the early stages of second year. Second year was a bit crap forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/xXi2g2L14GQ/annual-blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)1http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2011/10/annual-blog-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-5791445518851575126Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:57:00 +00002010-10-15T21:02:14.390+01:00This term at uni, our project involves looking at colour, and learning the various complexities of colour analogue photography, so as such, I've been shooting lots and lots of colour film with my Hasselblad. Traditionally, when using colour film, I've always had to get it processed at a local lab (Snappy Snaps in Glasgow usually), and never printed anything - just scanned the images into my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/dRKOW3xbAUc/digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/10/digital.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-1098299228707021790Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:40:00 +00002010-10-06T01:20:20.547+01:00darkroomscotlandphotographyArt SchoolrantingcolourinspirationfilmdevelopingprocessingNow into my third week of term two, and things aren't quite where I'd like them to be... that's not to say it's all bad though. The good news is, I can now develop and print in colour, which makes me happy - it's something I've wanted to learn for a long time. Admittedly, most of the tricky parts are taken care of by machines, but I still enjoy making the prints in the darkroom. I'm not too http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/LilyC02yd2A/getting-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/10/getting-there.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4054204034519800989Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:45:00 +00002010-10-06T01:21:57.991+01:00darkroomphotographyArt SchoolcolourinspirationfilmToday was the first day back at art school again after working all summer. Was good to see all the people I hadn't been able to see over the summer, although in truth it felt like we'd hardly been away any time at all. The big thing this term is colour photography. I'm kinda excited about the prospect of learning about colour developing and printing, although not so sure how enthusiastic I am http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/dYge7jnjX8E/beginning-of-whats-about-to-happen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/09/beginning-of-whats-about-to-happen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-2629072090143512644Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:38:00 +00002010-07-02T00:40:54.167+01:00I love the sound, of rain so heavy it sets off car alarms. Fuck cycling to work tomorrow.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/IrnIymSEO1Y/short-poem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/07/short-poem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4392037983742230493Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:23:00 +00002010-06-07T19:07:02.955+01:00Today, I decided cycling is shit. I got about three hours sleep last night, had a non-productive and rubbish day at work, and snuck out the door a few minutes early. I sprinted along the road from work on my bike, in order to catch a train that didn't really go where I wanted to go, and meant extra work at the other end. Sweaty, with steamed up glasses, I hopped off the train and embarked on my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/ze-_dmgIJwU/cycling-is-shit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/06/cycling-is-shit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-8664203231005896167Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-04-16T00:15:12.705+01:00photographycameraFujipolaroidfilminstantThis is the latest weird and wonderful addition to my camera collection - a Polaroid/Fotodyne DS-34 GelCam, apparently used to record Gel Electrophoresis. It's a pretty interesting camera. It takes regular Polaroid/Fuji packfilm (FP-100, FP-3000 etc.). The rollers and stuff were pretty disgusting when I opened it up, but it was nothing a quick wash down couldn't sort out. It has a Tominon 105mm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/tdlTqvzgRoQ/polaroid-ds-34-gelcam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)2http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/04/polaroid-ds-34-gelcam.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-1927630693021837521Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:58:00 +00002010-04-02T11:45:28.636+01:00FandanphotographyArt SchoolGlasgowUni You may have noticed it's been quite a while since I last posted a blog entry. This is very bad of me, and a bad habit I seem to get into from time to time - just plain forgetting to keep things up to date. Since my last post in November, I've undertaken a pretty big step with my photography. I'm now studying towards a BA in Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art, and it's great. I'm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/G_P9VDEkJJY/fandan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2010/04/fandan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-8234862072826664252Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:35:00 +00002009-09-09T16:56:08.536+01:00darkroomphotographyfilmdeveloping35mmprocessingPreviously, whenever I've been developing my own 35mm film, I've always used a manual-rewind camera, and deliberately made sure not to wind all the film back into the cannister. This meant it was nice and easy to get the film from the cannister onto the dev tank spiral, as there was no faffing about trying to get the film out of the cannister. You just made sure there was always a wee bit hanginghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/v4KZ1-v9_2w/quick-n-dirty-film-removal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/09/quick-n-dirty-film-removal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-657163110225632775Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:10:00 +00002010-04-02T11:55:19.225+01:00photographymusicHoly MountainGlasgowlive Last night, I had the pleasure of shooting a band called Holy Mountain, playing live at the Captain's Rest, Glasgow. For me, Holy Mountain are one of those bands that make Glasgow music ace. It's kinda cool but kinda depressing knowing that there are some excellent bands in Glasgow that totally rule, but are never ever going to be on Top of the Pops. Holy Mountain, Black Sun and Take A Worm Forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/mxDf7N7mdFk/holy-mountain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/08/holy-mountain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-5475970611013580027Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:10:00 +00002009-07-23T15:21:28.139+01:00outdoorsArranphotographytravelweather I'm just back from possibly the biggest failure of a holiday ever! My friend Sara and I decided it'd be good fun to get away from things for a couple of days and head to the Isle of Arran, just off the west coast of Scotland. Arran's great, because it's so easy to reach from Glasgow by public transport - a train from Glasgow Central station to Ardrossan Harbour (about 40mins), then jump http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/OKf1h4bcse8/here-come-waterworks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/07/here-come-waterworks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-8169724741964739788Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:00 +00002009-07-10T12:25:32.467+01:00railwayphotographytravel Just got linked to a great set of images from Photographer Ben Speck on Getty Images, looking at the hobo subculture in the USA, specifically those hitching rides on freight trains. Quite an interesting read, as well as a fantastic selection of photographs. The whole idea of hopping on and off trains has always interested me to a large degree, ever since first reading Kerouac's On The Road. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/DKEDJxemEbs/riding-rails.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)1http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/07/riding-rails.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4840178340339780192Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:03:00 +00002009-07-10T00:35:48.598+01:00photographyfilmblack and whitehasselbladprocessing Waiting for film has to be one of the most frustrating things about photography for me. Don't get me wrong, I love getting the films back from processing, but it's that anxious spell in between that gets to me! At present, waiting is what I'm doing a lot of. I've shot about twelve rolls on my Hasselblad since returning from Hong Kong, and now I just need to get around to processing them so http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/ekTHkiy0kKk/waiting-for-film.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/07/waiting-for-film.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-8920858537544750491Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:43:00 +00002009-07-10T00:36:23.952+01:00photographyinspirationfife I've just not long returned from a long big extended holiday to New Zealand, stopping in to the USA, Canada and Hong Kong along the way. I took a lot of photos along the way, and had a lot of fun - it was great to not really have to worry so much about day-to-day responsibilities, and just getting to see some amazing places and meet some amazing people. These places and people were a great http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/We8G8UVddog/shooting-fife.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/07/shooting-fife.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-2038962911002198544Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:01:00 +00002009-07-10T00:36:52.790+01:00photographyhasselbladWhile I was away, I added a delightful new member to my family of cameras. I think his name is Bladley, or Blad for short. To be specific, he's a nice Hasselblad 500C/M, and I was lucky enough to be able to grab a Zeiss Distagon 60mm f/3.5 CF along with him. So far, we've been having lots of fun together. I've had a few funny moments trying to figure out the various finer points of the many http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/VUL3lkHdOcU/happy-hasselblad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)3http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/06/happy-hasselblad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-3660275456879748933Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-07-10T00:37:58.544+01:00new zealandinspirationfifeSorry all, I kinda ended up neglecting the blog during my latter days in New Zealand, mostly through lack of a feasible internet connection. I promise I'll pick things up again now - especially now that I'm back in Fife with a lack of much better to do. All this alone time with the scanner is starting to get to me. Anyways, for now - a video! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/sHr0JpKqNbo/this-tastes-bloggin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/06/this-tastes-bloggin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-1932072127838553478Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:59:00 +00002009-07-10T00:37:33.165+01:00photographytravelnew zealandnikonBeen too long since my last blog update, huh? Again, I'm just gonna fire down one big mega-update and hopefully catch up on everything! In Christchurch, I got a bit bored mostly. However, I managed to make myself happy with trips to the awesome camera shop, Photo & Video, who gave me a stupidly good trade-in price for my 24-120mm VR zoom lens. Since I've not really been using the lens much (slowhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/iID0R3AfSlI/from-deep-south.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/04/from-deep-south.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-7189065629982318503Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:50:00 +00002009-07-10T00:38:34.501+01:00photographytravelnew zealandWell, after leaving Wellington, things have been a bit up and down, and are now firmly on a downer in Christchurch. I've been stuck here for about two weeks now, after really only intending to be here for a couple of days. It's flat, and the population seems to be mostly neo-nazi dickheads and foreign pensioners. Anyways, enough of that... time for a quick update on progress so far. Started in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/a3nr3OoM4C0/antichristchurch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/03/antichristchurch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-3191743943472392281Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:55:00 +00002009-02-10T06:15:35.671Z So, this may be my last update from Wellington for a while. I'm planning to leave this weekend (Sunday 15th Feb) and head off on an adventure to the South Island. Things have been going pretty cool here - the house I'm staying in is great, and the work's been pretty cool too. I even managed to find a colleague with a similar taste for horrible doom metal, which was nice! Biggest problem so http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/I5zQdtpAKlg/wellington.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/02/wellington.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4562428393573015656Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:40:00 +00002009-02-02T04:44:13.101ZI just bought this on DVD from a local supermarket for NZ$5. That's about £2 for any readers back in the UK. Check out the trailer: Massively looking forward to watching it now. Full review (probably not) to come.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/9sJsThO5g4o/van.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/02/van.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-7303915144032269021Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:29:00 +00002009-01-22T21:18:32.111Z I'm a happy boy, because over the last couple of weeks, I've added two new cameras to the collection. It's a bit silly, I know, but they were just cheapo impulse buys from Trademe (like NZ's version of ebay). The two I've added are this lovely wee Olympus 35DC Rangefinder which arrived yesterday, and a Nikon F65, which arrived at the start of January. The wee Olympus is as-yet untested, so I'mhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/ldtiJ48Y9XI/new-toys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)1http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/01/new-toys.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-4068435030340789234Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:58:00 +00002009-01-16T01:13:14.174Z From LA, my next leg was a hefty flight on a Qantas 747 across the Pacific to Auckland. While this sounds like it could be the worst thing imaginable, it was surprisingly not bad. I managed to get to the airport nice and early, so I was one of the first to check in. This gave me the very hefty advantage of being able to ask for one of the emergency exit seats. For those of you not aware, I'm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/1xD_6C8ZvgA/intercontinental.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/01/intercontinental.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-3674108780556712382Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:07:00 +00002009-01-12T10:24:47.149Z After my adventures round and about Northern California, I was left with very little time to explore much of the south. I had planned to visit San Diego, but that plan had to go out the window. I was left with only two days between leaving San Francisco and my flight departing from LAX for Auckland, so I decided that after a few weeks of living out of my rucksack going between youth hostels, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/_Eo44G5xXjQ/so-cal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/01/so-cal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130956464718919306.post-5503499857408161790Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:57:00 +00002009-01-08T22:47:47.965Z The adventures in San Francisco didn't end at the Pet Cemetery, thankfully. Actually, thinking about it, if they had, it would've made quite a nice horror B-Movie, but that's a different story altogether. I hung out with Roxanne a little bit more around the city, taking some cool little trips around a bunch of places. One of those cool places was Corona Heights, a hill looking down over the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/twentyhertz/~3/jL5HvusfZck/nor-cal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ross Finnie)0http://blog.rossfinnie.com/2009/01/nor-cal.html