After the last crazy awesome drawing, I had my eye on a set of Laurel & Hardy films from A Whiter Shade Of Pale… I thought I’d try my luck with the next installment in the Dragon saga. This is what was waiting for me when I got back from China (click to enlarge!): I’m …
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I love Etsy
I recently ordered a Super 8 projector (a Bell & Howell 357B) to spur me on to finish a super 8 short with my Canon 814 — I thought I’d have a little fun with the order details… (click to expand) How awesome is that! Thanks to Awhitershadeofpale for taking the time and effort to …
Red Bull Soapbox Derby 2011
Because it was such a gorgeous day and to test drive my new Canon 7D, Andy and I drove into Downtown L.A. for this year’s Red Bull Soapbox Derby. It’s actually the first time I’ve been back to Downtown since last March, it hasn’t changed much.. ..Although having said that, the place was completely overtaken …
El-Eh?
I took advantage of the nice weather (blue skies, like every day since I arrived) and spent the day on the beach at Santa Monica. I rather enjoyed the sea air and that. Almost makes up for the fact that americans don’t get a 4 day weekend for easter :’( I stopped by the Apple store on …
You’re the city of the angels, yes indeed.
I’m off to work for a month in L.A, in just under an hour and a half. I bet I’ve forgotten to pack something important. Like my passport. I’ll post properly when I’ve got a moment and some photos or something to share, right now I’m struggling enough to stay awake as it is. Work has …
Matchbox Pinhole
So I built a matchbox pinhole camera using the instructions on www.matchboxpinhole.com. A pretty easy build, the instructions are straightforward and the design is very clever — the ‘clicker’ is genius and worked really well for me. I’ve been discussing with Robin what improvements to make on the next version — I think if I …
Japan Super8 Film
I got the Super8 film back from the developers yesterday, just in time for me popping home for the weekend (where my projector is) — I wasn’t sure what to expect from this one, we didn’t spend much time in front of the camera in Japan (unlike Oz) and I’d actually totally forgotten what I’d …
Box Brownie Woes
This blog sometimes gets hits from weird places (the record being a tie between people looking for a speech bubble graphic, and when it got linked on the No Mutants Allowed Fallout fansite front page). It always surprises me when people find it when looking for vintage camera stuff, seeing as I can’t even find …
Canvas.
For a while I’ve been thinking about getting some photos printed for my flat, although I’m anxious to avoid clichés. A while ago I came across a load of my Dads old photos from the 70’s (incidentally taken on the Mamiya Sekor 500TL I’ve lately inherited) — they are on small 3.5″ x 2.5″ stock …
A Sunset Over Leeds
I took this with my tripod from our apartment balcony the other night. I ended up using Quicktime Pro to arrange and encode the video as windows movie maker really let itself down in terms of quality. Also, it was a good test of my re-written intervalometer script which is more compatible with the Canon …