Category Archives: Photography
Photo Taking Machine
I don’t know if I’m strange for doing this but I’m a photo taking machine! In my life I’ve clicked the shutter no more than 5,000 times. That’s a small number by any ones standards and especially for someone that considers themselves an amateur photographer. I have however taken thousands upon thousands of photos in [...]
Dollar Portraits – A Donation Project
Recently I did a bit of street photography. My heart just wasn’t in it and I ended up asking people for their portraits. Not a single person said no. I was both amazed and proud of my city, Sydney. Having had a taste for random public portraits I wanted more. I figured if I set [...]
Old Photos & a Fish Tale
While I was visiting family in Europe I raided my family’s old photo albums. There were lots of old b&w photos. I spent a good amount of time going over them and asking, ‘who’s this? and this guy?’ It’s amazing that most of us don’t know what our great grandfather looks like. I think things [...]
Street Portraits
I finish work at 5pm. During Winter the sun sets at around 6pm and it’s very weak at sunset anyway. For this reason I hate Winter. The Golden Hour is not that golden and it’s always too brief. I never have enough time to get home and go out shooting so it has to be [...]
Addicted, I Admit
If you read my post from a few days ago you’ll note that I bought yet another camera. This one an old MF one, Yashica Mat 124G, in mint condition. It was so mint that I felt bad for using it. So, the only choice I was left with is to buy another one of [...]