I don't discriminate against Dickheads » Photography http://www.amber.id.au Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:52:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Not without my Hasselblad http://www.amber.id.au/2009/07/not_without_my_hasselblad/ http://www.amber.id.au/2009/07/not_without_my_hasselblad/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:40:53 +0000 amber http://www.amber.id.au/?p=328

001:20:10 Collins (onboard): …I’ve lost a Hasselblad. Has anybody seen a Hasselblad floating by? It couldn’t have gone very far, big son of a gun like that.

About 40 years ago, three guys took a giant leap. And in a month, I will be taking my own.

When I got engaged, I did not have a list of things to do before I got married but a list of things to buy before I had to stop being selfish with my money. At the top of that list was completing a quest called Operation Frankenblad, which boiled down to this: about 4 years ago, I bought a Hasselblad body on eBay, then when I got it I realized that one part alone does not a Hasselblad make (don’t worry, I wasn’t ripped off, and it led to a self imposed exile from Internet auctions for a while). So piece by piece, I have bought a photographic icon.

I think about taking ol’ Frankie out for a spin all the time, none more than the week commemorating the camera’s finest moment. But the chances keep floating away, under the pressure of making sure that everything’s done for the wedding (not the marriage, which I am ready for), but it’s time will come. And so will mine.

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My mobile seems to think the default word when I’m texting 9-6-8 is ‘yot’. Note: I do not love yot. I did not wish yot a happy new year above. Yottube isn’t a popular video site. Yot was not the ‘Time’ Person of the Year in 2006. It’s giving me the irrits.
Seeing as it’s the post New Year lull, I’m taking advantage of the downtime at work by doing my compulsory yearly online induction. Someone hits you in the face. Is there a problem here? Not any more than being forced to look at stock workplace photo after stock workplace photo. Talking about that, if someone falls asleep at work all the time and you make a video of it, it does not constitute bullying. In my eyes anyway. And the other person doesn’t work here anymore. Because he kept falling asleep at work.
Christmas was the usual mix of reflection and hypocracy, but this year had the added bonus of YOU’RE GETTING MARRIED NEXT YEAR SO HERE’S A BUNCH OF BORING BUT USEFUL THINGS. However, I did get some camera porn that reminded me how awesome analogue photography is. And I’m not just talking about film- this is a world where you don’t get the benefit of automatic light meters. Or being able to see what you’re focusing on. Plus, it reminded me of other cameras I can get a hold of, so I’m going to go crazy working out what works and what doesn’t and possibly do some basic chemistry in the process.

]]> http://www.amber.id.au/2009/01/random-thoughts-2/feed/ 0 Give it up http://www.amber.id.au/2008/05/give-it-up/ http://www.amber.id.au/2008/05/give-it-up/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 10:11:54 +0000 amber http://www.amber.id.au/?p=141 So… the photo a day thing? I’m giving it away.

I lasted about 130 days but it turned into a chore for me, and I was taking photos just to take them instead of looking for beauty in things, which was the reason why I started in the first place. So in the end I was taking pictures instead of photos.

And how did I celebrate? By getting my camera out!

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Mosaic- April 2008, originally uploaded by animm.

A month where:

  • My best lens broke
  • My memory card reader/ hard disk with all of my photos broke
  • My Xbox 360 broke
  • My mobile phone as good as broke
  • I lost my ATM card to a very secure place where I would never lose it
  • I lost 4 teeth

Oh well. Could be worse. At least I didn’t miss a day in Project 366.

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Mosaic- March 2008, originally uploaded by animm.

Another month gone, another month doing Project 366 on Flickr. I haven’t missed a day yet- it’s in the 90 days straight now- although I think it’s more stubbornness on my part than anything else. Remember, I haven’t touched Coca- Cola in 11 years.

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Mosaic- February 2008, originally uploaded by animm.

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Project 366 2008- January, originally uploaded by animm.

I’m not going to spam my blog with photos I’ve done, but I’m involved in a Photo a Day project this year. So far I haven’t missed a day, which is the best bit but on the flip side some of the photos are crap.

I present to you: January.

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