YC testing out the SB-600
on the Yashica D. Turns out the bodies flash
holder wasn't sturdy enough to support the weight

Me attempting to load a Kodak Tmax 100, before
reading the following "load in subdued light".

Loading film into camera under "subdued" light. Hey it was
12 noon at the park, where else was I going to find subdued light??

day 1; Testing the Yashica D with Kodak Tmax 100.
Above, a nice red house just 5 minutes walk from
my place.

Yashica Modded Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm

Jordan X, spotted on his 1995 comeback from retirement,
although he failed to bring the Bulls past the Orlando magic
at the conference finals. They came back the following year,
storming through the regular season with a crunching 72-10 record
finishing off the Seattle Sonics 4-2.

The morning 10 boxes arrived in my front door

Unsalted baked beans. Yuck

Lampster

Overture

gas heater

1/2500 at +0.7 compensation in Aperture priority

Me taking the D50's exposure metering for a spin. In most cases it seems an exposure compensation of 1 stop seemed to produce a histogram shift comfortably to the right without blowing out the highlights.

"maroon socks?"
Guy & Special walking outside the train station

Note-
Hope you're enjoying the temporary absence of black and whites from the
site. Reason being that I've been messing around more, trying to obtain
a certain "color" for my shots. Shots that appear muted yet still punchy whilst
a bit on the soft side. Enjoy

Outside Moreland train station, Coburg
3pm
f16, 1/100S iso200

St kilda fest.

The rush

St. Kilda Pier

rooftop party

Shades and ice cream

Realto Tower, Melbourne CBD

Port Melbourne

Note-
I've been asked before why I was constantly using manual to shoot
on my D50 and not aperture priority or program mode. The answer
actually stems from my experience within radiography, though at
the time I used Manual exposure on the D50, I must admit
I had little clue on how to set the right exposure. As with Photography,
Radiography too allows for Automatic Exposure (something call Automated
Exposure Control;AEC). The AEC basically comprises of 3 calibrated
chambers(they sit behind the patient) that cut off once the "correct" density is reached. Though
like anything else, it can be very inaccurate for two reasons.
Poor patient positioning and Patient body habitus- a good reason to go manual-
reliability. Though, like all things else, radiography too is well within the digital age,
and the Medical Imaging site I will work soon too be converting to CR (computerised radiography).

On a separate note* Tripod rules
-the general rule of thumb states that to attain reasonably sharp images(hand held),
the shutter speed should be no less then the reciprocal of the focal
length in use. Though I wonder If this rule was with regards to Film or Digital.
So say I shot at 80mm, this would be the equivalent of a 128mm on a 35mm
camera due to the smaller digital sensor. So would it then be safe to shoot
at at above 1/80th...or 1/160th shutter speed?

Plain BW conversion on gradient map

House outside the house- f/8, ISO 400, 1/80 Shutter speed-Handheld at 80mm(128mm equiv for film).
Shot under extreme overcast conditons early in the morning. 4 1/3 stops under sunny-16 exposure.
PS: square format cropping, minimal levels, curves & doddging. Gradient Map to convert BW.

Taken at a chinatown alley- light bulbs suspended on fishing nets
more to come.

"liberation"
Double exposed, cross processed Lomo!**^
**http://www.lomography.com
^the above is a digitally manufactured photo
intended to look like it was shot through a Holga,
double exposed and cross processed.

Black thing with 4 paws and very curly hair

Photographs with no meaning, implication whatsoever.

the 40 degree day- it was so hot, I felt myself literally burning as I walked from my hospital to the tram stop
This is a picture of my housemate, trying in desparation to cool down with icy fruits.

Day at the Melbourne Zoo at parkville

Ford by road

"What is it all really about"

.

"@%#$^...run....RUN!!!"

Untitled- There's something particular about the sight of a basketball court
that strikes me everytime I come accross one. It was more then 10 years ago
when I was stood 140 cm tall, and suffered daily, in basketball terms, "trashing"
from my older brother, some 4 years older than me, for an entire duration of 4 years
before I won my first game during our one on one session just outside our house.

"Then, and now" ;a shot taken just outside my flat in North Melbourne.

"two boys"

"please..."

"no where"- street photographer on a windy day

"somewhere"- my parents & new housemate

"if only she knew"