Great Grandma

Another ebay purchase. Konica Hexar AF - a great 35mm film "point and shoot" with really nice controls, silent action, great AF, total manual override, and a super nice fixed 35mm f2 lens.

This is from my first roll through this camera. It's now my favourite take-everywhere camera, replacing the olympus XA2.

http://www.1point4photography.com/blog/hexar-af-review/

Mum and Renato

Rolleiflex 2.8D. Portra 400NC.

Not sure what caused this light leak. I think it was because I didn't load the film properly initially and had to manually respool it before reloading.

Another

Baby

5D 35L.



New baby arrived 2 weeks ago. Probably won't have much time for photography or for this blog for a while...

Friends and family please email me for a link to more photos.

Cheers
Kev.

A few recent shots...


Rolleiflex 2.8D. Ilford XP2. Entertaining friends in my backyard.


Port Beach.


Olympus XA2. Fuji Pro160s. Cottesloe.

Around Oz 2002. More scans

Have been through some old negatives from a drive around Australia in 2002. Have uploaded a few to flickr. Here are a few:









More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevyong/sets/72157616402209475/detail/

Predigital Journeys II

I've now revisited my old negatives from previous travels (1997-2001) and rescanned my faves with my new V700 scanner.

See the selection here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevyong/sets/72157594409433089/

Big Day Out

BDO 2009. with XA2. Was stoked to get free VIP tickets and catch legend Neil Young.

More Singles

Olympus XA2.

SINGLES Collection

More scans - Nepal 1998

Going through old negatives and scanning with my new Epson scanner.

This set is from a 3 week trip to Nepal in 1998. See entire set HERE.

Lancelin

A few shots from a short Xmas break in Lancelin.

Taken with my Olympus XA2. Ilford Delta400 film.
Scanned with my new Epson V700 scanner.

Renato in Shed

Renato in Shed, originally uploaded by Kev.yong.

Bikes in Freo

, originally uploaded by Kev.yong.

With my little Olympus XA2. Ilford XP2.

Headshot for Ray

5D with Zuiko 85mm. Natural light. f/2.0.


Took this as a promotional portrait for my brother who is a concert pianist and conductor in Melbourne This was taken at our holiday house in lancelin over Xmas. Found some nice light at the entrance of the shed.

Olympus XA2. Fuji Pro160s.

Red Hat

A few scans from an old project. Did this one while at Uni with my friend Jacky. We took a photo of the red hat every day for a month.

Jacaranda

Jacaranda, originally uploaded by Kev.yong.

Took this for my wife who wanted a print for the wall. The stuff i've been shooting lately hasn't been that 'pretty' really.

This beautiful tree lives in my backyard.

Wear Good Shoes

From the Magnum Blog.

Wear Good Shoes: Advice to Young photographers

New Toys...

Just got back some films from a couple of film cameras I purchased recently.

First bunch are from a Mamiya 6. A medium format 6x6 rangefinder. The main benefits for me from this camera are the large negative (which gives great detail and tonal range), compact size (smaller than my 5D), and the quiet shutter which allows handholding at low shutter speeds. I adjusted to the square format pretty quickly. A really fun camera to use.

Here are some example photos from my first couple of rolls...


Weeds


Sunset View


Renato


Jock lives across the road. He helped build our house over 50 years ago. He comes over for a chat when he sees us cruising on our front porch. Top bloke.

The next couple are taken with an Olympus XA2. It a tiny fixed lens (35/3.5) zone focusing camera. You basically set the distanct (near, medium, far) and shoot away. Very silent. Very unobtrusive. Yet still produces a very nice image quality due to the sharp zuiko lens.

Brief spell with the R3A

Had a voigtlander bessa R3A in my possession for long enough to shoot 2 rolls of film. Takes a great photo but the viewfinder was something I was never going to get used to. The framelines were hard to see and made me feel very constricted. Pity, because it was such a nice camera to shoot with otherwise.

Post Digital Explorations

A new collection in my Flickr Galleries.

Post Digital Explorations:



A round trip back to film after 6 years of purely digital photography. Digital photography gave new life to my photography and provided a rapid learning tool through instant feedback and a community of online photographers to learn from.

Now I am drawn back to shooting film. There is a certain aesthetic to film that I love, especially for black and white photography. There is a simple pleasure of using cheap old film camers that just work and something in the way of shooting with film that makes me feel like I am taking better photos... don't really care if that is true or not... as long as I'm having fun.

More from the same day:

Clivir

Check out this new learning community website. A very cool concept. A free site for user generated content.

A classroom has been setup especially for PIP Flickr members.
www.clivir.com/classrooms/show/photographers- in-perth.html

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The CLIVIR blurb:

About Clivir

Clivir is a learning community where you can be both the teacher and the student.

At the core of the community are our members - which includes you. Clivir is merely just the space for people to get together and assist each other to learn.

At Clivir you can teach and learn by creating and viewing lessons, having discussions in classrooms, asking and answering questions, and forming networks with other members.

If you would like to find out more then please check out the lessons in the Clivir Classroom.

Remember, one of the best ways to learn is to teach.

Print resolution and viewing distance

Some good information here about required resolution for large prints.

LINK

Sumatra Pics

Photos from Sumatra:

First set is in black and white. These are from around the town of Krui and on the road. (Click picture to see the set)



The second set:
Photos from around the surf camp.
Our base for a 2 week surf trip to southern Sumatra was a little place called Ombak Indah Losmen. The nearest town Krui, was about half and hour away by bemo. A pretty basic accommodation with a laid back atmosphere and friendly staff. The surf watch platform was in ideal position for checking out the surf. Surrounded by pristine coastline with plenty of activity on the reef and water. Good memories for sure.



A few wave pics....

Back from Sumatra

I just got back from Indo on the weekend. I spent 2 weeks surfing in Sumatra with a few good mates scoring some great waves and getting a few good photos on the way as well. We were based on the south coast near a small fishing town called Krui. A fairly remote and undeveloped part of the world. It made for some interesting travel and a chance to see a town largely unaffected by tourism and outside influence.

Here's my first shot uploaded from the trip. I've got about 500 to sort through. This one is a bit more artistic than most of the others which are mostly documentary style photos.



Will post more soon...

Mr Phillip Toledano

http://mrtoledano.com/

"I believe that everything should start with an idea, whether it be a single or as part of a series. I also believe that a photograph should be like an unfinished sentence. There should be space for questions."