Month: October 2012

  • Dropping in to see some family after work today, I caught a quick snap of the lavender in full bloom. Using Gimp in post processing, I desaturated several colours, slightly adjusted levels and added a little sharpness. Sort and sweet for today!

  • Mondays are usually a busy day for me. Its back to work, and then training with the fire service in the evening. Today was particularly busy with me setting up for some employer awards. End result of all of this being no time for taking some images (although I did get a few shot at…

  • Possibly a little more dark than my usual images, no little plastic people were actually harmed in the making of ‘The Question’. Playing around with some ideas for the EOS Photo 5 competition whilst the weather outside was again poor I come up with this little arrangement. Using the Ricoh GRD IV, the macro function…

  • Some terrible weather had here today. I had intended to head out with the GR1 and get some film shots in town, but heavy rain and wind prevented a successful outing. The day otherwise filled up with catching up with friends, I played around a little more with Paper Camera on my Samsung Galaxy s2…

  • Another fine day in Auckland and another day where my schedule allowed me to bicycle to work. After reading an interesting article on The f8 Blog, by Olivier Duong, I decided to have a play around with the snap focus on my Ricoh. Its a feature that many GR owners love, especially for street shooting.…