The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer. What did the look like? Ships, motorcycles. With the circuits like freeways.
Kevin Flynn
The Fall of TRON
Edge of the Groves
iPod gen 5 + PhotoToaster
Welcoming Home the TuaMan
One from the scanned archives today.
Back at the turn of the millennium, they year 2000, New Zealand’s David Tua had worked his way up to being the number one contender for the world heavyweight boxing title. With a 37-1 record, many being by first round knockout, it was hopeful that he would take on and defeat the then World Champ Lennox Lewis. Opinions will vary, but when it came to the fight, Lewis used his extra reach to successfully jab off Tua for a full 12 rounds and won by decision. There was no question, given the opportunity to get in close, that Tua would have won the fight – but that was not to be. It didn’t leave for a very exciting fight, but a wise one from Lewis’ perspective.
All said and done, David Tua was still warmly welcomed back to his hometown with a parade being put on. I went along with camera (no idea what camera) and a roll of Polaroid 35mm film and captured the parade.
Its interesting looking over these images from 14 years ago. Some aspects could have been just yesterday, others look like a generation ago.
Just last year Tua retured from boxing at 40 years old. Check out his Wiki Here for some more information on one of NZ’s great boxing legends.
Panda’s in a Nightclub
Celebrating the first full moon of the Chinese New Year!
The Way Forward
iPod shot edited in PhotoToaster
Learning the Jumping Flea
The Ukulele. We always had one in the house when I grew up. I never learnt to play it. I did learn other instruments, but the little Uke never tickled my fancy.
More recently a few people from work expressed the desire to start up a social ukulele group. It sounded like a fun enough work related thing to do, so I jumped online and purchased this little number pictured today.
Ive learnt four chords, but ain’t no singing cowboy yet…The cat dosen’t run away if I feed her first, so thats a start!
Tree Makes Way for Suburbs
Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.
Dr. Seuss
Three Shots of Nature
I have not gone looking for any statistics, but was thinking today that we have more prime/fixed lens photos being made than ever before in history.
Back in the early days of photography, everything was prime lens. Early 1900’s saw the zoom gradually introduce itself, and work into mainstream from the 50’s to current day. In general (but not always) the prime lens has offered superior optics and faster lenses – yet the usability and all-rounded-ness of the zoom makes it the amazing all in one package!
Yet, with the massive growth of smartphones this last decade, we have seen again the popularised mass use of the prime lens. I don’t think this is so much to do with supplying a quality prime lens matched to the sensor as it is technology limitations. Likely its only time until this changes and the zoom again regains the crown, but for now the prime is here, and possibly making individuals better photographers whilst its at it!
I say better because a fixed focal length makes you think. You need to move with you feet for the better angle or closer/wider shot. That makes you (ok, it ‘could’ make one) think more about your framing of composition.
I could go on, but perhaps another day…
Todays images shot on the Sony Nex with 50mm Jupiter-8 Lens (which makes it 75mm).
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