Friday, November 18, 2011

365 Day 322: Taylor & Hobson 7: Raquel 3

Thursday, November 17, 2011

365 Day 321: Taylor & Hobson 6: Raquel 2

Saturday, November 12, 2011

365 Day 316: Taylor & Hobson 1

This week is dedicated to the lens makers, Taylor & Hobson. God bless their shitty craftsmanship ;)

Friday, November 11, 2011

365 Day 315: On My Person: Everything

This is everything from the past week, plus some stuff I found at the bottoms of pockets and tucked in corners of my bag. I gotta say, it's doesnt look too bad all together. As I was going through this week, I thought I was a bit nuts for having all this stuff in my bag at any given time. But I feel better now, looking at this photo.

In case you were wondering, "what kind of bag can hold all this crap?!" Its a Bailey Works 253 Courier (Medium) with a Tenba PP12 photo insert . It can hold all this, and a lot more. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT! All this only takes up about 1/2 the bag. I can easily also fit my Nikon D700 with a battery grip and a couple of lenses, a hoodie, a liter of water, a macbook pro, and what not. The bag isnt even that big. It's just well made and has giant pockets and smart dividers. Pretty awesome stuff.

Heres the full run down:
- Work gloves
- Bandana
- Glasses
- Titanium Sporks
- Crecent Wrench (with more paracord)
- Cigarette case/lighter
- Pocket Knife with seatbelt cutter and shatter tip
- Magnetic pen
- 9 in 1 Screwdriver set
- Cree flashlight with Tactical Crown
- Eco shopping bag
- Black plastic bag
- Altoids tin with EDC stuff like flint brick, water bag, mini utility knife, band-aids, etc...
- lighters
- pill case with asprin, stomach pills, water purifying pills
- gimmicky whistle/compass/flashlight/thermometer/signal mirror/ firestarter magnifying glass/rope thing
- a good flint stick
- Gerber multi-tool
- Folding mirror
- Magnifying glasses
- Space Pen
- Floss and such (in Altoids Tin)
- Weleda Lip Balm
- Business (Moo) Cards in Tin
- Band-Aids
- Toilet Seat covers
- Train Schedules
- Moleskine Folio Portfolio
- Moleskine Folio Notebook
- Dragonfly Bookmark
- S-Biners cause you can never have enough extra clips
- waterproof mini lighter
- Tweezers
- Flathead screw key
- Philips screw key
- Mini Pry Bar (Picopry)
- Mini Shackle
- Tiny Silver Fobs
- DIY Monkey Fist Paracord Gaffer's Tape holder
- More purdy rope (Paracord) knots. With a silver Axel skull
- Utili-Key
- Keys
- Sony NEX-5
- Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens
- Taylor & Hobson Cooke Kinic 1" f1.9 Lens
- Nikon F - Sony E adapter
- C - Sony E Adapter
- Sony mini flash
- Spare Battery
- Remote shutter release
- Manfrotto 797 ModoPocket
- Len cleaning pen
- iPhone (with a plastic edge case and my TLR skin)
- iPad (in a DODO Case)
- iHDD Hard Drive
- Back up battery for the iPhone
- Apple's Camera Connection Kit
- Wallet
- Pocket watch

Thursday, November 10, 2011

365 Day 314: On My Person: Some EDC

The rest of the crap...

- Work gloves
- Bandana
- Glasses
- Titanium Sporks
- Crecent Wrench (with more paracord)
- Cigarette case/lighter
- Pocket Knife with seatbelt cutter and shatter tip
- Magnetic pen
- 9 in 1 Screwdriver set
- Cree flashlight with Tactical Crown
- Eco shopping bag
- Black plastic bag
- Altoids tin with EDC stuff like flint brick, water bag, mini utility knife, band-aids, etc...
- lighters
- pill case with asprin, stomach pills, water purifying pills
- gimmicky whistle/compass/flashlight/thermometer/signal mirror/ firestarter magnifying glass/rope thing
- a good flint stick
- Gerber multi-tool

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

365 Day 313: On My Person: Assorted

Some Writing and Personal Care Stuff:

- Folding mirror
- Magnifying glasses
- Space Pen
- Floss and such (in Altoids Tin)
- Weleda Lip Balm
- Business (Moo) Cards in Tin
- Band-Aids
- Toilet Seat covers
- Train Schedules
- Moleskine Folio Portfolio
- Moleskine Folio Notebook
- Dragonfly Bookmark

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

365 Day 312: On My Person: Clips

Things that are clipped to me or to my bag:

- S-Biners cause you can never have enough extra clips
- waterproof mini lighter
- Tweezers
- Flathead screw key
- Philips screw key
- Mini Pry Bar
- Mini Shackle
- Tiny Silver Fobs
- DIY Monkey Fist Paracord Gaffer's Tape holder
- More purdy rope (Paracord) knots. With a silver Axel skull
- Utili-Key
- Keys

Monday, November 7, 2011

365 Day 311: On My Person: Camera

Some carry around camera equipment (this changes often):

- Sony NEX-5
- Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens
- Taylor & Hobson Cooke Kinic 1" f1.9 Lens
- Nikon F - Sony E adapter
- C - Sony E Adapter
- Sony mini flash
- Spare Battery
- Remote shutter release
- Manfrotto 797 ModoPocket
- Len cleaning pen

Sunday, November 6, 2011

365 Day 310: On My Person: iStuff

Some iProducts that I carry.

- iPhone (with a plastic edge case and my TLR skin)
- iPad (in a DODO Case)
- iHDD Hard Drive
- Back up battery for the iPhone
- Apple's Camera Connection Kit

Saturday, November 5, 2011

365 Day 309: On My Person: Watch & Wallet

You thought the camera porn was off the beat and track, wait until you get a load of this week's theme!

This week we're gonna take a look at the stuff behind the man, or rather, the stuff in that dude's pockets and bag. Imma do a series of pictures of stuff I carry on a daily basis. YAY!

What can I say, it's Nov, the craziest time of the year. Don't worry though, Ive got a couple shoots planned, so we'll see some quality stuff before this project comes to an end.

For now, enjoy a look at the crazy shit I weigh myself down with!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

365 Day 293: Camera Porn: Yashicaflex B TLR

From one Yashica to another. Oh, how clever of me!

(Taken through the viewfinder of a Yashica-Mat TLR)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

365 Day 292: Camera Porn: Black Paint Zorki 6 with a Voigtlander 35/2.5 Color Skopar "C" Lens

Done!

I dont think I'll ever do another one of these things. These cameras are surprisingly well made, but a bit convoluted, way more parts then you would expect. It was a nightmare all the way through. I do want to do a couple more colors and now that I've done this one, i think it will be cake if I do anymore.

Things Ive learned in the past 48 hours:
- Always use fresh spray paint
- Clean nozzle more often then I do
- Always use some sort of primer, no matter what anyone says
- more magnetic screw drivers
- more tweezers
- more gloves
- more soft work lights
- More ventilation
- A lot more patience

Monday, October 17, 2011

365 Day 290: Camera Porn: Dismantled Zorki 6 Rangefinder Camera

This isnt as much a "Picture of the Day" as it is a cry for help. I dont know what compels me to do these things, but I must. This is my lastest project, CLA and repainting my Zorki 6.

And so it begins, (possibly) another lesson in futility.

To be continued...

Saturday, October 15, 2011

365 Day 288: Camera Porn: Kodak Hawkeye No.2 Folding Camera

This week I'm going to nerd out and do a bunch of camera portraits! Yeah that's right, "Camera Portraits". You got a problems with that? Wanna fight about it?

Saturday, October 8, 2011

365 Day 281: Insects: 1

So, I got so many nice shots last week that I've decided to do another week of Insects. This time a little more free-form and not strictly portraits (headshots).

I know, I know, the dirty-old masses are crying out for more boobies, but that's not going to happen for awhile. So just deal with it, and be happy with what you have. It's better then nothing!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

A Note About Comments...

Hey kids, I just wanted to write a note about comments. I love 'em! But I have been bad about checking them. A few months back, this blog was featured in Google's Blog of Note, and I was getting spammed like crazy. I had to turn on the moderation. But in my hast, I forgot to turn on email notification. I fixed this today, and responded to a bunch of comments. Sorry it took so long. I have my settings set now and all relevant comments will be posted and if need be, answered. Thanks again for following and enjoying my crap!

365 Day 275: Insect Portraits: Cicada

Saturday, October 1, 2011

365 Day 274: Insect Portraits: Bee

This week I was going to do something else, but now I'm doing this: Bug Portraits. Maybe next week I'll do the other thing...

Enjoy!