First Roll

Finished my first roll of b&w film today, dropped it off to get processed as well.
Have to wait until next week to pick it up tho as I’m away for the next week for work.
Must say it was super hard working without autofocus and also with out any metering, the only metering I did was with a light metering app on my phone.
I’ll post some of the results when I pick up the film and scan it next week.

“Through my eyes”

Was bored so I had a play with a book and my glasses.
Going out tomorrow to shoot some street.

“Through my eyes”

Perth Street

Street Photos from Friday.

And a few more added to my 100 strangers project. Would have liked a couple more but I got knocked back by a couple of gents.

Stranger 2/100

Stranger 3/100

Stranger 4/100

ANZAC Day Dawn Service & March

ANZAC Day, a day in Australia where we remember the soldiers that have fought for the freedom that all Australians and New Zealanders enjoy today.
A day that aussies show their pride in our past and present soldiers.
A day where Australians from all walks of life pay respect to our fallen soldiers.
A day that means more to us than any other.

Lest We Forget.

Perth Falcons Cruise

On the weekend I tagged along on a cruise put on by the Perth Falcons car club. (www.perthfalcons.com.au) Its been ages since I have been on a cruise now that I no longer own a Ford Falcon and am no longer the vice-president of the club.
It was great to get out and catch up with some people I have not seen in ages even if I was driving an Audi!

Working Hard

This is Samma, one of my workmates. It’s his birthday today and as you can see he was working hard!!
The power went out at the site I’m at at 12.30 for planned maintenance, which meant that we couldn’t do any work.
Took this shot and edited it while we were sitting around waiting for the power to come back on.

Anyway off to the pub now for a few cold ones and some dinner.

Waiting

Have not posted a photo in a while and since I won’t be home again for two weeks I wanted to post something. Took this last year while visiting my brother, its my car in his shed waiting for its engine to be rebuilt. I miss that car, have not driven it in around three years!

Hilux 4X4

Made this up a while ago, I had a day to kill as I have to have a day off while i was on site.

Northam Vintage Swap Meet (part 2 – The Automobiles)

After walking a few laps around the swap meet (just to make sure we didn’t miss something) my mates and i wandered into the middle of the meet where there were some vintage cars and motorbikes on display, some in a bit better condition then others.
Some looked like they still had the original paint (which is now flaking and peeling off) others looked better than they would have come out of the factory and many in between, all up a nice display!

On the way home i took a bit of a detour turning off the Great Eastern Hwy at Mundaring onto Mundaring Weir Rd and following it to Kalamunda then I made my way to the Zig Zag Scenic Drive from there I found my way back onto the Great Eastern Hwy, this little detour is a very nice drive in its self with some very twisty hilly parts!

Northam Vintage Swap Meet (part 1 – The People)

Yesterday i went up to Northam with a few mates to have a look at the Vintage Swap Meet that was being held.
The drive for me is around 2 hours and we wanted to be there around 7 so this means i was up at around 4am!
We all met up at the Midvale Caltex bottom of the Great Eastern Hwy, then drove up and out along the Great Eastern Hwy to Northam.
This is a really nice drive a mix of winding uphill roads and winding country roads mostly at a 110km/h speed limit the towns and villages you pass through however slow down to 50km/h but all in all its a nice drive at a nice pace with plenty of passing lanes if you get stuck behind slower moving vehicles.

First up are some pictures of some of the other people that attended the meet.

This next photo is my favorite of the day and a first for me as this is my first “street portrait”, as i normally shoot candid street photos but i asked this man if i could take his portrait with his car and van. (he was quite chuffed i think) After I took the photo I had a quick chat with him and found out that his family had a van like this when was younger but he couldn’t find one like it these days so he made this one himself and judging by the look on his face when he was telling me about it he is quite proud of it, I would be too!

This photo will also be number 1 in my 100 Strangers project.