Kevin's x100

This thing is just so retro!

Pure hipster style!

First time ever seeing one of these in person, probably because it's not available in Australia yet but I'm not too sure. The build quality was just amazing all the dials had very smooth and soft clicks. Although the dials and the back of it was just a bit noisy and also it is a bit of a strange shape, especially when using the viewfinder you find your hands in an awkward position.

I have to say while there are just so many positive traits to the x100 which makes me a huge fan, I don't think I would ever want one.

Not my thing but I do appreciate it.

Quality when you see it.

The Gitzo tripod.

Functional

Sturdy

Pretty.

Carbon.

Double Rainbow!! All the way!

Double rainbow all the way!!!

Street Photography

I was/am inspired by the DigitalRev guys on youtube to do this. What I enjoy about the digirev guys is that they review a whole bunch of camera bodies and lenses and give their unbiased (possibly biased sometimes) opinions of their product. No I cannot afford many of the things they review but watching them teaches me loads about camera gear and whatnot.

But what makes them so special over the other guys on youtube, who review camera gear? It's that they show people that despite their high tech, super expensive, really big gear and gadgets you really don't need it. And it's true! Yes it does help, but with passion and imagination you can propel yourself much further than any type of camera and take nice photos.

So despite Kai's super annoying British accent, I'm subscribed.

Spiral Staircase.

After

Before

Remember that photo I posted up here I stated that I wasn't 100% happy with it. Well I finally got cs5 working and a different photo (but same subject). Photoshopped out some useless objects, played with curves for a bit and stared at it for a long while.

I think I got it to the way I want it. This is just something cool to put up on my wall later on, so I think I'm happy.

Bugs

I tend to have this thing with taking photos of bugs.

This time a huge fly.

Top Ryde Library.

About 2 weeks ago, on Saturday I helped out at the grand opening of the Top Ryde Library in the shopping centre. It's huge!

I managed to get a picture of the spiral staircase that I quite admire.

Picture wise, I'm not 100% happy with it. I would like to get photoshop back on the computer so I can just play around with it and when I get it to something close to what I want it to look like, I'll post it back up.

Hi there spidey!

I seem to find myself quite amused at taking photos of insects, namely spiders. Not too sure why. This one didn't mind being blinded by my highbeams nor did it move when I moved in closer. Quite glad about that actually.

Shoot to Thrill

SHOOT to THRILL from Claudio Giambusso on Vimeo.

Do you remember the first matrix movie where they had this one specific scene of Neo dodging bullets in super slow mo.

Well this is just another rad video showing you just one method of achieving such a shot.

Hey there spider!

It was big and scary.

It Moved when i got in closer. I'm pretty sure my heart skipped a beat.

The fangs were massive! The spider is the wrong way up in this photo but the two spikes that you might be able to spot are its fangs. Thinking back now, I would be in quite alot of pain if that things jumped at me and bit me. Click the photo to enlarge.

Over exposed?

I stumbled on this on tumblr. I'm blogging about this because it is a nice photo, cute chick. But whats bothering me is that all the red and the skin tone is perfect but when it comes to the white background meeting up with the subject it just kind of .. disappears. How could you overcome this would you need to take two photos with different exposures and then photoshop it later on? I think so and i don't think i could do that. =(

I think that would be the only way to go about it for this picture. It's reminding me of a time my friend took pictures of a white r32 with black rims, he apparently had to take two shots of the same thing with different exposures... or was it possibly flash positions? I don't know..... ahh the difficulties...

Night shots.

Here are some shots i did just a few minutes ago (2.30am) on a tripod.
Iso at about 400 or 800 with a 15 second exposure, f6.3. I think.

I'm so amazed, I can take photos of stars!!

First batch.

Ok, so the first batch of photos i took with my ultra rad camera are developed. Here are just a few.



I quite like this shot.


I don't even remembering taking this picture. Nor do i know where it is.

This in my opinion is best shot of them all. By luck the settings were all perfect, plenty of light and the colours are astounding!
This picture also has a bit of a story to it which to me anyway makes it just so much more interesting. Driving down along one of the heaviest trafficked roads in Sydney, I notice the driver of car on my right, a middle aged man wearing a simple black suit, white shirt and black tie. Driving a classic Mercedes, metallic grey, smooth lines and simple just how a high classed luxury car should feel and look. The man was talking, no one in the front seat, windows wound all the way up and in the rear passenger seat sat a man, middle aged but his aura gave a more youthful feel than the driver. Resting his arm on the window sill, his watch just caught a sparkle in my eye. This man was a man of class. So then the red light came both mine and his car was at the front, we both stopped and out came my camera. Which is why I call this picture "Chauffeured".

So after this first batch of photos i have learned alot.

• ASA/DIN is an old fashioned abbreviation which is equivalent to ISO.
• This camera cannot take macro shots.
• Any shot taken with a shutter speed of less than 1/250th will give poor photos.
• When taking photos in low light, I must concentrate and think about the settings.
• The camera does not exactly have a zoom, but it does specify a distance which must be taken into account.
• Photos should be taken at least 1 meter away from subject.
• The film itself has an ISO rating.
• These photos are way rad!

In the first batch, the roll of film allowed 24 shots. Only about half were decent. There are a few more photos on my flickr. Check em out.

My attempt.

This photo was taken quite a long time ago, December 2006 to be accurate. It was just when my sister bought her first slr, it's a Pentax k100D.

The camera itself is quite a low budget one, very weak in low lighting and it just struggles to capture moving objects with any sharpness at all. Added to the fact that back then and even now i don't know how to fully utilise or even use an slr. This is as good as my photos can get i guess.

I quite like it and i don't know why, just something random. It means nothing to me but i guess i just find it aesthetically pleasing. So when i stumbled upon this photo while going through old files i thought maybe i can fix it up a bit. It may be an ok shot but i can't stand how noisy it is and thought i could try photoshop it.
This is what i ended up with. I actually have no clue on how to use photoshop cs3, i think i ruined it because i actually prefer the original photo. I only wanted to make the image look a little bit sharper and not so noisy but i think i went in the total opposite direction.

What do you think?

New old camera!

This is so fucking cool! It's an Olympus 32 RC, it also has a flash that was with it too! Dad said this thing was from before i was born, he said he lost it.

But I found it this morning! Bought a roll of film for it and just been snapping. The funky thin about film though is i have no idea what the hell these pictures will look like. So if the lens is shot i don't know till the end. Also i have no idea is the photo's i take are of any quality either.

I've been reading this guy who reviews stuff like this and it seems pretty decent from his review. Also It's got a description of what all the dials represent too. It's got an automatic/default setting and alot of manual settings too. I can control the aperture, shutter speed and all these other gizmos i don't understand quite yet. It's also got a self timer! hehe.

So to test out the camera i brought it out with me to Coogee beach, I hung out with Bel today and took a few photos. Again i have no idea how my photos look until i finish the roll and develop them. Such a rad day today.

Photos.

I hope these pictures don't offend anyone. To me it's art/photography. In a way it's one of my secret passions, I really do enjoy looking at great photos. I only wish i could take equally good photos.

I was talking to someone just recently on facebook too, and I'm not too sure if i have mentioned this but she has given me ideas on getting out my dads old film slr, repair it (if its damaged) and just start taking photos. I really do enjoy photography and (i think) it would be heaps of fun if i gave it a go too! The only problem is, I know its a long and lengthy process and super expensive too!

I could keep linking photos on this blog for a long time. Photos of food, cars, landscape or bikes but today I'll just link these.

Photos are taken from chrissycomprehensible & real princess more photos in their tumblr.

Pictures.

I find this image somewhat captivating. It was taken on a SLR using film medium. And looking at this guys photo diary/album/photoblog "my little dead dick" I'm quite liking the the pictures alot more than what digital SLR's can produce.

Edit: Another photo