yoyoing on camera again...

Why did I shoot more than half of it in portrait mode???

Anyway... this the only somewhat usable footage I got. I will reshoot this, though... stay tuned!




So far,

R

vrum!

It looks like it's going fast, doesn't it?

I took this one as I was testing a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 a friend lent me.... I probably don't say this nearly as often as I should, but I LOVE MY FRIENDS!

Oh... and here's something I took with a fisheye lens:

It was a great few days... equipment-wise...

Until next time,

R

oh, nostalgia

Sometimes I think the main reason I take photos is so that I can look through them and go 'Ah!.. that was so long ago. Those were the times!' Looking at old photos always makes me feel like I'm 80.

This was the very first design job did and the first conceptual photograph I took. It was meant to be the cover of our high school's magazine, but, for various reasons, we decided go another way. In retrospect, the cover could have turned out better, but still... a better shot might not be so nostalgic. I read somewhere that scars are great because they remind us that the past is real. I think this principle applies to not so good (it's not really a bad shot, after all) photographs. Is it just me?

Every time look for something in my photo library and I stumble upon this I remember how great it was to work on the articles, have meetings and proofread stuff. Those were the times, indeed.

R

electoral freebie

Walking around town, I stumbled upon this:

This fella was doing a few very nice covers. I mean... he nailed Guns N' Roses' "Don't cry".... and you need some very good pipes to pull off that one.

The whole concert was part of some guy's campaign... he's running for mayor. Nice of him to give out musical freebies. I'm not sure that makes him qualified for the job, but supporting a young talent does make him a pretty decent guy. I passed by the concert as I was doing a shoot... maybe I'll post some of the shots soon.

Until then,

R over and out.

times are changing and so are the templates on my blog

I keep changing the templates and the backgrounds of the blog. Transparency seems like a good idea... for now!

I'm still trying to come up with a nice design for the background... this shot of a Dacia I took a few years ago will  have to do until I have a better idea.

Hey!... is anyone out there willing to lend me some lights for a couple of hours? I know this is a long shot, but still... I have this idea for a photo and nobody seems to have any equipment available. An sb-600 with some kind of off-camera sync would do just fine. Leave a comment if you are willing to help.

R

sheep

Remorse for not writing anything in a while? yep...

Hoping for things to change? yep...

Will things actually change? probably not... (but still... one can hope...)

R

on my own... first entry: Aunts are Lovable Creatures

Living alone is not easy. Maybe this isn't any news to you and it certainly wasn't any news to me when my mother left to live with my sister for a couple of weeks, but that doesn't make the process any easier.

Anyway... I've decided to document the process of living alone... with the problems and advantages it brings.

What I love about this living alone thing is that there's really no one to blame beside yourself... it really makes things easier when it comes to finding a scapegoat to place the blame on. Whatever didn't get done.. you're the ONLY one to blame.

What I hate about it is that you have no one to talk to. Loneliness is a bitter thing... believe me! And the Interned doesn't always do the trick.

This series of posts will be mostly related to cooking, mainly because this is something I don't get to do when my mother's at home. And I really like to wear the apron from time to time. I'm not going to document everything I eat or cook. The purpose of this is to reveal the things I discover on this journey of staying at home.

First thing: Aunts are lovable creatures. Since mother's out of town, my aunts have taken an interest in what I eat and have taken turns in inviting me over for lunch or dinner. The best thing about it is that they also make me take some food with me.. here's a 1,7 litre jar of beans soup and a slice of home-made bread (yum!):

And here's the spaghetti with seafood cocktail I made the other day:

Yup!.... Yum!

R