Hyde Park panorama.

I dusted off the Holga in November 2010 and went down to Hyde Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Top beer weather.

Kerb TV.

Mount Lawley kerbside collection from quite a while ago. I think it's about time I took a camera out again.

Extortion.

I was digging through some old photos on my hard drive and came across a few from the Extortion 'Loose Screws' launch at the Civic last year. Here's one of them.

Legs.

Taken at Como on way-grainier-than-I-thought TMAX 3200. Got some ok shots though.

Beaufort St Festival.

Wow. I've really become lazy updating this thing. Here are some photos that were part of the Beaufort St Festival 60-Minute Snapshot exhibition, curated by the super-duper onetrickpony. I ended up winning a prize for photos that best represented the spirit of the festival - or something to that effect - and scored some free framing. Lucky, 'cos I got this thing I need hung on my wall.

Oh. Hey man.

Whoops. It's been a while since I uploaded anything. Whatevs, bro. But hey, here's what's been happening. Lomovember came and went, and I had a few shots up on the wall (for instance, the one below). Heck, one of them even won me a prize - a Lomo fisheye camera. Rad.

I was also asked to take some photos for the Beaufort St Festival a few weekends back. I'm getting these printed today, fingers crossed they don't look like turdburgers.

Paintings on buildings.

I think this was taken while wandering the streets in Silverlake. It was a pretty neat part of LA.

The old wood jetty.

From New Zealand. I reckon I was half a second too early. Oh well.

The old man.

So, it's been a while since I last uploaded something. Whoops. Anyhoo, here's a shot of GW that I took at my folks' place.

A double at the rapids.

While we were in New Zealand, we managed to sneak away for a couple of hours and visit some rapids. Intense, bro.

Saturday afternoon.

It was a sunny afternoon, so we packed a lunch, pumped up the footy and went to Hyde Park for a bite and a kick. My good lady friend and Dannowan Extreme were Fremantle. I was the Eagles. Let's just say I lost by a considerable margin.

New Zealand.

I was in New Zealand for work a couple of weeks ago, and on our day off, we thought we'd go for a drive through the countryside. Our mission was simple: find the most epic landscapes we possibly could. So we crammed into the crappiest little piece of shit hire vehicle Europcar could give us, and away we went, off to find the most menacing mountains New Zealand has to offer.

Six (or was that seven?) hours later, we stumbled across a humble little abode, surrounded by two volcanoes. Oh, and apparently, where the 'End of the World' battle in Lord of the Rings was filmed. Nice.

Chocolate milk.

Taken on the Chats porch with a Yashica Electro X I got for Christmas from my good lady friend.

On the streets.

A quick shot I got of a homeless dude at Venice Beach. Man, we met some crazy people.

Victoria Bitter.

West Perth is a pretty tame location (do not even try to find something to eat after 2pm). However, there's an interesting old building not too far from where I work. And it has a pretty neat Victoria Bitter sign to boot.

Oriental Foods.

Taken a while back on Beaufort Street. This store is long gone, now it's full of wallpaper. The type of wallpaper that I assume hip money-making Mount Lawley people would buy.

Mundaring Weirdo.

This was from a while back when my old pal Owenmaster and I went on a treck to Mundaring Weir. Now I have a car, maybe I can repay the favour.

Gnarabup.

During the summer break I went to Gnarabup with my good lady friend and Dannowan Extreme to relax by the beach and watch The Goonies about fifty times (turns out Mr Extreme enjoyed this film very much).

I took my Diana Mini and got a handful of super lo-fi shots that turned out ok. Like this one.

More adventures in Silverlake.

This was taken when we got our taxi driver to drop us off a little further from where we wanted to go, and ended up in a Hispanic part of town. It sure beat the glam of West Hollywood, and I'm glad we ended up there. Even if it was by accident.

Meandering through alleyways.

Man, it's been a while since I posted something. This is from when I was wandering through the back streets of Venice Beach.

Hollywood Center Motel.

It's been way too hot these last few days. Too hot do anything. Fucking summer. In other bad news, the photo lab down the road from me on Beaufort St just closed down. They were super nice and their Fuji scanner was rad, so I'm going to have to find somewhere else to scan my 35mm. Somewhere that's not Fitzgerald's. (That's another story for another time.) Anyhoo, this was taken on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Drive by.

A random abandoned gas station we went past while driving to nowhere in particular.

A misty morning.

This was the view from my hotel room on the seventh level. Only, on this day, a storm hit and low mist set in amongst the Hollywood hills. It looked quite spectacular.

The Olive building.

There were heaps of interesting buildings with interesting type that caught my eye while I was away. Like this one, for instance.

Open in Silverlake.

This was taken while we were hanging out in Silverlake, LA. It was a pretty neat part of the city.

Santa Monica.

Hey! Lomovember was a bunch of fun, and the shot from my last post (the one of the birds on wires, I creatively titled it 'Birds on Wires') won the People's Choice Award, which was a total surprise. So thanks to all you kind people - whoever you are - who voted, and thanks to my pals for coming down and celebrating in the alley afterwards. I woke up with a brutal headache.

These next couple are from when we visited Santa Monica in LA. There was a protest going on, something to do with Iraq. The sand was covered in crosses as a tribute to friends and family who didn't make it back, and everyone was particularly quiet. The vibe was a little weird.

Lomovember.

So, it's good to be home. LA was pretty wild, I bought a shitload of records and took plenty of photos (I'll get around to posting some of the nifty ones soon enough).

In the meantime, here's one of the five shots I have in Lomovember, a Lomo show put on by the kids at Pigeonhole. It's on tomorrow night, should be rad.

Clothespeg.

This will be my last post for a couple of weeks, I'm headed to sunny LA tomorrow to shoot a TV ad. Anyhoo, here are a couple of photos I submitted for the third edition of Clothespeg (thanks Yolanda!), which is opening on Friday the 9th at Slaughterblouse. Wish I could be there, but Hollywood beckons.

Heirs @ The Rosemount.

A few months ago, Heirs came to town and play a couple of shows. I had a great time, got relatively drunk, and took a couple of shots too. (I finally found their 12" just earlier today, which may have reminded me to post these photos.) I've thrown in a couple snaps of Eleventh He Reaches London from the same show.

Diana Mini.

Last week my brand spankin' new Diana Mini arrived in the mail, and these are the first shots from it. To be honest, I wasn't so impressed with what I got back - most of the shots were blown out and blurry. Maybe it's because of the slow shutter speed, maybe it's because I was shooting on overcast days. But anyway, I'll play around with it some more. I'm sure I'll find a good use for it.

Trash Talk.

I wasn't going to see these guys at the Hydey, but I'm glad I did. Rad show.

Dunes.

A few weeks ago some ol' school friends and I packed our tents, sleeping bags and plenty of beer as we headed to Lancelin for a night. There was also lots of fire and explosions. Y'know, guy shit. 

Cowboys.

Taken backstage at last year's Battle of the AdBands. Despite our killer attire, we still came second.

Saturday night pints.

Got this cheeky shot ages ago at the Hydey.

A high school wedding.

Not too long ago, some old school friends got hitched. Good on 'em.

By night.

Here are a couple more shots from my last redscaled role. In each of these, at least one of the images was a long exposure.