Rusty

Posted on February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 Posted in Abandoned, Transport, UrbExTagged "Nikon D800", abandoned, båstnäs, car, car cemetery, hdr, Nikkor 16-35 f/4G ED VR, rusty, sweden, urbex4 Comments

Rusty, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

One that got away from the series I did last year. This time I used HDR effects pro (Pre-Google). and a little PS. This is what happens when I push the sliders around to see what happens

David II:”Here Endeth The Session”

Posted on February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 Posted in PeopleTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", black and white, blackandwhite., Monochrome, outtake, portraitLeave a comment

David II:”Here Endeth The Session”, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

Outtake:This reminds me of the last shot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
“Right son thats enough of that.”

David

Posted on February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 Posted in PeopleTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", available light, black and white, blackandwhite., Monochrome, portraitLeave a comment

David, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

The Brewery Door

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 Posted in TravelTagged blackandwhite., grain, lacock abbey, leica, Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, Monochrome, MP2 Comments

The Brewery Door, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

The wonderful texture and detail of the Brewery door at Lacock Abbey caught my eye while walking around there in the summer. Notice the two keyholes.

Film is Dead…Long Live Film!

Posted on February 2, 2014February 2, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized2 Comments

It’s very rare that I Re-Blog others work and thoughts . However I read this today I thought I’d share this with you dear followers. Now I haven’t personally sold a very expensive Leica and purchased an MP. I purchased one for some of the very same reasons given in the article. However I do own a Nikon DSLR. But it’s my analog kit That works for me. Lets hear you thoughts.
Have a great Sunday
David.

The Leica Meet Blog

Why would any sane person move from digital photography back to film? We’ve all heard it, “film is dead, nobody shoots analog anymore…the whole world has moved to digital!”

I was listening to a very popular photography podcast this past weekend in which the host jokingly said that there are probably only a thousand or so film shooters left on the planet. It was a joke but it hit a nerve because I’m a committed film photographer and I know there are many, many thousands of us who love to shoot with film. Granted, film will never be the dominant medium it once was but its going to be around for a long time. I’m glad to be part of the (Leica) film community.

Allow me to lay out some of the very personal reasons I moved to film from digital. The reasons laid out here are mine of course. …

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Burns Night 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014January 28, 2014 Posted in Norway, PeopleTagged #Burns, #oslo, #thecally, kiltsLeave a comment

Just a quick snap from the Burns Night Celebrations Held by The Caledonian Society in Oslo this past weekend. Here the guys are singing Happy Birthday . It was Robert Burns 255th birthday

Norwegian Night

Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Posted in HobbiesTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", kilts, Norwegian Night, tartan2 Comments

Norwegian Night, a photo by Davidap2009 on Flickr.

New Kilt. At last my new new kilt has arrived ready for Burns Night. This tartan,Norwegian Night was designed by a friend and woven by Marton Mills in Scotland. The kilt was sewn together by a Kilt maker in the french alps
http://www.lady-chrystel-kilts.com
So this beauty is really international. My wife took the shot and knitted the jumper I have on .

Adventures In Printerland

Posted on January 13, 2014January 15, 2014 Posted in HobbiesTagged black and white, epson, Epson products, epson3880, Printer, printing6 Comments

As I blogged last week my new Epson 3880 A2+ Printer finally arrived this last Friday. It had been on order since November 7th last year.The Printer was bundled with a 3 hour course held by the importer for Epson products to Norway. He told me that at that time there wasn’t many to go around . Still I have it now.

The first evening I got it home I was too tired to do anything more that open the box and look at the paperwork.After a long week I felt a little overwhelmed by the shear size of the beast and I went to bed questioning what I had done.

In the morning those doubts had gone like the morning mist and I set about setting the printer up

The un-boxing was very straight forward and the setup was very self-explanatory. There were lots of blue tape bits and transport packaging to remove.

Next came the inks all nine of them (at Kr 470 a piece !)”Shaken not Stirred” Once the inks are installed the printer head has to be primed and this takes about 7 mins and is a one off event according to the instructions.

I then installed the printer drivers and immediately went to the Epson website to update them to the latest and greatest. The rest of my day was spent calibrating my monitor and ink/paper sample to get the colours to match what I have on-screen. I’m not quite there just yet but I’ll come back to that another time. Having said that,the black and white prints are amazing.

I’ve purchased this printer for what it can do black and white wise and I haven’t been disappointed. I took a few tips from the course I was on and I let the printer control the black and white output with some small input in the advanced settings by me. The printer automatically swaps between the photoblack and the matte black ink according to what paper choice you use . Swapping the inks uses a little so jobs ought to be planned in advance. I purchased some rather expensive Epson Hot press natural paper when on the course. I was told to hang it up and let it dry for 24 hours just like I did when I had a wet darkroom. Feels just like the old days again :0)

ONE BIG GRIPE:- Epson.If you read this why is the sample picture not the same as what I want to print? and Why, oh Why is it so small? .Small gripe over:0).

My workplace

My adventure continues and I feel after many years of just looking at my shots on screen It’s a blast to have some of my favs printed large at last.

Stay Tuned :0)

Yippee !

Posted on January 10, 2014 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Printer2 Comments

I just got notification that the Epson Printer I ordered in early November has finally been dispatched to me.

I’ve been waiting to take delivery of an Epson 3880 since November. However there apparently has been a shortage of them in Europe, Epson Norway had run out of stock.This will be my first real Photoprinter that I primarily will use for black and white shots. Bundled with the printer is the printer plug-in Mirage 2 also a 3 hrs course which I attended in December. Lets hope I remember some of it:0)

I’ll keep you posted on how it goes when the Husky team arrive with my package.