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April 22, 2010
I've driven down to the weekender at Victor Harbor for the Anzac weekend early so that I can continue with the never ending painting. This time it is to finish painting the balcony railings and the fascia boards which require several coats to protect them from the salty air.
The afternoon was spent picking up the film shots from Tasmania and asking the very helpful people at the Total Photographics shop in Adelaide to help me figure out what happened to the 5x4 shots done on transparencies in Tasmania with an antiquated Linhof 4x5Techika 111. I'm not happy with the results as both sides of the image are darker than the centre. I suspect that I have light leak in the bellows due to mostly due to age and care.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Ari, near Petrel Cove, 2010
I just managed to get down to the coast in time to walk the dogs along the clifftops and take a few snaps of people having a relaxing time in the unseasonal warm weather--- it's an unseasonably hot April. This afternoon was very still.
Currently I'm listening to an audience tape of a lackluster Grateful Dead concert --Live at Manor Downs on 1985-08-31. I hope things pick up in the second set--the musical spark happens on the longer pieces.
Whilst listening to the music I'm reconnecting with the digital photos I shot the last time I was down here, working my way through the Tasmanian photos for a portfolio to submit for an exhibition and drinking a glass of New Zealand sauvignon blanc.
The music is finally beginning to fire up on the Drums/Space section of the concert. The 5x4 transparencies from the Tasmanian shoot are proving to be bloody hard to correct in Lightroom. So I've being uploading, and looking at, the film images shot with a Leica and Rolleiflex from the Tasmanian shoot. The Melbourne beach hut series looks okay, but I have to begin sorting the images for the photography book course in a few weeks.
Update
The painting continues slowly between showers and visitors.
My 4x5 Linhof Technika 111 was introduced in 1946 and discontinued in 1956. Since the 5x4 field camera is devoid of the technological makeover and ignored by computerized takeover, the modern versions are very much like what the camera was a 60 years ago. Each of the newer model adds some movements and features that are useful.
These cameras are about fine craftsmanship, extreme precision, sturdiness, and solidity, and as they are not obsoleted by the next model in two years or less and so are not trash. But the Linhof is just overpriced.
I do have a light leak in the bellows of the Linhof 5x4--a pinhole one that has formed in the fabric bellows. So now I need to cover the pinhole. Or have a new bellows made because more pinholes will appear. Dam.
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That's a funny pic