Obscura from Latin, the rudimentary definition being: Dark.
Exactly how new toys actually leave most people, even me… in the dark. But the newest addition to my family, the renowned Canadian produced Leica M4-P had a surprisingly easy learning curveRead More
A short shoot with Brigitte (MM#1102156) on my favourite Cockatoo Island with the awesome Soviet Foto-Snaiper. This time going all out with another soviet era camera, the Kiev 88 (loaded with Fuji Provia 400X) alongside my Nikon FM2 (loaded with Kodak 400 Tri-X), Fujifilm X100 and the Ricoh GXR A12 M-Mount module that I was demo’ing at the time. Read More
For three weeks I was given the opportunity to trial the new Ricoh M-Mount module ahead of its launch at FotoRiesel. Not being a Ricoh user myself, I was also supplied with the GXR body and electronic viewfinder. Here are my impressions:Read More
Had a little impromptu photo shoot session with the stunning Lady Medusa in which we commandeered an alleyway as a makeshift studio with a brick backdrop and I got to play with three new toysRead More
Took the Kiev 88 out for a short stroll again, this time mindful of its idiosyncrasies, I was accompanied by Steph and Rachel who did the makeup for this set of photos. Read More
My most recent acquisition from glorious Russia Ukraine was a Kiev 88 manufactured in 1987, unopened and unused since then. Knowing that this is a bit of a gamble due to horror stories and notorious quality control at that period, this is still a direct Hasselblad copy and hence I gave into temptation. Read More
Pardon the half finished site, have to dig through years of photos to find the originals to upload.
However! What have I been upto since the site got magically remodelled? Read More
Notice something different? Its been a while and I thought the website could do with an upgrade for a nicer gallery/ photoblog system. Still in progress but expect to see a bulk of it done by the end of the week!