I’ve once again entered the weird and wonderful world of podcasting. I must say, it’s a helluva lot easier and more enjoyable with a bunch of other (enormously fun) people in the room.
This one’s all about our fair Melbourne town. Check it out — Macabre Melbourne.
Last week we loaned the telephoto lens to Steve, and got his wideangle for a few days in return. So while he was off taking pictures of blue-balled monkeys, I thought I’d make the most of the wideangle by setting “get your whole body in the frame” as my 365 theme for the week. No, really, if you look closely at that first picture, you can see that it’s me rolling across our super-wide king-sized bed that looks like a double because of the tricksy things that wideangles do.
I find composing for this sort of lens incredibly difficult. And, of course, it’s even more difficult when you’re not actually able to look through the viewfinder. But I enjoyed the challenge.
What I didn’t enjoy was that this became heatwave week. It was horrible. Between 40 and 44º Celsius for the rest of the week. 38º inside our insulation and aircon free house. And it didn’t cool down at night. Not the most sensible week to be taking full body shots, as I didn’t always have the energy or resolve to put clothes on… (more…)
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