Visual Log

I haven't posted in a long, long time. Unfortunately, my digital camera met a watery death at the chelsea flower show. I also lost several negatives in my Nikon FE which I left on a bus in Glasgow along with my 80-200 mm and 28-55 mm lenses. blog will now function as a visual log required as part of my courses in England. I have become interested in entrances, or entrance being denied, and the hidden spaces behind doors. I am documenting locks, hinges and the marks doors and gates make on the ground and walls (canyon faces) around them, as a way do deal with the movement of doors, a routine motion with specific machinery and hardware to protect/manipulate a space. There is quite a variety among locks, in colour, size and shape. Why are there so many different designs for items with the same function? People need every item to have interesting designs or colours, that let their items stand apart from the rest. I think this is an important aspect of visual culture, and applies to many different items, not just locks. Locks draw attention to the fact you can't access a space.

The methods people use to fasten and hold things together are myriad, given the limitations on space and lack of sturdy anchors in many places. Wonderful pieces of engineering which are often pocket size. Sometimes ingeniously simple, sometimes deviously complicated, the lock is worth a look. it can keep you out, or in. It can protect your belongings, or frustrate your efforts to use the things you need. Hinges are often complicit in the locking act.

What's in the fridge?!

I really enjoy the sentiments and activities involved in this video. Also my house used to have a fridge very similar to the one in the intro. Happy first day of winter.

What's in the Fridge? : A Lifestyle Film from Jah Raven Creation on Vimeo.

Free Ski PEI

One of those PEI boys made a webs.com site!!

freeskipei

ball!

This is the final print from last night. M and Y of CMYK fame are increased in comparison to the first print. Developer leaked out of the machine, so there is no photo of the day for today.
This was the first one. It is decidedly greenish. The large black space looks a little blue, which makes me think the developer was contaminated with fix. you can see some white marks where the heat gun wrinkled the paper, to the left of the ball.

Eagle!

Today's photo of the day! Poor negative, and sub par in development, but it has an eagle in it!

Just a street light

This blog will now feature an analogue photo of the day. This is actually yesterday's (Monday, October 25) photo of the day. It may be the only photo of the day, and there may not be a photo every day. The photo of the day will almost certainly not have been taken on the day of posting, it is just posted on the day it was developed, or maybe not even.

Also, some associated listening:

My Alaska

My Alaska full movie from Doom/Love on Vimeo.

These guys have a do-it-yourself vibe and a lot of intiative.

Alaska

There have been some great skiers coming out of Alaska for a while; Tim Durtschi and more recently Logan Imlach to name a few. This makes sense to me since Alaska's mountains and far northern latitude make prime conditions for skiing and snowboarding.
Possibly more than a few comparisons could be made between Newfoundland/Labrador and Alaska, but having never been to the latter I'll reserve comment.
Here's a teaser for the newest work from DOOM/Love. 100% AK:

my alaska teaser from Doom/Love on Vimeo.

cute!

Graffiti Proposal from PR!MO on Vimeo.