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photo of the day

There was a bag of those little genetically modified oranges at my house the other day; you know the ones, they have loose skin for easy peeling, no seeds, and are perfectly segmented. Anyway, i love them and love to try to remove the peel in one piece. This one was quite successful so i tried to Frankenstein it back together with staples. Then i let it sit on my window sill for a day and photographed what happened next, below is the result…

orange

I thought this was a fun experiment and may do more photo series on decay in the future, as always check back here for updates.

camera collection update

On Sunday I was at the local GoodWill when I found another cool old camera to add to my collection, it was less than $2 and I couldn’t resist.

vivitar

This is the Vivitar 35CA. It is a small 35mm rangefinder from the late 1970’s. There is an Automatic mode and a Bulb setting. The attached 38mm F/2.7 lens had a skylight filter attached. This camera features a hot shoe and PC sync port, is manual focus and although an automatic camera has a light meter in the viewfinder. During the late 1970’s Japan was producing a ton of these cheap rangefinders and selling them under different names. Essentially all the same, save a few cosmetic differences, this same camera can be found sold as at least four other brands/makes. Another funky addition to my collection. See the rest here and here.

Camera Collection Update

Here is an update to my running series documenting my collection of cameras. You can see the previous post here.

 

nikon em I spent the morning running errands, on the way I hit up a few local thrift stores, they are always fun and sometimes they have good camera gear. The first stop at Savers was ok. They had a 55mm Canon lens, and a crappy zoom lens, decided to but Highlander on VHS instead. Next stop at the Goodwill was much better. They had this old Nikon EM with a 50mm f/1.8 Nikon lens, it also has a battery pack/motor drive attached, i had to have it. I don’t have a 50mm lens for my Nikon system yet, and since it’s the classic focal length i bought it up. Also had a cool battery pack for an off camera flash, but it was missing the charging cord, passed on that. The EM was marketed as an entry level SLR that only has an aperture priority mode to make use easy for the uninitiated. The camera body is fairly cheap and will likely sit on the wall, however, since Nikon never changed their mounting system (shame Canon) i put this beauty onto my Nikon DSLR and will be using it frequently.

something from the archives

I was browsing through a few old image folders on my computer. These three images caught my eye for their use of motion and composition. I was setting up for a different shot, when suddenly there was a decisive moment of peak action when i pressed the shutter and gave 1/60 of a second in time immortality. I liked that they all had something in common and work well together.

VondelparkVondelpark ©2008 taylor mahoney

carmel beachCarmel Beach ©2007

kid grabbing birdsAlexanderplatz ©2008

hope you enjoyed this brief collection if i find more that fit i will post them

pic of the day 1/17

today is the last day of freedom before i begin my final semester at nau. to celebrate i did absolutely nothing. I took a walk and had coffee at Macy’s coffee. then after a brief nap i headed over to my friend bob smiths house which is just downstairs. Continue reading

pic of the day 1/16

here is another photo i took yesterday afternoon, i have been very bored lately, as this epic battle rages everyday on my desk i decided to document it. there could be some political implications but i will leave that up to the viewer to decide what those are. (click the photo for a larger version) Continue reading

pic of the day

Hopefully, this will be a new space to show and tell some of my photos. I will be posting a photo i have created each day or sometimes an old favorite along with the story behind the photo. Technical info, challenges anything i can think of i guess. So here is the first… Continue reading