San Francisco | The last days of my beloved Vignettes.

Finally I give you my first update from abroad, it long over due and I am sorry! This is a very special update, it not only marks the start of 3 months of international shooting but it is the last update where I will have to use my little 'snubby' Sigma 30mm Prime f/1.4 glass, which (as it is not full frame compatible) gives off those sometimes pretty Vignettes you see in my shots.

I found a cheap camera house in down town San Fran where I picked up a more than suitable replacement for my poor old Sigma! It will feature heavily in all the following updates!

For now though, enjoy these last few Vignettes!






















Nick Found

Winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

After lying in my last post about updating shots every couple of days I thought I would update you on what has been going on and try to excuse my self for the lack (or total lack) of photography!

In the hunt for weather that is a little more stable than Melbourne I have headed to the Northern Hemisphere! I have spent the last two weeks in the States, firstly visiting San Francisco and then heading to NYC. I will update these shots soon, I promise!

Now however, I am sitting, delayed, in Brussels airport (Belgium) en-route to the Czech Republic for what I am hoping is Christmas in Prague, however, after two plane cancellations, a bunch of delays and two extra country stop overs that were not planned, anywhere that is not the inside of an airport or train terminal is "all I want for Christmas!"

I have though been shooting my way around and have a bunch of shots to load up, just as soon as I am not totally overwhelmed by new faces, places and airports! Watch this space: Bridges, hills, cars and the odd face are on the way!

Xo

From the vaults_005: Coppin St 2008

Thought I would put up one more post before heading off to the States and Europe for winter/holiday. I will be updating shots every couple of days so keep visiting!

I managed to get into the demolition site on Coppin St, Richmond to grab these shots before this beautiful playground of a building got destroyed to make way for a bit more urban sprawl. All good things must come to an end, and sadly, so did this.











Nick Found

From the vaults_004: Qatar 2006

Whilst looking through my images from Qatar yesterday, I was blissfully unaware of the current World Cup bid that was happening. So with even more relevance (for those nearly as far behind as me, Qatar will host in 2022), here are a few shots from my time there.

These were shot on my first dSLR, a Canon 350D, during the 2006 Asian Games.




























The last two images are of the local Qataris celebrating after there win in the football final against Iraq on December 15th. I doubt anyone slept that night with the sounds of car horns, revving engines, fireworks, flares and general party continuing on well into the morning.

Nick Found

My first time_2006.

In 2006 I got my first camera that I cared about enough to want to actually take photos with. This was a parting gift before I headed off to Europe for 6 months of back packing. To clarify, by camera I don't mean Canon dSLR, it was a Kodak V570 Dual Lens point and shoot (I had to learn to crawl, before walking into the world of SLR and then running into full frame dSLR!).

I covered some distance in that 6 months, taking way to many photos, not knowing that it was the beginning of a life long obsession and love.

So my idea was to do a couple of posts of my early shots highlighting my learning process, however, after tracing through 5,000 images and only sadly finding 16 that I was happy with (I really thought there were more at the time!) means that there will be only one post!

So enjoy these, and remember three things:

1) You will always get a better shot on a dSLR.
2) Point and shoot cameras will though fit in your pocket. and
3) Practice and persistence will make a better photographer.

Malta





Switzerland











Rome







Tuscany







Scotland







Nick Found

The Vignettes: EXPLAINED.

By now I am sure you are wondering why most of my images have a Vignette (for the non photographer, the dreamy or sometime hard black ring around the shots).

This is easily explained. No it's not a Photoshop effect. It is because two of my lenses (Sigma Prime 30mm f/1.4 & Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6) are not full frame lenses. I am in the process of getting a full frame lens to fix this minor problem!



I do though enjoy the Vignette just a little. So do not fear, the snub nose of the 30mm will always remain in my kit.

Nick Found

Between the signs.

Along the Nullarbor, buried 17km off road is an old sheep station that used to be a service station for cars attempting to cross the mighty desert. When they were beyond repair, the cars were laid to rest out in the paddocks.





























When the new highway was made, this station was forced to close. It remains today as it did when it was left. A history museum of times past. RIP.

Nick Found