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