Another trundle to Penzance and the The Newlyn Art Gallery for the Shezad Dawood exhibition. British artist Shezad Dawood (b1974) works across media in film, painting and light sculpture. His Indian and Pakistani roots have inspired a broad mapping within his practice, remixing various artistic traditions, and recalling influences as diverse as cosmology, science fiction and Sufism. I must admit I thought this was going to be a load of old tosh, but I really enjoyed it….
So what's this Observational Malarky all about then?
Since the Observatory went back online earlier this year, I’ve had a few months to start working my way through the Messier Objects. While there are literally hundreds of observer lists to choose from, the Messier list is probably the best known and it seems to me to be a good starting point from which to launch an observing programme While I’ve been into astronomy since early 2000 and steered my interest toward astronomical…
The Sunday Brunch
Really chuffed to bits to see that one of my images has been included in Impossible Projects ‘Sunday Brunch’ this month.
My new toy!
An Isolette V made by Agfa Cameraverk between 1950-52. I just love the compact size this little beauty folds down too. About the size of a modern entry level DSLR, but nowhere as thick, she shoots 6×6 and fits in your pocket. There seem to be hundreds of these on ebay and I paid around the average for mine. The lens is an Agfa Agnar f/4.5/ 85mm focal length on a three speed Vario shutter,…
NMM Falmouth
Well it’s been a pretty awful long Bank Holiday from the weather point of view. Apart from a few hours of sunshine yesterday there has been solid cloud over the Southwest. I did run a test film through the new Isolette and deved the roll. Things look fine. The shutter seems to work at most speeds and the aperture does what it’s supposed to. I loaded a roll of FP4 and we had a…
Flickr Pola Meet
Had a blinder of a trip at Saturday’s Flickr Pola trundle in the ‘Big Smoke’. Wasn’t quite sure how the day was going to go. With a new camera and a sack full of film that I’m completely unfamiliar with, I wasn’t sure if I would end up with the day with a pile of drink coasters. The PX100 Cool seems to work no matter what you point the camera at. The only question…