A few months ago I stole my flatmate's Hasselblad and shot 3 rolls while on a weekend away down the coast. The first two rolls were wound entirely wrong, so here is some of the results of the third roll for which the famous Gerroa sunset really did its thing and the equally famous Mr Simon Perini was kind enough to let me take his photo...

A short while ago I reckoned my longstanding sidekick - the trustworthy Nikon FM I'd held 6 years - to be truly deceased (but for special occasions that demanded large amounts of light declaring their prescence at will). Having made this decision I set about purchasing two bright, shiny new ones (at least as new as a 40 year old camera can be), so as to be able to consectuively run colour and black and white and not have to worry about what roll I was currently stuck with. Thankfully the eBay machine was good to me and I acquired two fresh FM bodies with two fresh Nikkor lenses, including a much sought after 50mm 1.4, without too much trouble or cost.

Excited and ready to put my new toys to work I set off down the coast for our annual Christian Surfers Regional Challenge. As tends to be the case with such weekends the surf was pumping, so the cameras sat fairly idle, but a few shots slipped through, as did the film. While learning the ways of my new bodies I inadvertantly shot a handful of double exposures. They didn't come out great, but they are interesting at least and so I showcase them here, along with the rest...

It's been quiet around here for quite some time while I've been off galavanting around the U.S. More on that later, but in the meantime, here's a bunch of photos from Peru back in July...

This Tuesday, November 22, Wollongong's original surf shop, Skipp Surf, are holding a big climax to the photo competitions they've held each month for the last 6 months, with each of the winners displaying their work.

Negative Threads are sponsoring, along with some other sweet companies, and the team from Wollongong's hippest new barber shop, Barberista, will be molding all those Movember mo's for free. 

I'll be displaying some of my work downstairs, along with Dave Milnes, who has a huge amount of epic shots from the early days of surfing in the Illawarra.

In addition, Skipp are having a massive all day sale from 9-9. I handpicked a lot of the clothes they have in store this season, so of course the stock is amazing and you should buy it all up while it's on sale...

The evening festivites are from 5-9 and there's a whole lot of treats in store, so make sure you're there!

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Travel is nice. Home is better.