Untitled (Drawing)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 29, 2008
[IMAGE] Untitled. A6. Ink (PITT).
Posted in AbsentMind, Art, Artist, Doodle, Drawing, Sketchbook | 4 Comments »
Archive for March, 2008
Insecurity
Posted by rachelcreative on March 25, 2008
Joking about insecurity …
[IMAGE] Insecure - A7 notebook
Posted in Art, Artist, Doodle, Drawing, Sketchbook | 12 Comments »
Learning to Expose (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 25, 2008
[PHOTO] Sunset - Nikon D40
[PHOTO] St Lukes Church with Gate - Nikon D40
I’m learning how to expose my photographs “correctly”. Finally starting to master the manual setting on my digital SLR. I’m actually starting to understand the mechanics a bit more and this should lead to me having many more creative options with my photography.
I’ve tried to get to grips with aperture, shutter speed and ISO before and been left totally bewildered. I bought Bryan Peterson’s book “Understanding Exposure” and with his simple explanations I suddenly understand! Thank you Bryan!
I’ll soon be a total photo bore whittling on about metering, ISO and noise - you watch! But hopefully with nerdiness will also come the side effect of more creative options 
Posted in Art, Artist, Discovery, Photograph, Photography | 1 Comment »
Rusty Mill Street (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 25, 2008
[PHOTO] Mill Street - Nikon D40
[PHOTO] Mill Street Close Up / Detail - Nikon D40
Rusty old road sign on the wall of St Lukes Church, Cannock, Staffordshire.
This work by RachelCreative is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.flickr.com.
Posted in Art, Artist, Photograph, Photography | Tagged: decay, Photograph, rust, sign, texture, urban | 1 Comment »
Lounge Ceiling - TTV Duaflex II (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 22, 2008
[PHOTO] Lounge Ceiling - TTV Duaflex II with Nikon D40
Through the viewfinder of a Duaflex II.
Now I have a “contraption” I can take TTV shots with my Duaflex II without glare off the viewfinder. All that dust on the lens is bits of cardboard from my contraption I think.
[PHOTO] Contraption for Duaflex II
More information about TTV and making contraptions www.flickr.com/groups/throughtheviewfinder and www.russmorris.com/ttv
TTV Lounge Ceiling by RachelCreative is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.flickr.com.
Posted in Art, Artist, Experiment, Photograph, Photography, TTV, Through the Viewfinder | 1 Comment »
Grey Day Trees (Photograph)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 22, 2008
[PHOTO] Chase Trees - Nikon D40, Fisheye/Wide Angle
Posted in Art, Artist, Photograph, Photography | 2 Comments »
Silk Sunset (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 22, 2008
[PHOTO] Sunset 19 March 2008 5.34pm - Nikon D40, ND8
Followed by 3 more photos of the sunset as it unfolded including my self portrait for that day:
5.45pm
5.51pm
6.16pm
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Day 311-320 - Self Portrait Project (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 21, 2008
Day 311 - 320 of Daily Self Portrait project.
10th to 20th March 2008.
Only 45 days to go! (OR is it 46 for a leap year?)
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Day 304-310 - Self Portrait Project (Photography)
Posted by rachelcreative on March 18, 2008
Day 304
[PHOTO] Self - 3 March 2008
Day 305
[PHOTO] Self - 4 March 2008
Day 306
[PHOTO] Self - 5 March 2008
Day 307
[PHOTO] Self - 6 March 2008
Day 308
[PHOTO] Self - 7 March 2008
Day 309
[PHOTO] Self - 8 March 2008
Day 310
[PHOTO] Self - 9 March 2008
Posted in Art, Artist, Photograph, Photography | Tagged: 365 | 2 Comments »
Duaflex II - Vintage Camera 620
Posted by rachelcreative on March 12, 2008
[PHOTO] Duaflex II - taken with Nikon D40
Here is the second of my vintage cameras a Kodak Duaflex II.
Freshly cleaned today (instructions further down this blog post). His only flaw is the top piece of covering has come unstuck and seems to have been like that for many years. Hmmm … to glue or to remove …
The Duaflex II has a large bright viewfinder that I could look through all day! It’s like magic :) And it turns the world back to front too. Pure joy!
[PHOTO] Duaflex II back
Can’t wait to run some film through him. He takes 620 film which is no longer made but you can respool 120 film onto a 620 spool and make an old camera come alive again
But he’s also perfect for TTV or Through The Viewfinder photographs - where you take a photo of the image you see through the viewfinder of another camera.
[PHOTO] Duaflex II
Here’s one of my first TTV taken before I cleaned up the insides. I don’t have a “contraption” to block light and stop reflections off the viewfinder yet. So there’s an odd hint of my hands and camera lens in there too.
[PHOTO] TTV Ceiling - taken with D40 through Duaflex II
[PHOTO] TTV Odds and Ends - taken with D40 through Duaflex II
Cleaning Your Duaflex II
I had some problems finding a guide for cleaning the lens and viewfinder of my Duaflex II especially as it has rivets around the front lens plate and a lot of US folks seem to have screws on the front. I heard it was not worth the hassle of cleaning the interior lens. But my lens was very dirty so I was brave and took it apart myself.
And I discovered it’s a straightforward job. So I thought I’d share how …
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Posted in Discovery, Photograph, Photography | Tagged: 620, camera, clean, cleaning, duaflex, duaflex ii, kodak, vintage | 8 Comments »
