Archive for the 'Australia' Category

Victoria’s new anti-graffiti laws are ridiculous

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Honestly, this is a bit of an outrage. How can they just fine you for that? And how can people in Melbourne not care about this? This affects people that have nothing to do with graffiti and vandalism. THIS AFFECTS ANYBODY WHO JUST LIKES USING SPRAY PAINT FOR ART/WORK.

LIMITED TIME ONLY: Superdry pop-up store in Melbourne!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Superdry has opened a pop-up store on Chapel Street in South Yarra!
Head on over there to grab the latest and greatest Superdry stock in all of Australia!
The store is located at 413 Chapel Street (see map below).
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The store is only open until June 16th!

Mini Melbourne: Ben Thomas the City Shrinker

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Here is the Eureka Tower
Ben Thomas is the City Shrinker. A native-born Australian, Ben uses a technique known as tilt-shifting to make his real-life images look like model sets.
Since he is a photographer working out of Melbourne, he has several photos of Melbourne city in this style and they’re pretty cool to look at. Check [...]

What I’ve been up to these past few weeks

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Visited the Crumpler Custom Design store in Fitzroy.

Dragged the crappy RMIT 4×5 camera down to the Docklands to photograph the Conder Tower.
Lots of work lately, which makes filling the open intern position at Doobybrain.com even more of a priority.

Visiting the Crumpler Custom Design store tomorrow

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I’m getting privileged access to the original Crumpler Custom Design store here in Melbourne tomorrow to do a project.
Is there anything you want me to find out and/or ask the people at the store?
Note: The image above is not the Crumpler Custom Design store.

My apartment in Melbourne

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Finally, after living here for 9 months, I am posting a full photo of my apartment in Melbourne. I can hardly believe I only have 3 months left here!

At least 2 died Wednesday in Victoria from the strong winds

Friday, April 4th, 2008

It was so windy here in Melbourne on Wednesday. I didn’t see it in the city, but apparently the wind whipped up a dust storm and caused motorists to lose visibility on the roads. There were downed trees and scattered branches all over the neighborhood on Thursday morning. Man, rough weather lately…

I hate using 4×5 in the city

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

I especially hate using the 4×5 kits that come from RMIT. They are just a huge mess. And I mean huge quite literally. The case that the 4×5 camera comes in is made of STEEL (WHY?!?!?!?!?!) and it is about the size of a large suitcase. On top of that weight, the steel case must [...]

Vacation photos: Sydney Opera House

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

In my seemingly never-ending quest to post all of my “recent” vacation photos, here are some pictures of the Sydney Opera House during my time with Flo in Sydney, Australia.
I didn’t know this prior to arriving at the Opera House, but the roof of the Sydney Opera House is actually a beautiful tiled pattern. For [...]

Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2008

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

As some of you may know, I went to the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. It was my first time ever being at a Grand Prix and I was pretty excited to get the chance to experience first-hand what I’ve always seen on TV.
First, let me just say that the Grand Prix is LOUD. VERY [...]