photography – Stuart Murdoch

TYAT

2019/02/17 Posted in cameraphone, Photography, photography, TYATPost format: Image

I am very surprised at how few pictures I was making in 2009. Ten years ago today these are the only three pictures I made?

Instruction #1*

2019/02/152019/02/15 Posted in abstraction, Art, photography, smart phone photographyPost format: Image2 Comments

Inside. On carpet. Set your smartphone camera self timer to 10 secs
Press the shutter to start the timer
Once the camera has reached 0 toss it in the air.

I also advise a strong camera case to protect your camera from damage as it hits the ground.

Gale Force? [Wordless Wednesday]

2019/02/06 Posted in Photography, photography, wordless wednesdayPost format: Image2 Comments

Light ‘n shade [Wordless Wednesday]

2019/01/30 Posted in archive, photography, Psychogeography, urban, wordless wednesdayPost format: Image

New Year, New Research

2019/01/102019/01/09 Posted in digital, driving, gear, Photography, photography, projects, Psychogeography, research, roadtrips, series, spontaneity, topographics3 Comments

Late last year I was invited to participate in two long term photograph projects. These projects both focus on aspects of Rural Australia. Gary, the lead photographer lives in South Australia. We are already collaborating on a project that examines the changing inner west of Melbourne’s old industrial suburbs like North, and West Melbourne and… Continue reading New Year, New Research

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2018/10/022018/10/02 Posted in 35mm, history, ideas, in-box, photography

Great article about the history of the 35mm format Here’s an excerpt; too funny! The first commercial Leica was produced eleven years later, in 1924, and for a number of years, “135” or “35mm,” as it was called, was also known as “miniature” format. Most professionals and serious amateurs, who scorned it, at least used… Continue reading More from my inbox

iPhone XS first impressions

2018/09/272018/09/29 Posted in Apple, digital, geeky, iPhone, iphone Xs, iPhone7, Photography, photography, smart phone photography, software, technology1 Comment

iPhone XS 1st impressions

Chance, timing and the surprise of photography

2018/09/172018/09/17 Posted in chance, digital, photographic, Photography, photography, Psychogeography, spontaneity, street, travelPost format: Image1 Comment

running man in subway — A chance encounter in a Hong Kong Subway in 2005

I made this picture in a subway under one of the major roads in Hong Kong in 2005. I don’t remember the specifics of it, but it was a happy accident and I’ve never been able to recreate or create a similar image to it.

Photography can be a gift giver, this image a point in case. So even armed with the data needed to recreate this, I doubt I could. I am always pleased when the one eyed machine called a camera revels the world in new and mysterious ways, it would be wonderful if it happened more often.

Sadly this was made at a time when digital storage was prohibitively expensive, compared to analogue storage and has only been kept as a small file. As a consequence it will never been printed, large anyway. Perhaps in a small book. We shall see?