i have droids!

[brentsky]

hey all!

after a recent trip to sydney i thought id share a few snaps - i shot mostly film but used my phone camera to take some urban shots of newtown, cockatoo island and surroundings, which i later processed into poladroids.

i also stumbled across the dslr users show on king street, the canvas prints are shmick!

c&c welcome the set can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brte/sets/72157623670794977/

brentsky

[gstark]

Brent,

I like what you've done here, and the square format works really for these.

And I love what you've done in the first of these. Your composition is just wonderful; it's amost so wrong, yet it just works.

But why didn't you call (or email or pm) while you were in town? Was it something we said?

[wendellt]

you really have a talent finding the exquisite in the mundane
i like your compositions too and the polaroid effect
sorry we couldnt meet up, people cancel on my last minute, there is always next time

[biggerry]

urban shots of newtown

great to see you came to a real suburb in Sydney

i also stumbled across the dslr users show on king street, the canvas prints are shmick!

awesome stuff!

Your composition is just wonderful; it's amost so wrong, yet it just works

classic comment...

I had a look thru your flickr set, quite an interesting series and a good choice on the polaroid treatment, I particluar like the one in cockatoo island with the caption "i can't think about you if i choose to think about you." quite a different composition and as gary mentioned on the other image so good its almost wrong, however the treament works so well here.

[surenj]

Brentsky, these are works of art. I can never see the interesting among the mundane like you have here. Great nostalgic feel to these shots.

[Big V]

Love the results and more importantly it shows that tools dont make the photo.

[brentsky]

But why didn't you call (or email or pm) while you were in town? Was it something we said?

Thanks for the encouraging words Gary. To be honest i was only up at the last moment for a few days to shoot and see some friends and family, and im a little shy! ill be up for the biennale so ill be sure to drop a line and hopefully we can knock back some ales!

you really have a talent finding the exquisite in the mundane
i like your compositions too and the polaroid effect
sorry we couldnt meet up, people cancel on my last minute, there is always next time

thanks wendell, and no need to worry i completely understand. i hope we can organise something else in the coming months :@)

urban shots of newtown

great to see you came to a real suburb in Sydney

i also stumbled across the dslr users show on king street, the canvas prints are shmick!

awesome stuff!

Your composition is just wonderful; it's amost so wrong, yet it just works

classic comment...

I had a look thru your flickr set, quite an interesting series and a good choice on the polaroid treatment, I particluar like the one in cockatoo island with the caption "i can't think about you if i choose to think about you." quite a different composition and as gary mentioned on the other image so good its almost wrong, however the treament works so well here.

cheers mate! i chatted to the guy in the shop about some of the works and of interest, the resolution settings for printing on canvas. i really like newtown, although its neighbors are interesting! i was almost attacked in redfern after a hipshot aroused the attention of a local indigenous man.. eeek!

i like that shot too, its such a creepy place and i hoped to represent that in the photo!

Brentsky, these are works of art. I can never see the interesting among the mundane like you have here. Great nostalgic feel to these shots.

Love the results and more importantly it shows that tools dont make the photo.

i appreciate the comments guys. im studying photog in melbourne and its nice to have some validation of my work!
im really interested by different textures, soft colours and prewar/postwar architecture, especially the 'mundane' objects that people usually don't pay much attention to (photographically or not). I feel they tell little stories of an area, acting also as a reflection of the people who live or used to live there, as well as serve as a visual memory of the places i have been and the activities i have done there. the text below also helps reinforce this last aspect.

heres one or two more:





thanks for looking

brentsky

[aim54x]

Great work with the polar-droids!

Hope you enjoyed sydney