This packer was sitting on the completely levelled site in uptown Waterloo. Former home of ish&chips and some folks renting above. It’s a slightly surreal gap.
The aftermath of the big fire is… construction.
DW
1shot #034-all packed
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1shot #033-heart exploded
Waterloo Memorial Rec Complex, rear parking lot. Thanks to Dave White for scouting this location on his dog walks. I love how the bicycle tires have gouged out a star of sorts in the heart.
DW
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1shot #032-brothers
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Hack: wireless live-view for polecam v2–$50
Photo – A&C
Back in July, I posted about my new Looking Down series of photos. What I didn’t show are the tools I built to do this series. This is the polecam: a camera mounted on the end of a 20-foot extendable pole, that is more conventionally used for window washing and painting. The camera, another 2nd hand purchase, is running the Canon Hacker Development Kit (CHDK) alternative firmware, which allows me to run scripts on the camera to automate it. In this application, I’m using a simple intervalometer to snap a pic every 2 seconds. I built this simple, manually-adjustable pan and tilt camera mount of out sheet aluminum. Version 1 of the polecam gave some great serendipitous results, shooting blind, but I also had a few shoots that were total misses where the camera quit shooting from some reason or I wasn’t framing the shots the way I had hoped. What I really need was to be able to see what the camera is seeing from…
Waterloo on fire
To our firefighters and police constables: respect. A fire broke out at ish & chips on King St. N. Thursday afternoon and my bro, Dave White, called me about some massive smoke uptown. I grabbed my cameras and headed over there. Heart goes out to those displaced, glad nobody was hurt.
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Of planets, particles, and plain old marbles
One of my summer projects is pushing further with macro photos of Dave’s antique marbles. Brohemus and I test drove this back in April with a cheap plastic lens taped to a BlackBerry. Encouraged by the results, I picked up a barely-used second-hand Nikkor 105mm/f2.8 macro lens on Kijiji, built a rig to mount and light the marbles, and started shooting my Planets and Particles series. Above, a sample.
I *love* the scratches, nicks, and bubbles that become evident so close up. I’m shooting this series in a timeslot between the confirmation of the Higgs boson particle and Curiosity’s exploration of the planet Mars. Somewhere between those extremes of scale lie these marbles, and I think a lot about that as I develop the series.
Before I say a few more words, I’m looking for a venue/mechanism to show this series, so please reach out to me if you’re interested. Hey, Perimeter Institute! You’ve got an awesome set of Christie MicroTiles right there in your foyer. We’re a perfect match!
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1shot #031-the last joint in The Point
Visiting my hometown of Point Edward last weekend, I discovered the Balmoral Tavern closed. Opened in 1878, and serving drinks for well over a hundred years, I suppose it was a good run. Though I only went there twice, the “Bal” and it’s iconic sign are wrapped up in my childhood mental model of the forbidden and mysterious.
DW
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1shot #030-830 feet to America
I grew up in the shadow of the Blue Water Bridge, when there was only one bridge. 830 feet to America across the river. I am Canadian by birth and fiercely Canadian by choice.
DW
1shot #029-trapped
Inspired, motivated, and assisted by my friend, A.
DW
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1shot #028-215 million years
Humbling.
DW
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