Mark on the Hook on Flickr.
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“The story of a hero’s endeavour can happen on a new route on an 8000-meter peak or on a 10-meter icicle. The route is the means to experience that classic journey through fear and redemption. It’s why mountaineering is not a sport; it’s a journey.”
Michael Down, Canadian alpinist, Alpinist Magazine, v. 38
(via rumon)
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“Move your feet.”
From Mars: /
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16105
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16104
Continuing the day’s trend of NASA inspiration: engineering + photography.
Inspiration: engineering + photography /
Work on something bigger than yourself, and take good photos along the way.
A lot of what inspired me to want to be a design engineer in the first place was reading about the Apollo program and how many things had to be designed and improved to make going to the moon and back possible. All of it had to be close to perfect, with very limited opportunity to field test everything ahead of time. Everyone from the person putting in the rivets to the flight controllers had a hand in making the whole thing go. I’d like to think we’re still capable of such grand plans and dedication to make them happen.
One thing that I hadn’t thought about was the importance of bringing back good photos, since that was the most direct way of documenting these missions.
“You can’t bring back anything tangible besides those photographs as a record of where you’ve been and what you’ve done,” he said. (Souvenirs like moon rocks are strictly against protocol.) “We’re given this god’s-eye view, so we need to learn how to capture it and bring it back home.” http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/dateline-3/
And just getting those photos from the moon required development and refinement.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/apollo.photechnqs.htm
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html
http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx
The archive of photos from the Apollo program can be found at here: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/
These two were from the Apollo 11 mission, specifically from Magazine S AS11-40-5844 to AS11-40-5970.
See also the Astronaught’s Photography Manual
http://www.hasselblad.com/media/2207875/astronauts_manual_singlepage_lr.pdf
Some excerpts you aren’t likely to find in other photography manuals:
Reading off white space suits: Open 1 stop.
The sharpness and contrast of the image is decreased immensely when recorded through dirty, greasy glass. Clean the windows in the shuttle before you photograph through them.
Do not try to focus visually for earth shots, simply set lens at infinity.
And how’s this for explaining focusing for depth of field:
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Patagonia on the mind /
Sometimes a song brings back thoughts of a place.
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Singletrack on Flickr.
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Boundary on Flickr.
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Wasatch on Flickr.
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The Crest Trail on Flickr.
Decided to give film another go, and I’m really excited with how the roll turned out. This is straight from the lab’s scanner.
Smokey Sunday /
Went up the Pfeifferhorn for a quick hike/run.
I brought the 5d+40mm pancake lens. Not exactly light and fast, but I was impressed with how easy it was to just sling it over a shoulder and go.
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“Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified and pick yourself.”
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Spirals on Flickr.
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Pottery by Issac on Flickr.
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Just a few tomatoes on Flickr.
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the yellow of summertime on Flickr.
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Volker’s Bakery on Flickr.
Favorite Bakery
A few more from the Full Exum /
6x7 Repairs: /
6x7 Body:
Clean and lube shutter and film transport. Clean shutter solenoid.
Install light seals and mirror bumper. Calibrate speeds.
Clutch:
Transport winding spool.
Light Seals:
Replace Light seals and mirror bumper.
Bumpers:
Shutter and mirror bumpers.
TTL:
Replace foam bumper.
Meter: Meter is accurate.
Shots from the last time the shutter worked:
Looking forward to having a film camera again!