I’ve always struggled with flash photography.
Too harsh, too strong. Bright faces, dark legs. You know how it is. Continue reading “Progressive Flash Light Course”
iRecover (and other file recovery software)
As you know, I’d lost tonnes of photographs.
However, I’m glad to tell you that I’ve retrieved about 90% of them. Perhaps closer to 100%. Thanks to iRecover that I discovered at DIY DataRecovery. Continue reading “iRecover (and other file recovery software)”
Chkdsk sucks
So I’ve run chkdsk and my photos are still gone.
All I’ve got are a gazillion .chk files.
Thanks WinXP!
What am i going to do with these files?
Lost photos
I am amazingly calm.
Calm for a person who has lost almost 40gb photographs of a trip to South America and South Africa. Continue reading “Lost photos”
Airconditioning systems and the dreaded feedback form
After writing Dust Buster Bus, I decided I’d try and find out how regularly the air conditioning system is cleaned on Singapore’s main public bus providers. Continue reading “Airconditioning systems and the dreaded feedback form”
Expired
So I found a roll of Fuji Sensia slide film. The use by date on the box is November 2001. It has been stored in normal room temperature.
I’ve not used film in ages, but I still have my trusty Yashica T5 (T4 Super), a camera that I love a lot. Against my old Canon 55 (50E) with a 28-200mm lens, the Yashica T5 churned out better, sharper, more saturated pictures. Continue reading “Expired”
Hot hot hot. Rain rain rain.
Okay, I’m not about to complain how it’s been hot one minute and the next it’s pouring with rain. And after that, it’s still hot again.
Somehow just saying that statement of fact sounds like a complaint.
But really, it’s on days like these that I miss the sound of the bullfrogs. Yes, those things that honk in the night after a nice cool rain. Continue reading “Hot hot hot. Rain rain rain.”