Jon's wedding

Whoa, it's been quite a while since I last posted... I switched to a different analog camera for more than half a year and I was so into it that I didn't even have the will to take care of two 3D rolls done in early 2013. But now I'm back.

The first upload features shots from the stag party, wedding and reception of my dear broski from Australia - Mr. Jonathan Green - which took place on Jan 26th 2013 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Enjoy!

Let the Stag Party begin! And that is the only photo from that night to be published. 

Many strange things happened. Enough said, we ended up in ER with Rob's dislocated shoulder...

snowboarding - best cure for hangover...

not the best for a dislocated shoulder though

Big Day - the bride...

...and the groom, minutes before the wedding ceremony

ready for the ritual of breaking champagne glasses

(Rob, Jon and Ola)

cleaning up (a ritual as well)

dirt dance to "Firsty Dancing"...

...or something like that

Jon's dad...

...couldn't get him off the dancefloor

fumer le cigare - like a Sir (Jon and Jan)

struggling to do the duckface

only after cutting the wedding cake did Jon realise...

IT'S A TRAP!!!

Rob and his girlfriend

last thing I remember was drinking shots with Jan...

...it must have been some weird sh*t - everything started turning pink and foggy and out of nowhere 

came a guy dressed up as a demon and we all danced holding hands

Let there be light!

Nishika N8000 cameras are equipped with a hot-shoe. I don't have the Twin Light made by Nishika but I do own a Canon Speedlite 270EX - a handy external flash dedicated for Canon PowerShot cameras. When used with an analog camera, there is no possibility to control the intensity, but the head is tilted so you can point it up for a ceiling bounce (60° or 90°). Additionally I use a diffusing cap. The film I used was a slightly expired FUJI (ISO 100), aperture setting - cloudy/shadow.

STEREO Wake Skis and rest of my wakeskiing stuff

assistant Peter and me at work at Bydgoszcz (EPBY) airport control tower

 Cessna FA150L aircraft at ADRIANA AVIATION Flight School in Watorowo (EPWT)

my Dad - pilot and flight simulator instructor at ADRIANA AVIATION

Schweizer 300 helicopter wagging its tail at ADRIANA AVIATION

Sarbinowo with my girls

Early September. A three-day trip to the Baltic coast with Justyna and our puppy Fara. This time to Sarbinowo - a small fishing village (turning into a tourist resort in the summer) near Koszalin.

  fishing equipment is actually quite picturesque...

 ...when combined with sunset

view from our balcony

 Fara obviously has ADHD

 Justyna and Fara
(dunno where the strange skew distortion came from)

Justyna and Fara in the sun

Fara sniffing around

Fara smelling some flowers

Justyna on the top balcony of a lighthouse in Gąski village

(where a nuclear power plant was planned to be built
but eventually wasn't because the locals didn't agree)

statue of Mary Mother of God in Gąski village founded 

by the local people to "deliver us from the atom"... LOL

Fara in the evening light

Justyna taking photos of Fara

Sarbinowo says goodbye

Onion Skin

One thing about photos taken with 3d cameras that annoys me is that when you compile them into a flickering GIF as they come (no cropping or aligning), the main subject of your photo often isn't the center of rotation (let's call it C.O.R.). And as a matter of fact it should be - to keep the viewer's attention on the subject. To achieve this, after isolating each of four photos from the scan, I imported them into Adobe Flash (each into a separate frame on the timeline) and then aligned using Onion Skin option (one of the small buttons in the bottom part of the timeline window) so that the chosen main subject remained in the same place. After cropping and saving as separate JPGs I used GIF Animator (Mac) with 0.1 sec delay to compile an animated GIF. Enjoy the effect!

 Justyna Fara and Wiki (C.O.R.) in Myślęcinek

Fara and Wiki (C.O.R.) in Myślęcinek

Justyna, Wiki (C.O.R.) and Fara in Myślęcinek

PS I might write a tutorial on this someday if anyone likes :-)

In Hel

There is a special place in Poland called Hel Peninsula - located on the coast of Baltic Sea it's an ideal place for all kinds of watersports, sunbathing, biking, hiking and... showing off your latest gear or designer clothes, sadly.

Fara's pit-stop on A1 highway - pee & eat

 bike trip from Chałupy to Jastarnia

 another pit-stop

 ...and another one

 it was kinda windy at the beach and Fara preferred cuddling rather than running around

 Come to daddy!

 Sit! Good girl!

 say goodbye to the sea, we're going home

First roll made with Nishika N8000

Myślęcinek park in Bydgoszcz, a lovely place for walking, riding bikes, in-like skating, longboarding, wakeboarding (System 2.0 cable park!) and in winter skiing and snowboarding (SSD Loveboards snowpark and two ski-lifts)... and taking 3D pictures :-)

my GF Justyna and Viki (English Cocker Spaniel)

Justyna and Viki again

Justyna, Karolina and blurry Viki

Justyna and Karolina

Justyna, Karolina and Viki

Justyna and Viki

I have to say I am quite pleased with the results. The only thing that bothers me is that every first frame (most left) is weirdly exposed, causing a flashing effect in the animation. Probably one of the lenses is dirty ;-)