Third One...This Month

I don't know what to say. This month, June, summer time, sounds not bad but today thst Half Frame Camera Chaika, after one roll, stooped working for me. So this month, i got three dead cameras...Anybody know what is going on? who is the next?(horrible question!)
Tomorrow my friend Su will visit here from Nan-Ning city. hope he could bring me good luck. hope everything is gonna be fine with my cameras. (it is the first time in my life, three bad cameras in one month)
No pic this time...

New Blood

Talking about New Blood, well, I got two funny Russian cameras from Pan, he is a great guy, a wonderful designer, and a lazy photographer...yes. One is a half frame camera Chaika(means "Seagull" in Russian) and another one is a Horizon 202 panorama, all they use 135 format films, so, time to back to sweet 135^_^hope i could get some interesting series using these funny cameras.
New blood is good, but, also have some bad news, this month, my old friendly pentax P&S camera and Canon AE-1...they just don't wanna work any more. I tried to fix them, but i failed, camera repairing is not a easy job. Recently i am using AE-1 with a tele-lens to finish one of my series, but, looks like i could not finish that series here in Beijing. Tele-lens is interesting, i think i will find a cheap set when i am in Japan and make a happy ending for that photo series.
Recently it's very hot here, maybe the high temp. killed my lovely old cameras? who knows, anyway, 40 C is not a good temp. to enjoy, so i stayed at home and re-edit my video clip,
here is the link: http://vimeo.com/5061435
I really love that music in video, it is just amazing.

Rain

Summer.Rain from tgsryu on Vimeo.

又到了時不時可能會下暴雨的夏季了, 16日的暴雨讓我想起Zakka還在國子監的時候, 於是拿起攝像機從家裡僅有的三個窗口把這場雨記錄了下來. 那時天黑的厲害, 上午11點竟讓讓人感覺如同傍晚, 人們紛紛打開了房間裡的燈, 我好像非常享受這樣的天象...我喜歡暴雨來臨前的感覺, 不知道是否算個怪人.
今天天氣還是依然的昏暗, 我的相機們好像都不太防水, 如果遇到16日那樣的暴雨, 估計相機們就是溺水而亡一條路了, 而天氣預報說, 還是有可能要來場大雨, 不過我還是需要出去一趟, 家裡沒有米了...嘿嘿, 還是要堅持多自己做飯的.
這兩天, 兩個系列的拍攝有些停下來的感覺, 更多的時間用在了編輯與整理, 把一些照片從系列中挑了出來...拍攝的過程大概是這樣的, 一段時間會比較順利, 感覺良好, 然後停滯, 整理, 把原來感覺良好的片子剔除一半...於是便期待下次良好感覺的到來, 嗯 , 是的, 我正在期待中.

www.liu-tong.com

www.liu-tong.com
Yes, I got it, for about one month a little more, i worked with my friends, designing, editing, changing, wow, it was not a easy work. but we got it, we got it here and I d like to say thanks to Mr. Y.Liu, Q.Zhao and my sister, and Kevin . Especially - Kevin, he is a genius, knows everything about site building, about soft... well, genius is genius, right?!
I still have one short series, only four pics, waiting for uploading, but first i need to design the page for showing these four pics, series called "Red", really really red and simply red.
Today, on Internet, finally we can see how Olympus EP1 looks like. I don't know if you like it or not, but it is not my favorite, an old and real Olympus Pen will make me happier. I feel that i can get some interesting images in Tokyo using this half frame little camera, so, first i need to know when i could visit Tokyo, hehe, and second, I need a Pen^_^.

Cut, final cut.

It is not easy, not easy at all, you know when you start to edit a video, first you will notice, that your computer needs more memories, Raid hard disk, faster chips...but, the most important is...patient, this is my point of view, yesterday i worked with my first HD short film, first time in my life i made a short but full film(or video). I feel lucky that i am working with a HDV, not a AVCHD camera, AVCHD format needs very very very powerful computer, even a macpro with default setting is JUST ok...JUST ok.
Video taking is my hobby as I said before, so after this first difficult video, i d like to take some easy videos, not so many after effects, even no music, next one i d like to make a 100% pure RECORD, a real world we see here.
BTW, I found a very very old tripod, emm, maybe 20 years old, made in japan, looks cheap, light, short, not stable but easy to carry, for my HV30, is ok.
Alright, here is the video clip, not so good but good enough for me for memory.

Sky of Soliloquy from tgsryu on Vimeo.

A rainy day

外面在下雨, 今天估计是不会出去走动了, 都已经走动了好几天了. 昨天在Suncity的暗房里将最近拍的8x10的底片冲了出来, 得到以下几点感受: 首先, 天气热的时候, 冲洗是件很不靠谱的事情. 其次, 如果底片不是用来做所谓完美诠释影调等正经事业的话, 那天气还可以再热点...
冲完底片, 已经是夜里, 开着我的小buick往城里赶, 又忘记洗车了...(不过今天看到外面的雨时, 心里暗爽了下). 两只猫在家里等着我, 凄惨地叫着, 以为是把两个小祖宗给餓着了,忙不迭地把食物准备好, 吃了两口就不吃了, 接着围着我诉说心中的苦闷, 看来猫还真是种蛮有情绪的动物.
这几天都在郊外用8x10相机在拍我要的那些东西, 变换真的很大, 一个人开车的时候经常能回忆起早前的日子, 音乐声音开的很大, 就是人比那个时候胖了不少... 一直想用视频来拍些机场周围的东西, 那些飞来飞去的飞机, 各种庞大的配合机场的仓储物流, 蛮有意思的.
这张黑白照片是三号机场在建设的时候拍的, 那个时候经常带着xpan, 开车去机场附近, 也没特别限定主题, 就是为自己做个记号.