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I guess it’s not that hard to believe, but I’m starting to hit the 100 MB disk quota for my website. I’ll figure out in the next couple days if I want to start rotating the image galleries or add more space…
In the meantime, check out this picture I took at Christmastime in New York (thanks to Jess for the use of her digital camera).
I braved the cold out in the garage this weekend long enough to make a couple tools to disassemble my Canonet. The shutter and aperture blades were pretty sticky, to the point where the shutter fired in slow motion – it took about 5 seconds to open and another 5 to close. The tools worked out alright, Ronsonol (lighter fluid) worked its magic, de-gunking the works, and now it all works like a charm! The two tough bits were not damaging the small slots for the spanner wrenches (they’re really little and easy to strip) and making sure all the glass was clean before putting it back together.
Check out our driveway as of yesterday:
It’s a blizzard.
Done! The piano bench is done! Look for pictures early next week.
It reached a balmy 11°F today, and the only time I’ve spent outside so far has been between my back door and basement to do laundry. Guess I should be thankful since the projected high was 10° – one whole extra degree warmer than predicted!
Looks pretty certain that my Canonet QL17 has got the sticky shutter syndrome (hope it’s not contagious). I got a roll back that included a number of pictures taken outdoors. In this cold, the shutter is super-slow, so the pictures are way overexposed. The overexposed frames also seem to bleed into neighboring frames, ruining otherwise good pictures. A few shots survived, though – check ’em out here.
I decided it was high time to finish the piano bench, so I brought it inside last night. It’s been way too cold to work in the garage, plus the polyurethane finish doesn’t dry very quickly out there. Another day or two and it’ll be done!
I saw The Motorcycle Diaries last night. It was quite well written and the acting was great, but the cinematography really stole the show (see it on the big screen if you can). They clearly thought through each shot and did a fantastic job making you feel like you were in each of the places in the movie – it was really breathtaking.
Work on the portfolio continues – I took some pictures at work last night using the strobes and 4 megapixel digital camera we have. They came out well, and I’ll bring in some bigger items (the piano bench and coffee table) later this week. The piano bench is sooo close to being done, but the 5°F weather last night prevented me from putting on the final coat of finish. Maybe tonight – it’s supposed to get up to a balmy 17°F.
