Friday, October 24, 2014

Unley pool evening sessions

It's been so good getting some warmer weather finally. All the outdoor pools are open and kate and i have been making the most of unley pool. It's so good as it's right on the ride home from work so i can be in the water by 6, home by 7:30, eating dinner by 8! A bit better than iSwim.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Roasting Coffee

So there is this cool little mom and pop cafe that a few of us pop by after a nice coast ride. They cook all their own products, and to my joy, they also roast their own coffee beans. However they don't roast their coffee beans in a proper roasting oven, but the male owner will sit outside with a gas stove cooker and a wok and roast the beans that way.
I had a discussion with him and he taught me a lot about roasting coffee, how to tell when the coffee is roasted and we also discussed the obvious inconsistency in product when roasting this way.
So he roasts the beans, which will always turn out differently as air temp varies, sometimes there is a breeze and as he is manually turning the beans some will always get different amounts of more intense heat. Anyways, he roasts in super small batches, and many different varieties, stores them for a few days, tries them and if the roast is good he'll serve it to customers.
This inspired me so I went and bought some green coffee and roasted my own. Bang. It was different, but still nice and it was cool to roast a few different batches and to see how the results varied. Now I just need to find a cheaper bean supplier and I'll save a lot on my coffee addiction.


Clipsal 500 TVC - Latest and Greatest from Resin

I was totally honoured to be able to work on this TVC with the crew at Resin! It was a super fun project and we got to do some really cool and creative work, as well as some very nice solutions to dealing with a lot of cool shots.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Recent Photography

Life has been busy, but I did manage a few photographs recently. These are a few pics from the last few weeks.



Learning Houdini

The last few weeks I have started teaching myself Houdini. Some work that was very Houdini centric was required recently at work and I could see the benefits of Houdini over Maya so I started embarking on the long process of learning this amazing bit of software.
It is amazing. So complex and so much to learn, but as I start working through everything and getting the basics down, it all just starts making more sense. I am working through a bunch of online video tutorials and keep applying what I have learnt to work.
I'm pretty stoked with the first rounds of work that I have produced. Check back for more to come as I post some WIP and tutorial shots!