Robert's Ramblings

For those of you who work in a modern highrise suburban office; this 1885 building is definitely not where you work!

In its day the Adelaide Arcade was one of Adelaide's most progressive retail projects combining both manufacturing and a retail outlet for for each tenant. The building was also one of the very first to provide electricity and electric lighting. Today this building is beautifully maintained and a delight to wander through. Even better if you have an office there and get to live the ambiance every day.

To capture this image I simply waited for close of business and for everyone to leave. The consequence was that I got locked in and need to find alternate escape route!


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 339 - The Offices of Haigh's and Fili'. 2s f/22 ISO160 15mm

I have to say I was not that confident making this image that my camera would survive the shoot.

Would you feel confident sticking 2kgs of camera to the bonnet of your car with a suction cup? Well just to play it safe I also used a safety cable so if the suction cup happened to pop off either through excessive g-force or a snatch and grab at the lights at least some local random would not be running off with my camera, dinged up or not.

For those familiar with the streets of Adelaide, the above should be enough for you to guess where this image was captured.

To set up for this image I installed 'Magic Lantern' into my Canon which enabled me to make the camera continuously shoot a new image every few seconds (you can fill up a CF card really quickly this way). A simple alternative would have been a long cable release or a remote control. The end result would have been the same.


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 338 - Warp Speed '. 0.6s f/10 ISO1600 15mm

The badge on the arm says it all.

It was not the Church, or Devo or Simple Minds who played here tonight. Tonight's festivities here at the Mitcham Carols by the Creek 2012 featured artists whose origins were little closer to home.
By all accounts it was a great family evening and the music was lovely but try as I might there were no promised miracles, no glittering prizes; only an unguarded moment under the milky way of a lone member of the Mitcham City Band dismantling the stage.


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 337 - Unguarded Moment '. 1/50s f/2.8 ISO1000 200mm

As of December homes around our neighborhood and others begin to sprout fairy lights, reindeer, sleds and big Santas in red hats.

Perhaps it is a strange combination of warm Decembers and climate change. Perhaps it's just plain old fun and celebration. What ever the reason there were some ghosts of a future Christmas here tonight to celebrate the spectable.


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 336 - Ghosts of Christmas Future'. 10s f/10 ISO800 29mm