A winter break, from my iPhone ✨🌞✨

I unpacked my bag after opening the sliding door to accommodation. I’m away for a mid winter break, Melbourne has this long lasting euro style winter and often the weather app says 15 degrees, feels like 5, so Queensland is where I am. Grabbing my contax, to head out for a walk. I purposely brought this camera and nothing else with me for the week. I normally flit around with at least two smaller digital cameras, but this time I wanted to feel a utopian analogue like feeling.

Well, my G2 broke after one frame. I consider my self pretty good with camera nerd kinda stuff, I ran a lab and worked in a camera store from the age of 18 to 22 - but even Reddit couldn’t help me here. I’m not even sure anyone in Australia fixes Contax’s - anyway that’s opening up a chapter of shinfo.

I begrudgingly decided to spend the week making images on my iPhone. Not something I enjoy a hell of a lot these days, even though I still consider it a useful camera and like what it produces as an image.

The light up in Queensland was delightful, the sun set at a wintery time of 5.30pm but with summer heat, warmth and color. Lots of light bouncing off the ocean, making strong shadows and interesting shapes.

I’m home now, I’m not sure if I’m done with my Contax, or my phone for that matter.

P.S, I saw soo many whales 🐋 on this trip, but an iPhone no matter how good just does not do an image of them justice. So here’s a handful of images mostly of the sun and ocean from my week away.

And one more of this cloud, cause I loved the way it reflected on the ocean.

Thanks for reading!

BC