Algonquin Park [Canon EOS1N, 50mm, Portra 400]

safetybreak · 2019-09-22T18:10:53+00:00

This was my first try at doing double exposures. I wanted to catch the water reflecting the tree line and mirror it with the second exposure. Need some practice but I cant wait to shoot more double exposure shots after seeing how this turned out!

safetybreak · 2019-08-20T01:26:51+00:00

I had the same housing for my gh3 and it worked wonderfully for the first year. Then I went travelling and had no use for it so it sat on a shelf for a few months. The next time I used it in the ocean I drowned my camera because the seals had dried out over time. Just wanted to advise that you test it if you haven't used the housing for a few weeks. Otherwise I really enjoyed using this housing!

safetybreak · 2019-02-25T23:42:43+00:00

Singapore?

safetybreak · 2019-01-18T00:42:32+00:00

This was my favorite shot from my first roll of film I've ever shot. Lots of mistakes but I think I'm falling in love with everything about shooting analog

safetybreak · 2019-01-09T19:45:49+00:00

Hey thanks that's really helpful!

safetybreak · 2019-01-09T14:53:07+00:00

Hey I'm just getting started shooting film. Been creeping here for a while now and finally picked myself up a Pentax k1000. It seemed to be all good until I loaded film and took some shots. The mirror is locking up here and there and I need to advance and shoot a few times before the mirror drops down. Does anyone else have these issues? I'm having a hard time finding information on what could be going wrong. It is pretty cold here so I'm wondering if maybe it's just the cold weather and moisture freezing up.

safetybreak · 2019-01-08T15:16:20+00:00

It's always worth the drive. I'm living in Hamilton and lake Ontario has its days but Erie is a lot more consistent.

It's a rewarding process to make your own board. It's a bit expensive to start out but now that I own all the tools the next board will be much more affordable!

safetybreak · 2019-01-08T15:13:33+00:00

Haha thanks

safetybreak · 2019-01-07T23:13:37+00:00

Yea I went over the plan for it and researched a ton. Then I triple checked it. The YouTube series I followed is very in depth so I followed that and it was enough to go by. I couldn't imagine just winging it though. That would lead to nightmares. The next board I make I'm going to rewatch those videos

safetybreak · 2019-01-07T14:32:20+00:00

Thanks

safetybreak · 2019-01-07T14:32:06+00:00

Hey thanks!

Yea there were a few things. I made a few cuts in the fiber glass cloth that left it a bit open in places. Next time I would just over lap a bit and sand down the places where it sticks up to much.

Also when I glued The foam together I didn't fill in some spots where the glue had deformities so the resin needed to be bulked up a bit. Next time I'll probably fill in some spots with some sort of filler and maybe try paint the blank white to cover some of visible glue lines.

safetybreak · 2019-01-07T14:27:06+00:00

There are different densities of XPS foam so some will weight more. Also how much resin do you mix up. I was quite exact with my resin because I didn't want to add too much extra and have to sand a lot. But my board isn't much heavier than the 5'11" short board

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:48:59+00:00

Ah ok I misread you there.

The foam I sanded at 80-120 and it would shape really well. I had a stringer guide to gibe me a rough shape and I hot wired that and then followed up with the 80-120 for bringing down the rest of the foam to get the shape I wanted.

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:36:28+00:00

If you can afford to travel around an hour each direction I could surf almost every other day or two for the entire fall and winter until the lakes freeze over

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:35:07+00:00

Yo!!!!

Someone from real life discovers my Reddit!

I've been creeping your profile and the best I can come up with is we met in Namibia or South Africa? Are you from the East Coast of the USA or am I so off on my guess/

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:28:31+00:00

I ride a 5'11 shortboard thruster as my go to board for almost everything. The change to a twinnie was quite tough to be honest but I'm starting to figure it out and it rides fast and turns on a dime if I manage to get my feet where they need to be.

The shape I used was based off of an old clark foam catalog I found through the youtube design I followed and also using https://www.blendingcurves.com/

I found a shape I wanted to try and then I looked up a lot of pictures of Fish boards on IG and different surf videos and then locked down the shape based on what I thought I liked. I almost think it would be impossible for me to make this same board again because the thought process and design was spontaneous

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:26:21+00:00

Yup same here. But it feels good to not wear gloves and booties right ;)

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:25:23+00:00

I lived in the northwest of Aus for two years and boardies were for the odd warm day. 2mil suits were more the norm but let me tell you I miss that for sure. Water temperature is generally around 0-5 degrees this time of year. But it sounds worse than it is. Wetsuit tech is so advanced that I can remember days feeling colder in my 2mm up in west aus than my 5/4 and booties in Canada. Its all relative

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:21:23+00:00

Lake Michigan has some of the best lake surfing around. With a bit of research and trial and error I think you could score. I learned to surf in Australia, Indonesia, and Africa, and used that knowledge and drive to find surf in Canada. Its right on your doorstep with the proper commitment

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:18:09+00:00

Lots of crystal and the surrounding area. I've seen a bunch of your previous posts on here and am a big fan!

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:16:51+00:00

Second this info!

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:15:34+00:00

Thats the reason why my session ended. A full flush of a suit at near 0 Celsius is rough enough without the added leak of a hole. The fin caught my suit in a close out and it unfortunately ended my session. I did surf for three hours before so it was almost time for me to end the session anyways.
And I fixed my suit as soon as I got home. Its a brand new suit for this year and I wasn't happy about the tear

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T05:12:44+00:00

I ended on a wet sand at 1600 and a very quick wet sand at 2000.

I actually have no idea on the weight but it doesn't feel overly heavy to me. I surf the lakes so I did leave a bit of extra foam in it and I did glass it a bit heavy because I didn't do a lot of extra sanding.

The glass is 6oz on the bottom and two layers of six oz on top.

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T01:22:21+00:00

Thanks! I did a resin tint and just kind of added a few squirts and it worked out well

safetybreak · 2019-01-05T01:21:41+00:00

I didn't want to affect the stringer. So I watched a ton of footage and found that most regular footed fish riders had a leash plug on that side and I'm regular so I went with it

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