Austin Tanney

Airports and boredom

2008-08-30T07:20:00.003+07:00

Im sitting in the airport in Atlanta Georgia.
This morning I was in Charleston, South Carolina (a BEAUTIFUL place).
I arrived at the airport shortly after 12 for a 3:30 flight.
3 and half hours of waiting.
I arrived here in Georgia at 5.
My flight home was due to leave at 8:25
Another 3 and half hours of waiting.
At about 7 I found out my fliht is not delayed to 11 pm.
Add another 2 and half hours of waiting.
A total of 9 and half hours of sittin around airports in one day.

On the bright side, while browsing the internet I just discovered that Amanda Palmers upcoming Solo album is out soon. I also just realised it is produced by Ben folds.
The same guy who produced the William Shatner/ Henry Rollins/ Adrian Belew track in the post below.
My respect for the man has just grown 100 fold.

*update*
flight pulled back by one hour.. we now leave at 10 pm. Slight improvement.

*update 2*
Ben Folds does a great version of Tiny Dancer, the only Elton John song that I like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g06RXYsksRg&NR=1

Genius

2008-08-11T15:56:00.002+07:00

Henry Rollins.
William Shatter.
Adrian Bellew.
All on a track together.
Pure genius.

Give me your money!!!

2008-07-22T03:17:00.004+07:00

Well..
Not me..
Charity.

Ive taken up running recently.
Yes..
Really.

Im not going to be running any marathons in the next 6 months or winning any olympic medals, at least not in this lifetime. However.. I am determined to makes some money for charity.

I am running a 10k race (thats 6.2 miles for our american readers, or indeed anyone who like me, still works in miles) and all the money raised goes to Cancer Research UK. This is an excellent charity and every penny is well spent.

So... Please click the following link and visit my sponsorship page to give some money to a great cause. Every penny counts, so even if youre a bit skint.. give a pound... or two... or three... or ten. whatever you can afford.

http://www.run10ksponsorme.org/austintanney

Dancing baby

2008-06-10T22:52:00.002+07:00

I havent posted a blog entry in about 6 months.
Been BUSY!
Here is a little video of Zane groovin out in St. Georges market in Belfast a few weeks back.

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-02T03:56:00.001+07:00

Zane283, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Well 2007 was a GREAT year.
Heres to an even better 2008.

Saul Williams

2007-12-17T03:40:00.001+07:00

Make Your Mark!!!

2007-04-12T14:53:00.000+07:00

I'm not entirely sure why, but this website actually gets a lot more hits than I would have thought.
I get that my friends and some of my family may pop along from time to time to check for updates and pics of Zane, but that doesnt really explain the couple of hundred hits every month.
So.. reveal yourselves!
Put yourself on the map!

The Days are Just Packed

2007-03-22T06:23:00.000+07:00

The title comes from an excellent calvin and hobbes collection.. and its true.. the days are just packed.
I'm pretty busy in work at the moment and everyday I just cant wait to get home to see my wonderful wife and son.
I make no pretense, I'm a lucky guy and I am happy to admit it.
It seems that well over a month has passed since my last post.
Not really a surprise, its not like I get a lot of time to mess around online,
nor do I have any particular desire to, but when Rik asked me last night why I hadn't updated this in a while and told me that people were actually checking it.. well I thought I should.
Right now Steph is in bed and Zane is asleep beside me, so I have some time

Obviously, other than taking pictures of Zane, I haven't been doing any photography, hence there have been no website updates for a while. However I have definitely made up for that by making lots of photos of Zane. Literally hundreds of them.

One thing I have been carefully doing is ensuring that I take at least one photo of him each day. I intend to do this as a "project" (sounds so calculated) for at least the first year of his life.
One day, one photo, one year.
Or so the idea goes.
These can be viewed on my flikr account and i will periodically post a selection on here.
So, the last post showed photos up until Zane was 7 days old, this selected series spans day 9 to day 43 (a week ago)!
Updates will follow, sporadically, whenever I get round to it.
Enjoy!
Hope life it treating you all as well as it is treating me!

Like Father Like Son

2007-02-12T06:19:00.001+07:00

Like Father Like Son, originally uploaded by AustinT.

We were laughing about Zanes Little grumpy face.
Well, there is little doubt about where it came from
Just in case you have difficulty telling the difference,
I am on the left,
Zane is on the right.

And so on to the second batch of photos of Zane Tanney!
He is now 12 days old and already I have half a gigabite of photos of him on my hard drive. Here and on my Flikr account are a select few of them!

I love this shot, I took this while Zane and Steph slept with me on the couch. The smile is totally natural. I truly couldnt be happier.

Happy Family, originally uploaded by AustinT.

In an effort to show more than just pictures of Zane peacefully sleeping.. the following two photos should conclusively show that he definately takes after both myself and Steph, and that we are undoubtedly going to have prolems with the little guy in years to come.

Attitude, originally uploaded by AustinT.

What You Lookin' At?, originally uploaded by AustinT.

In some ways he is so tiny.. Like in this photos when you see the size of his head in relation to my hand..

So Small, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Then on the otther hand, when you I see this photo it amazes me that less than two weeks ago he was still inside Steph!!

Big For 10 Days, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Steph has taken to being a Mom so well, she looks absolutely gorgeous, and seems so happy.

Sleepy Steph and Zane, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Happy Steph and Zane, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Mom and Son Again, originally uploaded by AustinT.

He looks so beautiful and peaceful when he sleeps, and he has the cutest little yawn.

Yawning, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Little Sleeping Zebra, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Finally, for now, One last pic of him sleeping, this time latched onto me like a little baby Koala!!

Little Koala, originally uploaded by AustinT.

The Happiest man alive

2007-02-03T06:45:00.001+07:00

11 comfort, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Yup, thats right, I am the happiest man alive
My wonderful son Zane was born on the 30th of January at 23:06
He was 8 pounds 10 ounces
And he is the most beautiful kid in the world
:)

Zane 24 hours, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Here he is with his mom, looking gorgeous after all her hard work.

Supersteph and Zane, originally uploaded by AustinT.

And here he is with me. Looking exactly like the luckiest and happiest man in the world, which I am.. of course!
After that, just keep scrolling down for lots more pictures....

Incredibly Proud Dad, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Mom and Son, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Close, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Tiny Hands, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Tiny Feet, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Sprawled, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Grinning So Much It Hurts, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Love, originally uploaded by AustinT.

great things

2007-01-26T17:56:00.001+07:00

ahead, originally uploaded by AustinT.

ahead
great things
changes
excitement

Empty spaces

2007-01-18T04:43:00.001+07:00

UnderRepair, originally uploaded by AustinT.

This is my first blog entry in a month and a half...
Apart from the normal meltdown in activity of any kind over the Xmas break, at some point my site went down and I had some problems with my hosting company. Little problems like them accidentally losing my site, my login details, the backup of my site etc.
Fun fun fun.
Life has been hectically busy but I just thought I would post a picture, the one above sums up the state of my blog and site really.
Also, if this works, here is some good music.
Audio and visual pleasures.. thats got to make up for the absence

A bit of nature

2006-11-29T15:51:00.001+07:00

crunchBerries, originally uploaded by AustinT.

I hate naming/ categorising/ tagging photos.
I mean, I could go off ona long tangent about
what this photo represents,
why I like it,
why it exists,
blah blah blah
I'm not going to.
This is just another blog entry with two of my photos.
The common theme of the day is
nature.
YAY.

Shroom, originally uploaded by AustinT.

spray

2006-11-28T17:23:00.001+07:00

spray, originally uploaded by AustinT.

An old shot that had got lost in a folder somewhere on my mac.
I like it.
For the first time in a long time, I am reaching a stage where my stock of images which I want to place online actually are online. There are now only about 30 images which are sitting in a folder waiting to be uploaded somewhere...
I havent really been shooting digital lately though. So all my recent photography has been film.
I have now got a few hundred prints
I'm just getting to know the camera's though so a minoritiy of these will ever get scanned.
I do need to get a scanner though.

Coconuts, originally uploaded by AustinT.

This is yet another shot from Cuba. In the markets, Pina colada's are made fresh with fresh coconut milk.
Nice.

Cuban Cars

2006-11-27T21:09:00.000+07:00

carsincuba1, originally uploaded by AustinT.

A couple of shots of cars taken in cuba.
Most of the cars over there date back to the pre-revolutionary days.
1950's American classics.
Beautiful.
Keeping them running is a lot of work. Apparently Russian tractor parts feature quite heavily in the maintenance of them.

CarsInCuba2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

The framing of this sucks. Pity, as other than that I love this shot.

CarsInCuba2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

barriers

2006-11-21T19:59:00.001+07:00

barriers, originally uploaded by AustinT.

isolation, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Doing the rounds

2006-11-20T18:09:00.000+07:00

I know this is already doing the rounds on the internet, but I do particularly like this so thought I would save it here.
Also this is the first time I've tried "blogging" something from YouTube.

Tattoos-and-Junk-Food

2006-11-13T21:48:00.000+07:00

Tattoos-and-Junk-Food, originally uploaded by AustinT.

When I started this "blog" It was intended for snapshots that I probably wouldnt put on on my deviantArt account. or my portfolio.
I've given up on that,

I took this while standing in line in McDonalds one day.
Its another one shot with the canon Ixus.
I got another film camera at the weekend.
A Fed 5C
Put a roll of film through it yesterday while walking round Belfast and posted it off to Ilford to be processed and printed, along with two more rolls of APX100 that went through the Minolta, last night.

The fed 5 is lovely to use... REALLY nice indeed. I also got an uptake spool for the Zorki 4 i got, so am putting a test roll through it this week.
Initial feeling is that its not as nice to use as the Fed. although the Fed was purchesed from a guy who serviced it and made sure it was in perfect condiiton.

I'm really looking forward to getting these films back. Of course this is another reason for processing them myself. Not just becuase its MUCH cheaper and will be a lot of fun, it also caters to my desire for instant gratification.

I really need to get a scanner so I can get some of these online but its going to be a while by the looks of it.

Finally, I just saw this online this morning New Zealand students may 'text-speak' in exams. This is just outrageous. I've got a personal hatred of "text speak" and think that is is of paramount importance that children should be actively discouraged from using it.. For it to be accepted by educators is a disgrace!

London

2006-11-08T22:06:00.000+07:00

LondonStreet1, originally uploaded by AustinT.

I've updated my DA account for the first time in a while with quite a few new shots. This blog entry has two photos I took in London that I am particularly happy with. These will both eventually end up on the DA account and probably in my portfolio, but you saw them here first.

I like the light around the centre girls head, but the people in fronts facial expressions are priceless!

In this second shot, this couple really look like they've just had an argument. I could be wrong, but I am glad i captured their expressions anyway.

LondonStreet2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

On a non-photographic note... I just saw this news that in the states the democrats have taken the senate. Good news if you ask me. However, this article makes me wonder at what price?

Driving

2006-11-03T16:43:00.000+07:00

dawnDriving3, originally uploaded by AustinT.

I spend at least an hour a day in my car. Since the clocks went back, Ive been driving at dawn (rather than in darkness) and the skies have looked particularly amazing.

dawnDriving2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

I havent had my little ixus in the car, for some reason, so Ive taken a few shotzs with my phone.
The cool thing about this blog is being able to put up camera phone shots that i would never put anywhere else. Yes, these are crappy unproffesional snapshots.

dawnDriving, originally uploaded by AustinT.

The photos dont even begin to capture the beauty, but you get the idea.
There are a few places that I really want to capture properly, like a river I pass over everyday which looks incredible with mist on it, but thats going to be captured on film I think so it may appear online someday.

clearer, originally uploaded by AustinT.

A Gay Robert Smith

2006-10-31T21:56:00.000+07:00

halloween10, originally uploaded by AustinT.

My mate John truly did look like a gay Robert Smith.
Rory looked a bit startled
I looked as you would expect from someone beside a gay cure singer and startled computer game soldier.

More of the weekends halloween pics...

halloween9, originally uploaded by AustinT.

More of Phil, looking dodgy/cool.. and in the background his brother Andrew, looking like a mean sullen Arnie in commando.

halloween8, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Here he looks a bit more cheery. this must have been after he defeated the entire armies of several small nations.

halloween11, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Another of Steph, the bun in the oven, looking gorgeous as ever.

halloween13, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Fianlly... Rory's girlfriend Jen looking great as whatsername from scooby doo (Daphne?)

There are a few more on the flikr account if you want to go and have a look. The only reason these are here and the others aren't is that firstly, I prefer these photographs, secondly, i am too lazy to put them all here.

I also took a lot of shots with film. But as I still dont have a negative scanner, it will probably be a long time before any of those make it online.

Well thats the halloween postings done.

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNN

Halloween

2006-10-30T16:12:00.000+07:00

Huh?, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Was at a halloween party in my good mate Rory's house on Saturday night. This photo was taken afterwards. Steph and I were staying in my parents place and I found this in a cupboard while looking for sugar or something. Halloween makes everything evil. This was taken with my cam phone so the quality is sucky.

Halloween1, originally uploaded by AustinT.

This was myself and Steph in costume. A baker with a bun in the oven.

The Baker with a bun in the oven, originally uploaded by Beckett_irl.

This is a shot taken by Rory with his shiny new D70!

Halloween3, originally uploaded by AustinT.

This is Rory himself. He was dressed as something from some computer game. I have no idea what, but it was an excellent costume.

Halloween2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

This is Fiona, dressed as a goth ballerina. She hates photos of herself but I think she will like this one.

Halloween4, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Phil was wearing what was, to me, the most disturbing costume of the night. He let his beard grow all week then shavved it down to the moustache on the day, wore the worst suit, worst shoes, worst shades and worst shirt he could get his hands on.. and... the disturbing bit was... it suited him. He actually looked good.

Halloween6, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Admittedly he does look seriously dodgy. But its a cool sorta dodgy.

Halloween5, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Rik came in a very professional looking Court jester ourtfit.
Sweet.

This post is now officially TOO LONG. Thats enough for today. More tomorrow or whenever.

More randoms

2006-10-23T17:38:00.000+07:00

linkinPark, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Taken in a small town in cuba.
Linkin park get everywhere huh?

Just uploading a couple more pics from Cuba here.
I recently got back my first roll of developed black and white film from the Minolta rangefinder I got. Am really happy with the results, but at the moment have no means of scanning.
Actually.. if anyone reading this has experience with scanning.. give me a quick answer.. Negative scanning or photo scanning? Which is best?

Have also bought another rangefinder.. A russian Zorki 4.
And my fridge is now filled with film..
I have gotten rather interested in using film. Hopefully when I move house next month I will be able to set up a little darkroom and do my own developing.
Fun.

Anyway, some more shots from my trip.,

2 street shots taken from a bus while passing a market and one taken from the same bus of an older guy happily driving along in his beat up 50 year old car. I particularly like this one for some reason.

CubanMarket, originally uploaded by AustinT.

CuabnMarket2, originally uploaded by AustinT.

driving, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Wow

2006-10-11T03:58:00.000+07:00

Gettinreadyforbed, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Steph, struggling to put on her pajamas and put up with me waving a camera in her face and still looking gorgeous.
sometimes technology still amazes me. I just got a new phone and with it i have taken this photo, uploaded it to flickr and created this blog entry. Weird.

I got 99 problems....

2006-10-10T15:06:00.000+07:00

posin, originally uploaded by AustinT.

No I dont really.. just thought it was an appropriate title.
and yes.. the photo was taken by my wife...
Random random random..
This is a post of random photos..
Oh and a bit of complaining.
I left a black and white film in to get developed last week and was amazed to find that it takes two weeks and costs £18 ($33 ). Is that insane or what?
So.. yeah, when i move house next month, one of the things on our list of things to do is to set up a darkroom somewhere in the house and do it ouselves.. That should be entertaining.

stretchinlegs, originally uploaded by AustinT.

Here are a random bunch of tourists. On the day trips we went in Cuba, the bus would stop at some point along the way for some leg stretching, peeing and grabbing a quick smoke/ coffee/ whatever.
Shocking fascinating news huh?
Anyway, it always seemed like a good time to take random photos.

getbackonthef**kingbus, originally uploaded by AustinT.