Tragicocomedia

Posted in Memoir, Photography, Sydney | 7 Comments

7 Responses

1. on February 5, 2012 at 1:11 pm | Reply Dr James Stratford

   So many great shots. Where to begin. I’m very curious to know what lense/camera you use. Such great colour, depth and composition – clearly you’ve got a great eye! This and your Darjeeling post has been a real highlight.

   
   
2. on February 5, 2012 at 5:29 pm | Reply Professor Rollmops

   Thanks for your kind comments – my camera, to be honest, is in serious need of an upgrade – it’s a Canon EOS 450D, and I’m using the following lens:

   http://www.canon.com.au/For-You/Camera-Lenses/EF70-200mm-f4L-IS-USM-Lens

   for long shots, and, would you believe, shamed though I am to admit it, the 18-55mm kit lens that came with the body. Looking forward to an upgrade this year!

   
   
3. on February 5, 2012 at 6:43 pm | Reply Dr James Stratford

   Cheers. By the way, I’m curious about your academic/professional mix – Classics and scriptwriting, among other things I see. I’ve just finished a PhD in Classics at Melbourne (on the Iliad) and have done quite a bit of comparative work on modern cinema (Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray etc.). I haven’t started scriptwriting yet, though I’ve been intending to for a long time.

   
   
   • on February 7, 2012 at 6:31 am | Reply Professor Rollmops

     Congratulations on completing your PhD, it’s a lot of work. The Iliad is such a great read and I think it’s about time I read it again. I worked in the late-Roman early medieval Italian period – on the c. AD770 “Historia Romana” of a Lombard Italian chap called Paul the Deacon, looking at the idea of the Roman past in that period, continuity / discontinuity. I started my PhD at Sydney university then got a scholarship to Cambridge which was a truly amazing experience, but I probably chose the wrong period for getting a job. I’m not actually working academically at all – teaching ESL doesn’t qualify : ) – As to the screen-writing, it’s a recent phenomenon – been writing mostly novels, short stories and poems – but started a year and a half ago to write a television show with a good friend, and now we have strong interest from a production company and are polishing our season 1 scripts to send this week, leaving me rather shattered with work!

     
     
4. on February 7, 2012 at 7:20 am | Reply Dr James Stratford

   Cheers, finishing was quite a slog to put it mildly! Your topic sounds very interesting but life has a way of dictating the real agenda. I wish you every success with the script. Sounds like a great opportunity. Who knows, maybe an historical epic is on the cards some day?

   
   
5. on February 8, 2012 at 7:39 am | Reply Hana

   I enjoy your photos. They are very strong in their colors. 🙂

   
   
6. on February 15, 2012 at 1:31 pm | Reply papanicolaou marina (@ntalia_77)

   🙂 exceptional work