I had Melbourne based Model/DJ Amanda Sierras over for a slumber party last night. Such a mad chika! Super smart, super hot and super driven (she’s just about to fly over to Dubai for a 4 month DJ contract!). Just like high school slumber parties, instead of going straight to bed we ended up talking and laughing till the early hours. We’re both a bit buggered, but we’ll be shooting all day today. I’m psyched!
Follow @amandasierras_ (and you can check out our last shoot here).
FTS. New ISTA 50W heater is smaller than the old one and has the temperature controller outside the aquarium. I’m surprised and happy that the toxic hammer I bought a while back is still alive and doing better by the day. One part of it is not opening up. I figure it was because it wasn’t getting enough flow so I’ve twisted the coral a bit and will see if this makes a difference.
Corner shot.
Side on shot showing placement of a few zoas and a couple of morphs. My VorTech MP10 is still on it’s way!
Top down shot.
Tank in situ.
It’s been bang on a month since I bought the tank and got it wet. The cycle has been long, and has tested my patience (I’ve got none!) but I’ve done it right and last week I splurged on a few easy to keep corals from Fragalicious, an online seller in Victoria.
I stumbled upon their facebook page, which they use to sell off their corals in an almost auction like manner. These guys create a facebook event every time they have a new load of corals, they then upload photos of the corals and if you see something you like, you simply write “SOLD” under the picture and it’s yours!
Their prices are half of what fish shops sell their corals for. Understandable as they don’t have the overheads of a bricks and mortar store. It’s amazing how online shops are killing retail shops in every industry, it doesn’t matter whether it’s cars, bicycles or corals, it’s online and it’s cheaper.
I specified for delivery to be today, they sent the corals last night and the parcel got to me by midday. All corals came in an esky which was cold to the touch. All but one of the corals made it. They’re all grumpy and closed, but starting to open already and should look amazing in a few days!
Wheels off!
Toyo Proxes R1R’s. More info on the tyre here.
VERY square sidewalls! Just what I missed about the R-S3’s I had on before the Potenza RE003’s.
Chunky as!
37psi and balanced with black wheel weights.
OK… so the rears are going to be an issue!
Magic man Stu tried his best, maxing out my rear camber.
Today I had a booking at Spinning Wheel Tyres to get a fresh set of Toyo R1R tyres fitted to the Golf. I only recently fitted a set of Bridgestone RE003’s, which have been absolutely awesome in the dry and wet, but I’m sponsored by Toyo now, and I did miss the fat semi-slick like profile of the R-S3’s I had on before. These R1R’s bring back the fat, big time (as they’re 245 wide where the R-S3’s were 235).
Bruno did an awesome job fitting the tyres. These tyres are just so fat that I made the call to remove the 10mm spacers up front. I knew the rears were going to be an issue as I had no spacers on the rear to begin with! As soon as we dropped the car off the hoist we realised my wheel studs were too long up the front (longer studs because of spacers) so we moved the rear studs to the front, and Fulvio at Spinning Wheel lent me a set of nuts just so I could drive home.
Thing is I couldn’t drive home. The rear tyres were literally up against the body!
Luckily Stu (Spinning Wheels’ wheel alignment guy) was in the house. He’s a magic man and managed to max out my rear camber. The rears don’t rub unless I hit a bump, but it doesn’t take much of a bump to rub so I’m either going to have to cut away some fender lining, or I might even have to size down the rears to 225.
Thanks:
Toyo Tires Australia: http://toyotires.com.au
Spinning Wheel Tyres: http://www.spinningwheeltyres.com
Today marks the first collab with 83. Follow: https://www.facebook.com/eighty3 Instagram @eighty83three
Rice from 83 brought Jade over for me to shoot. Was a mad meet and greet, especially because Amanda from Melbourne popped by to hang too.
Yesterday I had a really cute shoot with Vee, who had big smiles and liked to pull funny faces all day. Sun was out but it was damn cold! She did so well though!
You can view the full set here: http://www.justinfoxphoto.com/girls/#/vee/
Nitrites are almost at 0, and nitrate’s not so bad at all! Cycle is pretty much done! I’m ready to start stocking!
I’ve just serviced my 4-stage RO/DI unit (reverse osmosis and de-ionisation unit) replacing all 4 filters. This will make sure I don’t introduce unwanted chemicals from Sydney tap water into my tank.
Years ago I bought a 4-stage RO/DI unit from PSI Water Filters who are associated with the Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia Forums. I gave them a call, they still had me in the system and in an overnight bag I was sent all 4 filters to replace and get my unit up and running again, with discount! Love it that they’re still around! Service was amazing.
Designed in 1950 and looking as fresh as ever, because good design is timeless! 8 x Eames Moulded Plastic Chairs are mine, all mine!
I sincerely never thought I’d ever see my logo design work on a wheel, let alone a wheel made by one of the largest and most respected Japanese wheel manufacturers.
Well done to JDM Concept for this collab wheel design with Work Wheels Japan! I’m stoked, for me and them!
Visit: http://www.gt5.com.au
Great shop front but no signage makes it hard to spot when driving past (I’ve been past the shop so many times recently and never spotted it!).
Pastrami reuben with sauerkraut.
Corned beef, mustard and pickle on a garlic bagel.
We went for both the Dr. Browns. The Celery drink was whack! Black Cherry was all sorts of Sarsaparilla like goodness.
The whole shop is themed so well.
Post shoot with Krysti I finally found Brooklyn Boy Bagels, who have opened up in the old school sleepy suburban suburb of Matraville. Owner Michael Shafran looks and sounds the part, with a thick American accent, he’s somehow managed to bring a bit of Brooklyn to Sydney, and I’m totally stoked about it!
The shop’s a little hard to spot from the street, but it’s decked out real nice with old world American memorabilia and Biggie Smalls, Robert De Niro (as the Taxi Driver) and Banksy-esque artwork on the walls.
Brooklyn Boy Bagels
448 Bunnerong Rd, Matraville NSW 2036
(02) 8540 4595
http://www.brooklynboy.com.au
Last week Krysti and I did a hike through Botany Bay National Park to check out the war bunkers. On the walk we came across an overgrown path which sparked us both to want to shoot there and today we went out and got the job done!
Weather was perfect, and Krysti (miss selfie queen) finally turned her eyes on for my lens! We wrapped up the shoot really fast (I’d guess 40 minutes tops) because we absolutely killed it!
I’m super happy with the shots, especially the portrait of her on the log. You can view the full set here: http://www.justinfoxphoto.com/girls#/krysti