I recently acquired a camera with a fisheye lens, effectively pushing the field of view to a whopping 170 degrees! A very fun piece of equipment, it is changing the way I view the world. Considering I have exposed only one roll of film so far (yes, it runs on 35mm film!), I have much to learn about it’s capabilities. But to follow the constantly growing archive of funky perspectives, check out the new one80 page in my photo gallery!

This first roll of film was shot a couple weeks ago while I was traveling through some remote parts of northern Kenya. In one week we drove 1,700kms over some very rough terrain — from experiencing 40C/120F deserts one day to sub-freezing temps in the mountains on another — and it provided a very diverse medium to document.

As an example, here is one of the “one80″ photos:

This photograph was taken with the camera sitting on the ground, pointing directly upwards. I had to lay on the ground to snap the shutter as it doesn’t have a timer (you can see my head poking up on the far right). Three friends then proceeded to jump over me. The guy in the green shirt on the right is actually jumping over the middle of my back, so you can see the field of view is crazy! A good title for this photo would be: jumping under an acacia tree.

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