RNBXPLRNG in Austin, Texas

An example of how to Urban Explore a city

Last week I attended a tech conference in Austin and gave a 45 minute keynote. It was great fun, and the best part... It was a two-day conference, but I had a whole week, so plenty of time to explore Austin.

Barbecue; check! Live music; check! Rainey Street; check! Texas State Capitol; check. 6th Street; check! The list goes on and on.

Unfortunately, it was not a complete success. I took my old Olympus Trip 35 along with some film rolls to wander the streets of Austin to do some street photography, but it turned out that the film rewind button was stuck so I could not load any film at all. I had no tools to remove the bottom plate, and as I am as clumsy as they get, I better not try it myself. Has anyone had similar problems or experience with this? Please get in touch.

I still managed to take over 500 photos with my Ricoh GRII and mobile phone, so I have a lot of editing to do. I will start later this week as I first have to deal with my jet lag and ov…