Welcome To FrankMock.com

I have a passion for photography and music. Unfortunately, like most people with a full time job and kids, I don't have much free time for either. I also enjoy physical computing and electronics. When time allows, I spend time at my workbench tinkering on the latest project. On this site I share my accomplishments with my music, photography and some of my more interesting projects.

Early photography fascinates me. I have a particular interest in vintage cameras. I collect early cameras and use them occasionally. Even in the age of digital photography, I still enjoy developing my own film and making prints. On this site you will find a gallery of vintage ads related to photography. It's interesting to me to read these ads and see what was once considered the latest and greatest in photography.

My Mom wanted me to be a violinist. For 8 years I took violin lessons. I became a good violinist but never had a strong passion for it. Around the age of 16, a friend gave me my first guitar and I was hooked. Today, I don't call my self a guitarist, because I don't think I play well enough. Let's just say I'm a musician. In my music section you will find some of my own songs.

What's New?

Late in 2009 I had my first photograph used in an advertisement. The photograph I named ‘Autumn Eyes’ was part of an ad for Focus-In Opticians an independent optician business in Rhyl, Wales. The ad was published in the October 28th, 2009 edition of Journal, a newspaper serving Rhyl, Prestatyn and Abergele. Perhaps this is the start of a future in marketing or ad photography. Autumn Eyes is a photograph of Sweetgum leaves my daughter and I picked late one fall afternoon in 2007. That same day I had the idea to photograph her eyes peaking through the leaves. As she lay on the floor with her head propped on a pillow, I carefully arranged the leaves. She was a very good model considering her age and the patients most young children have. I plan to photograph a similar photo using flowers of spring and summer which will be named 'Spring Eyes' and 'Summer Eyes' respectively. A winter theme is forth coming as well and as you guessed will be named 'Winter's Eyes'.

Projects

Camera Shutter Tester

Sun, Mar 28th, 2010

One of my slow shutter cameras

I collect vintage cameras. Due to their age and years of non-use many of the shutters are inaccurate. I have sent some out for CLA or repair but this can be quite costly. Sending them all out for repair is currently not an option. If the shutter is consistently slow but not intermittently slow or erratic, I can compensate for the inaccuracy by adjusting the shutter speed, aperture or film speed. More

Horse Chestnut Tree?

Sat, Jan 23rd, 2010

Measuring the Horsechestnut Tree

Along the creek that borders my dad’s property are a few Horsechestnut trees, at least I think they are Horsechestnut trees. I was reminded of this during a family visit last Thanksgiving when all the kids decided to play down at the creek. Like good parents, we followed them down to the water and hoped they didn’t get hurt. I noticed the large Horsechestnut seeds at our feet most of which were out of their seedpod. The seed outside the seedpod is shiny brown, relatively hard and slightly larger than an extra large chicken egg. More

Most Recent Blog Entries

Playing My Violin Again

Thu, Sep 3rd, 2009

I have recently started playing my violin again. When I was eight years old I started taking violin lessons. I played the violin because my mom wanted me to play. She never asked me if it was something I wanted to do. Eight years later, after a talk with my violin teacher, I quit playing. More

Not A Facebook Fan

Thu, Jul 30th, 2009

Recently, I have received quite a few emails from people I know requesting me to view their pictures or profile on Facebook. When I click on the link to try and view them I am taken to a Facebook page informing me that I must sign-up for a Facebook account to view the pictures or profile. I don’t care to become a Facebook member so I politely email the person back informing them that I can not view their page/pictures due to my reluctance to join Facebook. Why should I join Facebook or any other online social networking site? And more importantly, why does Facebook force people to sign up just to view a friends stuff? More

Most Recently Posted Video

Y&T - I'm Coming Home

I was fortunate enough to watch them film this video last month (April 2010) and briefly speak to Dave Meniketti while he took a break. He was real nice and even let me snap a photo of him and his guitar. They were filming at my work place. I grew up listening to Y&T and other 80's rock/metal bands, so this was a real treat for me. I'm glad they're back making new music. Since I was there during the video filming I had to include this on my site.

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