‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.’
Robert Capa (Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist) – October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954.
Month: October 2017
Single frame… Anstruther
Anstruther, October 2017
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR, 1/30s, f2.8, ISO 2500
A little time for photography tonight while waiting for some excellent fish and chips from the Anstruther Fish Bar in Fife.
Wordless Wednesday… MG
MG, Bridlington, March 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 74mm – 1/210s, f8, ISO 400
Monochrome Monday… Condemned Railway Wagons
Condemned Railway Wagons, February 1998
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
I have no idea what possessed me to shoot an ISO 3200 film in daylight (albeit rather dull February daylight…) but I shot a few rolls back in 1998, most of them on a Nikon F-801s that eventually got sold to a pal who continued to use it for ages.
A couple of years ago an identical camera cropped up (at a ridiculously low price) in the local branch of London Camera Exchange when I was Christmas shopping with a friend and I was thrilled to find it in a parcel with my name on under said friend’s tree on December 25th that year!
I still use it…
Born on this day – Paul Strand
‘No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see.’
Paul Strand (American photographer and filmmaker) – October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976.
Single frame…
Cat on a window sill, Paris, September 2000
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 320
Another honeymoon shot… I really need to get scanning again, finding lots of unseen negatives…
Wordless Wednesday… From a train window
From a train window…
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 35mm f/2R WR, 1/12s, f11, ISO 200, ND8 filter
Monochrome Monday… Teesside Wind Farm
Teesside Wind Farm, September 2017
Olympus μ[mju:] Zoom 115 – Fuji Neopan 400CN rated at ISO 200
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom CC.
Born on this day – Don McCullin
‘There’s nothing I don’t know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you’ll get that through looking at one of my pictures.’
Don McCullin (British photojournalist) – October 9, 1935 (age 82).
Single frame…
Summer Shadows, July 2016
Pentax MZ-M, SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/2, 1/350s, f8 – Agfa HDC 200 rated at ISO 100
Autumn has well and truly arrived, there’s a nip in the air and this evening the smell of bonfires was everywhere… I’m already longing for days like this…
