Osborne’s Pond, Shipley Country Park
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 400
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Born on this day – David Bailey
‘It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.’
David Bailey (English fashion and portrait photographer) – January 2, 1938 (age 80)
Born on this day – Alfred Stieglitz
‘Wherever there is light, one can photograph.’
Alfred Stieglitz (American photographer and modern art promoter) – January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946.
Single frame… Found in the gutter
Badminton rage
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 46mm, 1/105s, f8, ISO 200
All sorts of items turn up in the gutter… Lost gloves are commonplace, odd shoes crop up a fair bit too and I’ve even seen items of underwear the morning after an obviously raucous night on the town but this is the first time I’ve seen a badminton racket!
Single frame… A Happy Christmas to all*
Christmas Tree, December 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 35mm f/2 R WR, 1/110s, f2, ISO 3200
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Cool Yule or whatever celebration floats your boat at this time of year…
* ‘And to all, a good night…’
Born on this day – Yousuf Karsh
‘The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they’ve gone.’
Yousuf Karsh (Armenian-Canadian photographer) – December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002
Wordless Wednesday… 42 Sidney Street
42 Sidney Street
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P – 1/125s, f5.6 – Agfa HDC 200 rated at ISO 100
Born on this day – Bettina Rheims
‘I think that I first started to shoot naked women because I wanted my father to look at my images and father liked very pretty women.’
Bettina Rheims (French photographer) – December 18, 1952 (age 65)
Born on this day – O. Winston Link
‘I never expected that. I didn’t aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.’
O. Winston Link (American photographer best known for his photographs of the Norfolk & Western Railroad) – December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001.
Wordless Wednesday… Christmas lights
Christmas lights, Worcester
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/25s, f2.8, ISO 1600
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