‘The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.’
Margaret Bourke-White (American documentary photographer) – June 14, 1904 – August 27 1971.
Category: Photography
Wordless Wednesday… Canalside crane, Fradley Junction
Canalside crane, Fradley Junction
Nikon FA, Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 – 1/1000s, f4 – out of date Kodak 200 rated at ISO 100
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… A wedding and Kodak T-Max P3200
Quiet please!
Nikon FA, Nikkor 85mm f/2 AI-S – Kodak T-Max P3200 rated at ISO 1600
Rosie and Daniel’s wedding must have been the first that I’ve attended in 20 years where I wasn’t actually expected to take photos… needless to say, I still packed a camera though.
I couldn’t resist trying some of the recently reintroduced Kodak T-Max P3200 black & white film and the above shot is one of the first I took. I’m reasonably happy with the results (even if I didn’t quite nail the focus), the grain isn’t too obtrusive and I think there’s just the right amount of contrast.
I’ve a couple more rolls in stock… what to shoot with them?
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Water Wheels (WWWW)
Water wheels, Cromford Mill, June 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/5s, f22, ISO 200
A dull day here in Derbyshire today but madam dragged me out for an ‘airing’ after she finished work and we ended up at Cromford Mill, part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
This pair of waterwheels caught my eye… the one on the left is an ‘breastshot’ type and the other an ‘overshot’ type. For more information on the different types of water wheel, their design and use, check out this Wikipedia page.
Built between 1771 and 1791 Sir Richard Arkwright’s Mills at Cromford were the world’s first successful water powered cotton spinning mills… almost 200 years later I began my working life just down the road at Sir Richard Arkwright Yarns’ Belper West Mill, now disused after Courtaulds UK Ltd closed the site down in 2016, ending an association with Belper dating back more than 200 years.
Born on this day… George Hurrell
‘It’s all so simple – no one believes me… you strike a pose, then you light it. Then you clown around and get some action in the expressions. Then, you shoot.’
George Hurrell (American master of Hollywood glamour photography) – June 1, 1904 – May 17 1992.
Wordless Wednesday… Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Attenborough Nature Reserve
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 55-200mm f3.5~4.8 R LM OIS at 200mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Park Hill Flats
Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Olympus Trip 35, Ilford Pan F plus
Park Hill is a well-known housing estate in Sheffield. Built between 1957 and 1961 it was given Grade II* listed building status in 1998 making it the largest listed building in Europe.
Another image from Expired Film Day 2017.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Steps from the beach, Lower Largo
Steps from the beach, Lower Largo
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f4, – Ilford HP5+ rated at ISO 320
Another shot from a roll that came back from the lab on Tuesday, this time from my trip to Lower Largo on the Fife coast in October last year… I can’t wait to go back there…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Pylon Down (again)
Pylon Down
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AI-S – 1/250s, f11, – Ilford HP5+ rated at ISO 320
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Tabac le Bercy
Tabac Le Bercy, August 2016
Olympus XA – Lomography Colour 400
I had a number of films returned from the lab this morning, this shot is from a roll that’s been sitting in a drawer for a while and I had no idea what was on it, only that it came out of my Olympus XA…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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