‘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.
Category: Photography
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…
Wordless Wednesday… Painted Faces
Painted lady, Sheffield, August 2017
Nikon F-301, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f4 – Rollei Digibase CN 200 Pro rated at ISO 100
Wonder Woman, Sheffield, August 2017
Nikon F-301, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, 1/60s, f4 – Rollei Digibase CN 200 Pro rated at ISO 100
Monochrome Monday…
Parent and child parking space, August 2017
Olympus AF-1 Twin, 35mm lens – Ilford XP2 Super rated at ISO 200
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom CC.
Born on this day – Annie Leibovitz
‘I didn’t want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of ageing and older women not being beautiful.’
Annie Leibovitz (American portrait photographer) – October 2, 1949 (age 68).
A few (more) frames from… Paris
On the Nikon F90X Pro…
As I was scanning the negatives for my last ‘A few frames from…’ post it dawned on me that most of my honeymoon images have never been more than contact printed! One thing is for certain, it’s far easier to showcase photos in the internet age than it was 17 years ago…
So here are a few more…
Metro sign, Paris, September 2000
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 320
I love these art nouveau signs, designed by French architect Hector Guimard. The curved lamp posts are designed to resemble plant stems but to me always look alien, almost as if they’re going to suddenly bow down and bite an unsuspecting tourist!
‘Papa? c’est Nicole!’ Paris, September 2000
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 320
This scene reminded me of the characters created to advertise the Renault Clio car in the UK during the 1990s (search YouTube for the videos) and was taken during one of our many ‘beer in a pavement café’ interludes.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica, September 2000
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 320
Gustave Eiffel 1832-1923
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Ilford Delta 400 rated at ISO 320
Scanning these images is bringing back some very happy memories so expect some more in the next few days…
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