The Heart and Hand, Brighton
Nikon F75, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, 1/180s, f8, Kodak Ektachrome E100
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Category: Signage
Throwback Thursday… Ramshackle
E. PARKER, January 2015
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 9mm, 1/1500s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was this ramshackle former business premises…
I’ve no idea who ‘E. Parker’ was, or what they did, but I love the building they left behind!
Fuse box, January 2015.jpg
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 25mm, 1/50s, f8, ISO 100
Mouldings, January 2015.jpg
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 16mm, 1/350s, f8, ISO 100
Throwback Thursday… Santa’s Grotto This Way
Santa’s Grotto This Way
iPhone SE, Hipstamatic Chunky ‘lens’ & Cano Cafenol ‘film’, 1/35s, f2.2, ISO 50
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Two years ago it was this juxtaposition of signs that made me chuckle…
Even the longest established businesses need to relocate sometimes! 😁
A few frames from… Expired Film Day 2019
Yachts, Bridlington, March 2019
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Kodak Gold 100 (expired 1996) rated at ISO 25
A very quick post today as I’m off to Bridlington tonight to see The Red Hot Chilli Pipers perform at the Spa!
Back in March one of mine and Rachel’s ‘Photography Friday’ jaunts coincided with Expired Film Day and these images were taken on a very battered Olympus μ [mju:] – II compact camera that I managed to pick up in a charity shop a few weeks before for a mere £1.95!
I was pleasantly surprised by how well these films performed, especially the Fuji Super G Plus 200 that was 22 years out of date!
Shark Selfie
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Fuji Super G Plus (expired 1997) rated at ISO 50
Monochrome Monday… Residents Parking Only, Leith
Residents Parking Only, Leith
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 50mm, 1/125s, f5.6, Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 320
Another image from a trip to Portobello and Leith in August.
I love how the shadow falls in this alley off Bernard Street in Leith. The double yellow lines seem like overkill in an alley barely wide enough for a car!
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Monochrome Monday… Dalton For Scrap, Leith
Dalton For Scrap, Leith
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 24mm, 1/500s, f8, Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 320
My partner in crime on most of my photographic jaunts these days (Hi Rachel!) can often predict what I’ll excitedly photograph on our outings… This scrapyard sign in Leith was one such item… Scrap yard? Check! Rusty barbed wire? Check! Something that’s seen better days? Check!
I must point out here that the Port of Leith is a lovely place to visit, we spent a fantastic day there this summer just wandering about, snapping away and drinking beer… There was indeed ‘Sunshine on Leith’.
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Wordless Wednesday… 27 Waterside
27 Waterside
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 25mm, 1/50s, f8, ISO 800
Wordless Wednesday… 138 Private Parking
138 Private Parking
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 22mm, 1/100s, f8, ISO 640
Single frame… ‘ART’
‘ART’, Sheffield, June 2019
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 AI-S – 1/250s, f8, – Kodak Portra 400 rated at ISO 200
This beautiful carved lettering adorns the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield and it caught my eye during a wander around the city in June this year.
The gallery occupies the third floor of The Central Library which was opened in July 1934, dedicated to ‘the service of knowledge and art’.
Built with the support of John George Graves, an entrepreneur who made his fortune out of one of the country’s earliest mail order businesses (which became part of Great Universal after his death in 1945), the gallery is the main home of Sheffield’s visual art collection and hosts significant touring shows.
As the lettering is a few feet above my eye level I used what is rapidly becoming my favourite Nikon lens, the Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 AI-S… a wonderfully sharp, short telephoto that balances perfectly on my Nikon FE2 and FA bodies.
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Monochrome Monday… ‘Purveyors of High Class Meat’
Purveyors of High Class Meat
Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program, F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/125s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 640
A fantastic ‘ghost’ sign, spotted in Belper, Derbyshire in January this year… Although now a kitchen and bathroom showroom I do vaguely remember this building being a butcher’s shop.
Another image from the first roll of film through my Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program.
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Freelance Wastrel 