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Single Photo: Kings Life Guard

A member of the Kings Life Guard, at Horse Guards Parade in London. I made this image with my Canon 5D MkII, I can tell from the meta data that I chose to use 400 ISO, f5.6 at 50th second. I can also tell you that the image was made at 2:42pm (but who cares!).Continue reading “Single Photo: Kings Life Guard”

West Moors Bunker

I live quite close to West Moors Country Park. It’s great for a walk, the route I do is about two miles. Even better, it’s tarmacked for most of the route, making it good for a walk even if it’s been wet. There is a small scale railway – I’m not sure what scale itContinue reading “West Moors Bunker”

Nepal: More Black and White

Continuing on from my last post, here are a few more from my black and white images I made while in Nepal. The film was FP4+. Most of the photo’s here were made in Bhaktapur, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and although it’s the smallest city in Nepal it’s also the most densely populated!Continue reading “Nepal: More Black and White”

Nepal: A Country in the Clouds

When I was young there were two places in the world I wanted to visit. The first was New York. I’ll write about that another time, let’s just say for now I was on the train going there, when a chemical plant caught fire in Buffalo, flames drifted across the tracks, halted the train andContinue reading “Nepal: A Country in the Clouds”

Breakfast at Aroma

The building that once housed the local Witherspoons, (Budget Pub/Food, something like Denny’s with a pub attached!) is now one of a small chain called Aroma. It’s been completely revamped and recently re-opened it’s doors. I went and had a traditional English breakfast a few days ago – and very good it was too! InContinue reading “Breakfast at Aroma”

Why is film photography so cheap? (Canon EOS 1000)

What? I hear you exclaim! As you press the “Continue to Basket” on a roll of Portra at £20! Stay with me… The Canon EOS 1000 was introduced in 1991 and was produced for about 2 years. It was known as the Canon Rebel in the USA. There were a few variations, there was aContinue reading “Why is film photography so cheap? (Canon EOS 1000)”

A Few from Ferndown

You may remember in my previous post “A few from Wimborne”, I mentioned that I cut the film half way through – well this is the other half! The following day I did a similar walk around the place, Pentax ME Super in hand, 50mm f1.4 mounted and finished off the Agfa APX 100. ThisContinue reading “A Few from Ferndown”

Rodinal 1+100 (No gain – more grain)

For those of you who have been following my recent developer mini tests, I tried Rodinal 1+100. Another clip of the same film, 20 degrees, this time 1+100, 30mins, (semi-stand) agitating for 30 seconds at the start. Another 15 secs at the 15 minute mark, then pour out at 30. Again the grain is worseContinue reading “Rodinal 1+100 (No gain – more grain)”

A few in Wimborne with the ME Super

I had an hour or two to spare, and wanted to pick up a magazine. At one point I got 4 or 5 magazines on monthly subscription, some from their start – once I’d filled an entire book case with out-of-date information, and a ton of paper, the whole lot got recycled, and I cancelledContinue reading “A few in Wimborne with the ME Super”

A Walk Continued #2

Continuing on – where once was a Roman wall now are “west walks” along the west side of town. The borough gardens run parallel, always a pleasant break in a working day when the weather is nice, although I’ll admit to sitting in the band stand with my coat on and eating a sandwich, inContinue reading “A Walk Continued #2”