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Dorchester Heritage Day

Back in September, Dorchester had a “Heritage Day”. What this means for locals is that some of the “attractions” are open for free visits. One that interested me, and that I haven’t been in before was the Shire Hall. This building was the courthouse for Dorchester, and therefore, as Dorset is pretty rural, most ofContinue reading “Dorchester Heritage Day”

Darkroom: Testing Developers 2: The Results

You may remember a while back a wrote a post about my attempt to test some developers. If not you can re-cap here. That post gave my thoughts and reasons. I’ve now used 3 developers and here are the results so far. You will notice the full frame above has three dots, at the bottom.Continue reading “Darkroom: Testing Developers 2: The Results”

National Gallery

After having a moan about the British Museum, or more precisely about it being overcrowded the other day, I thought I’d move on to the National Gallery today! The image above was made on the far north east corner of Trafalgar Square, two guys were just water blast cleaning the plinth, and the spray wasContinue reading “National Gallery”

Autumn

I like autumn, only second to spring. I thought about why? My favourite thing is the contrast of the yellow in the trees and dying leaves against the blue of the sky. About 12 inches above my head as I write this is a Velux window. The three images above were taken without me leavingContinue reading “Autumn”

British Museum

Sometimes an experience is a frame of mind. How you feel on the day, what your expectations are, what mood you are in. The British Museum is one of my “go-to” places in London. I’ve been in 10’s of times. I find it a wonderful place. Full of art and “treasure” from civilizations past andContinue reading “British Museum”

Kodak: Tri-X

I recently shot a roll of Kodak Tri-X, to the best of my knowledge it’s the first roll I’ve used. I took a walk at the West Moors Country Park. It’s a good place for a walk especially if it’s been raining a bit, as the paths are all tarmacked. Just at the entrance toContinue reading “Kodak: Tri-X”

Kew’s Japanese Landscape

Heading away from the Temperate House featured in my first post about Kew Gardens, I headed for the “Japanese Landscape”. Above is the Chokushi-Mon – “Gateway of the Imperial Messenger” created for the Japan-British Exhibition held in London in 1910. It’s almost an exact copy of an original found in Kyoto, Japan. It leads toContinue reading “Kew’s Japanese Landscape”

35mm: North Bank

In my last but one post I shared some images I made whilst walking the south bank of the Thames. Same day, same roll of film. I crossed from the south bank to the north over Tower Bridge. The weather was very changeable. One minute I sheltered under a tree for cover from a shower,Continue reading “35mm: North Bank”

Darkroom: Processing Film

I was recently asked by Steve in comments if I’d share my work flow for scanning. I’m happy to – but that got me thinking that I’ve never actually thought about what I do and why, it’s just a process that has “developed” (pun intended) over the decades! I’ll do two posts – one aboutContinue reading “Darkroom: Processing Film”

35mm: South Bank

The morning of the first full day of my London stay, I took a walk along the South Bank of the Thames. Camera in hand making exposures of things that caught my eye. I used mostly Ilford Delta 400 on this trip. I have just developed the last roll. So now I’m in scanning mode!Continue reading “35mm: South Bank”