Author Archives: andytree101

May she rest in peace.

In his time, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (Hon Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society) was one of the most talented photographers, period. He won medals at exhibitions world wide, including Paris, Berlin, Calcutta, Tokyo, New York and so on, and yet too few have heard of him, I suspect because of where he lived! FMS wasContinue reading “Frank Meadow Sutcliffe”

I am not at all knowledgeable about cars, trains or planes although they all interest me through the viewfinder. I do love these old Citroen Vans. It seems that red is a popular colour for vehicle’s. This is a little collection from the past couple of years! As far as I can recall all ofContinue reading “Transport is Red”

Way, way back in 2017, before covid et al, I had a holiday in Yorkshire. Near the top of the list of things to see was the National Railway Museum, in York. I took along my then newly serviced Pentax ME super, and few rolls of the good old Agfa Vista 200, that was stillContinue reading “York Rail Museum”

I had half a roll of the Ilford bulk loaded FP4 movie stock left in my camera, when I arrived at the Pilford Show. Somehow, although it got developed I missed scanning the half roll and only just scanned a few images that pleased me.

Here’s one of those true but surprising facts. Wells is the second smallest city in the UK. What is surprising is which it’s second to… London! Of course what we “think of” as London is a sprawling metropolis, but the actual “City of London” is actually a very small centre (1.12 square miles) by councilContinue reading “Wells and it’s Wells”

I’m not quite sure what I find interesting about doors, although I know I’m not alone!! These were made on a roll of my Ilford FP4 movie stock, interspersed through out the roll as I photographed whatever caught my eye!

When I very first started developing film, about aged 7 in the mid-late 70’s, my father brought a second hand kit for me, from an add in the back of the local paper. This was long before the web, never mind eBay. It took a single 35mm film and was exactly the same as theContinue reading “Developing Expansion”