35mm – S.H.O.U.T.

Bembridge Windmill

What’s worse than a ram in your photo? Answer half a ram! I visited Bembridge Windmill on the Isle of Wight – it’s a National Trust property and like all the others on the Island at the time, it wasn’t open. None of them open until a week after Easter, and I knew that wasContinue reading “Bembridge Windmill”

Piddle, Puddle or Trent #2

The next village on my day trip “down the piddle” is Piddletrenthide. The cottage above is yards away from the river. This is Church Lane, which unsurprisingly leads to the church. In this case All Saints Church. It’s position is slightly un-usual in that it is in the very north end of the elongated village,Continue reading “Piddle, Puddle or Trent #2”

Piddle, Puddle or Trent? #1

A couple of years ago I used a roll of Kodak Ektachrome as I had a “photo day out” and traced the course of the River Winterborne, here in Dorset. The idea stuck and last year I traced the “Tarrants” (the small villages along the River Tarrant. Both of those you can catch up on,Continue reading “Piddle, Puddle or Trent? #1”

Lyscombe Chapel

Are you sure we are allowed to be here? is something I get asked a fair bit! On this particular day I was in search of Lyscombe Chapel. To say it’s out in the countryside would be a bit of an understatement! Turning off from the nearest village, down a country road, ever narrowing, aContinue reading “Lyscombe Chapel”

Outside at Carisbrooke Castle

Once I had used up my roll of HP5 on the inside attractions in the castle, I loaded in a roll of Ilford Delta 100 and enjoyed the outside! The history here is long, there is thought to have been Roman occupation here but nothing on the site of the castle has been found toContinue reading “Outside at Carisbrooke Castle”

Inside Carisbrooke Castle

Continuing on directly from my previous post, the following day saw me at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. I still had half a roll of Ilford HP5 in the camera so once inside I tried to visit all of the inside things first. There is the Chapel of St Nicholas in Castro. ItContinue reading “Inside Carisbrooke Castle”

HP5, FX21 and Osbourne

I loaded in a roll of Ilford HP5 as I was going inside Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight. It was the rural/holiday/summer residence of Queen Victoria and was designed by her beloved husband Albert. They purchased the estate together in 1845, she used it for the rest of her life, and died thereContinue reading “HP5, FX21 and Osbourne”

Osbourne in B/W

I had a few frames of Ilford Delta 100 left in my camera loaded with B/W. I often carry two bodies of the same system, one with black and white and one with colour film. I find it interesting on a given day if I have unconsciously made photo’s differently or been drawn to differentContinue reading “Osbourne in B/W”

Foma in Rodinal

Back in 2024 I was given a random roll of Foma 100, I didn’t even know if it was a viable film, already exposed, or fogged. I shot it anyway and then decided to develop it in Rodinal stand. I got what I thought were rather good results from it. You can read that postContinue reading “Foma in Rodinal”

Osbourne House

Back on the Ilse of Wight, I had loaded a roll of Kodak Gold 200 into my second Canon EOS 30 body. The sun was out, and it was a pleasant warm spring day. Osbourne House was built by Queen Victoria between 1845-51, on the site of an older house. It was to be herContinue reading “Osbourne House”