Last weekend was the Pilford Heritage Show 2023. When I arrived the larger haulage trucks were already doing their thing in the arena. It’s a very relaxed show, never overcrowded, so it was easy to just walk up to the edge and start making a few photo’s. My camera was already loaded and ready toContinue reading “First Few of Pilford 2023”
Category Archives: 35mm
35mm: Not the Wimborne Folk Festival
Back in June I had a week off work – at the end of that week was the Wimborne Folk Festival. I’ve caught the end of it before and always thought it would be good to have a day there. It’s advertised as being all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I loaded up a rollContinue reading “35mm: Not the Wimborne Folk Festival”
The Tarrants: Pt2
In this segment of my day out with my Canon EOS 30, I’ve reached Tarrant Hinton. It’s a village largely cut in two by the A354. St Mary’s Church is the main attraction in the same way that the church often is in these little Dorset villages. This one is from the 13th century, insideContinue reading “The Tarrants: Pt2”
The Tarrants: Pt 1
Last summer I had a day out along the small, seasonal river, called the Winterborne. I took my Canon EOS 30 with the STM 40mm and loaded it up with a roll of Kodak’s E100 slide film. The first slide film I’d used in years. It took the lab quite a time to process theContinue reading “The Tarrants: Pt 1”
35mm: Actors or people?
My trip to the “Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair” in Dorchester was both rewarding and frustrating. Rewarding in the sense that I came away with some reasonable photo’s, frustrating in that they could have been much better. The obvious problem of course is trying to get a natural expression on a subject, in period costume, withoutContinue reading “35mm: Actors or people?”
35mm: People at the Victorian Fair
Part of my job involves working with people, so you’d think that out and about I’d find it easy to photograph people. The truth is I don’t. I have to push myself to go closer, and push myself even more to ask for a photo and chat. I can’t think of any reason why thisContinue reading “35mm: People at the Victorian Fair”
35mm: Car boot sale
Every Saturday morning the old market town of Wimborne has a car boot sale. While they seem to have lost a little of their appeal of the 90’s, they remain popular for sure. This one by local standards is quite big, and as I drive past it on my way to work every Saturday, alwaysContinue reading “35mm: Car boot sale”
Steam at a Victorian Fair
Perhaps Dorchester’s most famous son is the author and poet Thomas Hardy. He was born 2nd June 1840, in Stinsford, a small parish east of the town. A more recent event in the town’s calendar is the “Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair”, which has been held on the Sunday closest to June 2nd, (this year –Continue reading “Steam at a Victorian Fair”
Decay Around Poole
A post of few words for a change! I often have a wander around the nearby town of Poole. I had a few exposures left on a roll to use up, and the theme of decay appeared in front of me. I didn’t intend that necessarily, it just did!
Kentmere 100 @West Bay
After my visit to the village of Symondsbury in the last post, I drove the couple of miles down to the coast. The small seaside town of West Bay, these days most famous for being “Broadchurch” in the BBC series of the same name, but it has a very long history. Originally it was calledContinue reading “Kentmere 100 @West Bay”
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