I’ve long enjoyed the square format, indeed my first camera was an Ilford Sportsman, and what a terrible camera that was! However for a 7 year old in 1976, it was magical! The excitement of opening a new box of film, usually went hand in hand with a holiday, or travel. Who would have thoughtContinue reading “The Square Format”
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6×6: Milton Abbas
I took my Hasselblad with a roll of Portra 160 to the small but beautiful village of Milton Abbas for the day. The village has a long history, but what is seen today is little more than 250 years old. One Joseph Damer having purchased the whole village and knocked it all down to useContinue reading “6×6: Milton Abbas”
6X6: Trees at Hinton Ampner Pt2
My visit to Hinton Ampner in all honesty wasn’t to see the house, or even the garden, it was the trees. Call me a tree hugger! The wonderful example above, is a Pedunculate Oak, all that is known is that it’s “ancient” – and has a girth of about 520cm! It’s a wonderful oak –Continue reading “6X6: Trees at Hinton Ampner Pt2”
6×6: Hinton Ampner in Colour
A week or so ago I posted a few black and white photo’s made on my visit to Hinton Ampner. I didn’t think that they were too successful, but today I received my last 3 colour films back from processing, and am much happier with those results. I tend to try and post off 3Continue reading “6×6: Hinton Ampner in Colour”
6×6: Cheesefoot Head
Cheesefoot Head is a natural amphitheatre. Basically it’s a dairy/arable farm, that produces milk, oats, barley and wheat. I was curious as to why it was called a “head” when clearly it’s a depression, only to find it’s more commonly known as Matterley Bowl – much more sense! The South Downs Way, is just offContinue reading “6×6: Cheesefoot Head”
6×6: Trees at Hinton Ampner
Hinton Ampner is an old estate, which is now owned by the National Trust. When I say old – Roundheads set up camp in the parkland during the Battle of Cheriton in 1644! It sits within the South Downs National Park, and so it sits in an area of great beauty. If one were walkingContinue reading “6×6: Trees at Hinton Ampner”
Filters: CU+3
I had three exposures left to use up on a roll of 120. I have a Hasselblad 501CM which, for those of you who have not used a “Hassie”, does not have a traditional filter thread. It has it’s own bayonet, mine takes the B60, the previous one I owned years ago took B50! AnywayContinue reading “Filters: CU+3”
6×6: Another Roll of Fuji Reala
I was born and raised in the seaside town of Weymouth on the South Coast (UK). For a while it was host to the International Firework Competition, we had some spectacular displays out in the bay. One day I hatched the idea of making a photo with the “Jubilee Clock” (Queen Victoria) in the foregroundContinue reading “6×6: Another Roll of Fuji Reala”
6X6: Hengistbury Head
I took the Hasselblad out to Hengistbury Head a few days back. If you feel so inclined there is a really informative Wiki page which can be found here. The ‘blad performed perfectly and I managed a few good images. It was a lovely day, the sun was out. I soon finished a roll, loadedContinue reading “6X6: Hengistbury Head”
6×6: Avenue of Trees
I’ve had some recent “frustrations” with my photography. I think and hope that this is all down to me. I’ll detail those in another post, but for today, I’m in a happy mood amongst the trees! I had half a roll of FP4 left in the A12 Mag, so I set out for a quickContinue reading “6×6: Avenue of Trees”
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