My membership with the National Trust is running out and I’m not renewing it. I’ve had a mini dispute with them, perhaps I’ll write about that sometime. Anyway – I have some FP4 in 120 to use up, and I made one last visit to my local “trust house”, so I took along the HasselbladContinue reading “Kingston Lacy with the ‘blad”
Category Archives: Dorset
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”
Beach Huts at the Head
Ever fancied a beach hut? “Beach huts at Hengistbury Head (specifically on the highly sought-after Mudeford Sand Spit) are among the most expensive in the UK. They typically sell for between £300,000 and £575,000, with some exceptional units reaching up to half a million pounds or more depending on their exact location and amenities” –Continue reading “Beach Huts at the Head”
Another walk at Hengistbury Head
I have a lot of 120 film to use up and so I have been taking out the Hasselblad with me more often. In this case a walk around Hengistbury Head in Dorset. It was a lovely sunny day, and in the end I used a couple of rolls of Ilford Delta 100. Once backContinue reading “Another walk at Hengistbury Head”
Hasselblad on Chesil
Last time I used my Hasselblad was on the beach at Bournemouth, this time I was on Chesil beach, a very different type of beach! Bournemouth is the typical seaside town with ice cream, chalets, and amusements. Chesil is wild. The beach is about 18 miles long and is a “Shingle Barrier Beach” which meansContinue reading “Hasselblad on Chesil”
Hasselblad goes to the beach
I tried my hand at using the Hasselblad tripod free, and found it easier and more freeing than I thought I would! This is a roll of Ilford FP4 developed in FX21. All of these images were made with the 80mm lens, a standard lens as 6×6 goes in field of view, way above standardContinue reading “Hasselblad goes to the beach”
Hasselblad Happiness
I’m very lucky to own a Hasselblad 501CM with a Zeiss 80mm CFE lens. It’s a wonderful camera and lens. It’s performance is faultless. I also have a stash of 120 film that is slowly going out of date, so I decided to give myself a “kick up the rear” recently and get out andContinue reading “Hasselblad Happiness”
Fuji XF EBC 60mm f2.4
A while back I treated myself to the Fuji XF 60mm macro. I found a second hand one at a decent price. It’s one of the older lenses in Fuji’s line up, but original reviews condemned it’s slow focus. With more recent cameras, it seems to have come into it’s own. I popped it onContinue reading “Fuji XF EBC 60mm f2.4”
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