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”
Category Archives: Dorset
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”
Film: Kentmere 100
There is talk that Ilford (Harman Technology) manufacture film for others. Possibly the “new” Fuji Across, I have no knowledge of this, but I do believe it is common knowledge that it is packaged by them here in the UK. Then there is the “new” Agfa APX, I’ve used a few rolls of this, andContinue reading “Film: Kentmere 100”
645: When the sun starts to set
I like photographing as the sun gets low, I like the warm light and the length of the shadows. The images above and below were made on the fields that lead up to Maiden Castle, just to the south of Dorchester, on Fuji Reala. The image below is of the Fleet Lagoon that sits betweenContinue reading “645: When the sun starts to set”
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”
35mm: Holes Bay
Holes Bay is part of the area of Poole that has had a bit of a transformation in recent years. Part of that, is the building of a new bridge “Twin Sails”. So named as the road across the gap is divided diagonally, so when raised, it’s two triangles resemble the sails of a passingContinue reading “35mm: Holes Bay”
35mm: RNLI at Poole
When I was a child the RNLI base at Poole was a medium size office block. I remember the statue above the door, a man in sou’wester looking towards the sea – it’s still there. Since my childhood the operation has expanded massively, and now joining the original headquarters building is an “all weather lifeboatContinue reading “35mm: RNLI at Poole”
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