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Time for a little colour from my archive. One of the many benefits of film photography is that we tend to file our negs in sheets of 36. We all have different systems of course, but the point is we tend keep them all. Sure there have been times when I’ve had a developing disasterContinue reading “Weymouth Carnival ’97”

When I was 10 years old the junior school that I attended organised a trip to London. I took my then 126 camera with me and used a whole roll of 24 pictures! I still have a few of them somewhere. In those days one could walk up Downing Street! When I was 13, andContinue reading “A few from the London Archive”

Late last year I had chance to visit Ironbridge in Shropshire. This stretch of the River Severn runs just south of Telford, and holds a lot of history. Coalport with it’s famous pottery is just down the road, in the other direction is Coalbrookdale, where the process of smelting iron was pioneered. It was thisContinue reading “Iron Bridge, Shropshire”

When I left work last night, it was the first time I’ve walked back to the car, with a bit of daylight still in the sky. It’s a sure sign that the seasons are moving along. I haven’t done much photography over the winter, I haven’t really been anywhere much, other than work. I haven’tContinue reading “The Dress in the Window”

The Congregation (order) of Savigny started in northern France, in the Diocese of Coutances. It originated in 1105 when Vitalis of Mortaine established a hermitage in the forest at Savigny, France. Amazing only 30 years later they founded Buildwas Abbey on the banks of the River Severn, in Shropshire. Only 12 years later, it wasContinue reading “Delta 100 @ Buildwas Abbey”

While I had the roll of HP5 in the Canon EOS30, I popped on the 40mm and took it with me on my almost weekly visit to the local garden centre, for breakfast. This is the roll that I was pushing to 800, I’m pleased with the results and in some instances can’t really seeContinue reading “More Pushed HP5”

As I mentioned in the last but one post, I had a go at the film scavenger hunt, on the Casual Photophile site. I used my Canon AE-1 Program with a roll of Kodak Color Plus. I have to say I never got to the end of it – so don’t despair of endless posts!Continue reading “A few more from the Scavenger Hunt”

If you are of a certain age, you might remember when Ilford films had colour coded lids! They still use the same colours for the film branding, Orange – Pan F, Blue – FP4, Green – HP5, Red – XP2. I’m not sure if the 3200 ever had a purple lid, I only used myContinue reading “Pushing HP5”

When I came back from holiday, I thought I’d have a bash at the “34 Shot Film Photography Scavenger Hunt” that I found on the Casual Photophile site. I decided to use my Canon AE-1 Program, with it’s 50mm f1.8, and a roll of Color Plus 200, nice and simple! I downloaded the “clues” andContinue reading “Photographic Scavenger Hunt”

Autumn seems a long time ago now. I had a film in my Canon AE-1 Program, which I’ve just finished off, one of the troubles of owning too many cameras! In this case it was a Kodak colour plus. I had made a short walk around the neighbourhood, to capture some of the colours, whichContinue reading “Autumn with the Canon AE-1”