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Last post I wrote about how I enjoyed my visit to Speke Hall, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Liverpool. These few images are from my second roll, this time one of my Ilford FP4 (20 year old movie stock). I also shot a roll of Ilford Delta 400, in the very darkContinue reading “More at Speke”

My visit to Speke Hall was full of surprises. First of all to get there I ended up driving over the Mersey Gateway Bridge, opened in 2017. It’s £4 each way to cross and carries the A533 towards Liverpool. Had there have been a place to stop I would have made a couple of photo’s,Continue reading “Speke Hall”

Having already told you about my adventures walking the roman walls of Chester, followed by a roll of XP2 in the cathedral, aware that I was burning through film at a rate that will keep Ilford very happy – I decided to load in a roll of expired, 20 year old FP4 movie stock, toContinue reading “Unexpected Chester”

Having walked a decent proportion of the old roman walls of Chester, I headed off into the town. I had my Nikon F3 loaded with a roll of Delta 100. For most of the day I used my 35mm f2. These days I find it the ideal lens for my typical photo making. I hadContinue reading “The F3 goes to Chester”

On the second day of my holiday I went to the city of Chester. It has an almost complete circuit of Roman Wall around the main centre. Not only that, most of it is raised, and has a path on top. I found my way into a car park without hassle, for a change, andContinue reading “Around the Walls of Chester”

It may be hard to believe but I don’t always have a camera with me. Whenever I don’t I always “see” photo’s. When this happens I make a mental note, and seek them out when I do have a camera! Before I went away on holiday I had half a roll in the Pentax MEContinue reading “ME Super around town”

Another post, another prime minister! As most of my cameras stay with me longer than and month and a half, I thought I’d dig out my Nikon FM2n. Those of you with good memories will remember that I said of my F3 that it was the first Nikon I ever purchased. That’s true, my FM2nContinue reading “Still Life”

It will be no surprise to regular readers that I shot a roll of XP2 while visiting Chester and it’s cathedral. At the time of my visit it was the smallest cathedral I’d visited, and the first to be made of a darker colour stone. In this case Keuper Sandstone, both of these factors madeContinue reading “Chester Cathedral on XP2 Super”

These are my first photographs of Liverpool, I have many to share! Above stands the Royal Liver Building dating from 1911. It was built for the Royal Liver Assurance Company and was one of the first buildings in the world to be made from reinforced concrete! It is one of the so called “Three Graces”Continue reading “Liverpool Waterfront”

Over the years I’ve read and seen much about Caffenol, but never tried it – today was the day! Anyone that has ever bulk loaded film will know that quite often you end up with a short length at the end – mine turned out to be a 17 exposure! Somewhat appropriately, I had breakfastContinue reading “My Caffenol Experiment”