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Friday, June 12th, 2020
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Monday, October 19th, 2015
Just over a year ago I went to London for the day with a photographer friend of mine, Benedict Campbell, with the sole purpose of doing street photography. The weather was unusually warm for October and we were fortunate to have some amazing light to photograph in. We had a fantastic day of photography and it’s something I hope we can manage to do again some time. I’ve still got lots of shots from that day to post and as it’s just gone past the one year mark I thought I would dig some out from my backlog.
[Tech info:] Canon Sureshot Ace, Kodak Pro Image 100 film, developed in a Rollei Digibase C41 kit, Pakon scans.
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Tags: ben, c41, campbell, canon sureshot, film, london, pakon, people, pro image 100
Sunday, November 16th, 2014
When I went to London last month for a day of photography with my friend Benedict Campbell, one of the cameras I took with me was a Canon Sureshot Ace point and shoot compact which has a wasit level finder on the top. I had only just got it so I decided to take it with me to see how useful it might be for some candid street photography. It took a little getting used to because the finder window is so small but I began to enjoy the low viewpoint and the ability to get quite close to people. Here are some of the results during lunch time in the city.
[Tech info:] Canon Sureshot Ace, Fuji Reala 100 film (expired), processed in Rollei Digibase C41 kit, Pakon scans.
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Tags: 35mm, c41, canon sureshot, film, fuji, london, pakon, people, reala
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
These shots are from the beginning of our day in the city (which started at around 10.30am), coffee in the Rapha cycle shop and then we stopped for lunch near the Lloyds building. I was using three different cameras so these blog posts will be out of order as I’ll be posting my favourite shots from each roll of film.
[Tech info:] Yashica Electro 35 loaded with Kodak TMAX 100, processed in Kodak HC110 1+31.
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Tags: black&white, electro 35, film, hc110, kodak, london, people, tmax, tmax100, yashica
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Last week I spent a day in London with my friend Benedict Campbell doing street photography and here’s the first set of pictures Ben and I used to work together at the same studio many years ago and it’s been over 20 years since we were out photographing together so I was really looking forward to this trip.The weather was surprisingly warm for October, there was a nice atmosphere on the street and people were in a good mood – all good ingredients for an enjoyable day to be photographing on the street. I took three different cameras with me and a selection of different films so there is a good variety of images to follow.
[Tech info:] Yashica Electro 35, Kodak Hawkeye traffic surveillance film, processed in a Rollei Digibase C41 kit, Pakon scan.
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Tags: ben, c41, electro 35, film, hawkeye, kodak, london, pakon, yashica
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Here are some images that I made back in autumn 2012 that I thought I had already posted but after checking back I realise that I hadn’t. Last week I bumped into the guy in the top left shot and after he told me that he hadn’t seen his shot yet it prompted me to check. He looked a little different but I still managed to recognise him and he remembered me making this picture during my lunch break which is nice considering it was over a year and a half ago. Some of these shots were made during my lunch hour photo walks and a couple are from a day trip to London. Same camera, different rolls of film.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex SL66, 80/2.8 Zeiss Planar. Fuji Velvia 100 and Kodak Ektachrome 100G films. Processed in a Tetanol E6 kit.
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Tags: 6x6, e6, film, london, oxford, people, portraits, rolleiflex, SL66
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Some photography from a day trip to London last weekend. The weather was amazingly warm (for October) and the light was perfect for photography. First stop, Portobello market where there was no shortage of amazing stalls and photogenic people to photograph. It was a bit too busy to stop many people which was a shame but instead it was nice just to chat with some of the market stall owners especially the ones selling film cameras. If you find the stall selling old letterpress type (I think it’s called The Old Print Shop), be sure to check out the camera seller in the building opposite them. From the outside it’s not obvious what an amazing collection of cameras are inside and the greek gentleman is a joy to talk to (last pic).
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex SL66, 80/f2.8 lens loaded with expired Kodak Ektachrome 100G. Home processed in a Tetanol E6 kit.
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Tags: 100G, 6x6, e6, ektachrome, letterpress, london, portobello, portraits, rolleiflex, SL66, type
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
This is the third instalment of images from my last day trip to London. My walk along the Thames led me to Tate Modern where I saw the a short film that was projected on a huge screen inside the turbine hall. It was shot on film which was very appropriate for me as that’s my medium of choice. From the Tate I walked over the Millennium bridge to see the Occupy protesters. By this time it was getting late into the afternoon and the light level was falling rapidly so I didn’t manage to get very many shots. I did see three other photographers there that were using film and managed to photograph each of them.
[Tech info:] Mamiya C330f camera with New Kodak Portra 400 film. Processed and scanned by me.
Rolley golfers. These golf carts are a cross between a regular golfing trolley and a Segway. I saw these guys coming along with a small video crew following them. When I asked what they were doing they said they were making a viral video. They seemed intrigued by my old skool camera and were kind enough to let me photograph them.
Golfer.
Golfer.
Golfer.
One leaf.
FILM art installation inside Tate Modern. I made a guess at the exposure for this and the slant of the camera is because I was resting it on a padded bench. I loved how the little girl was fascinated by the projection and her shadow that was cast on the screen. I'm sure she was unaware that lots of people were staring at her from the darkness.
Rolleiflex user at Occupy protest, St. Paul's Cathedral.
Leica user. I had a great conversation about photography with this photographer.
Mamiya M645 user. I have one of these cameras but this one was really battered up. It had a lot of character to it and is a good example of how well built these cameras are.
Breakdancing crew.
Wedding couple. This shot has turned out amazingly well considering how low the light level was. New Kodak Portra 400 is incredible film. I got this shot as the official wedding photographer was setting up some of his equipment.
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Here’s the second batch of images from my day trip to London on 19th November 2011. Quite a few of these images centre around a used book market that I came across on my walk along the Thames from Westminster bridge to Tate Modern. I’m not sure which bridge this was under but the light was fantastic. I made some candid shots which is very unusual for me because I prefer to ask people’s permission and have eye contact with the camera but a lot of people were so engaged with browsing the books that I found it very photogenic.
[Tech info:] Mamiya C330f camera with Kodak Tri-X 400 film. Processed in Ilford DD-X (1+4) for 8mins, 20c.
Listen all y'all it's a sabotage. This guy looked so cool and reminded me of the Beastie Boys music video for Sabotage.
Book browsing. I like the retro look of this guy.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
This guy approached me to ask about the camera I was using. He's a film director studying 3D movie making and he wondered whether I was using a 3D camera because of the twin lenses. We had a great conversation about stereography and movie making. A very cool guy.
Books for sale.
The previous frame on the roll to this was a candid shot I made of this couple looking at poetry books but after they saw my twin lens reflex camera we got chatting about it and I decided to make a more regular portrait of them. They were a lovely couple and after I made this shot Adrian offered to make one of me (see below).
A portrait of me made by Adrian (above). Not quite in focus but a gallant first time effort with a strange camera :-)
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Saturday, November 26th, 2011
These images are all from a day trip to London that I made last weekend. I went to visit some photography exhibitions including the Taylor Wessing portrait winners at the National Portrait Gallery. I entered two prints but didn’t get shortlisted out of the 6,000+ entries. Looking at the 60 shortlisted portraits I noticed only two were black & white. Both of my entries were black & white so perhaps that reduced my chances? The weather was nice all day and the light was fantastic for photography. People seemed to be in a good mood and a number of people came up to me to ask about the film camera I was using, something I am always happy to talk about.
On this day trip I shot more film than on any previous visit to London. I will break the images down to multiple posts as I make my way through scanning the film.
[Tech info:] Kodak Portra 400 film in a Mamiya C330 medium format camera. Processed and scanned by me.
Into the light. I love the long shadows in this shot. You can see the London Eye in the background.
Bagpipes, Westminster bridge. This man's jacket and tie was well co-ordinated with the colour of the bridge.
Ice-cream van, Westminster bridge. With the nice weather this man was quite busy. I ended up holding up foot traffic to get this shot.
Lunch break.
Freestyle football. I like the reaction of the man on the right.
Breakdancer. When photographing tall people with a camera using a waist level finder the images tend to be on the unflattering side.
Joseph the horse. I was drawn to the bright colours of these horses in the sunlight.
This gentleman came up to me to say that he learnt photography back in the 1970's on the same camera that I was using. He still has some lovely film cameras but sadly doesn't use them any more because digital is so convenient. What a shame.
This lady's red hair caught my eye as she was browsing secondhand books under one of the bridges along the Thames. The was amazing under there and I could have easily spent all day there.
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
This set of images are from a day trip to London that I made in September. All shots are from the same roll of film, processed and scanned by me.
[Tech info]: Expired Fuji NPH 400 (2007) in a Mamiya C330.
It's very rare for me to photograph someone on the street without asking them first but I really liked the bright colours in this scene and as I was walking past the man was so engrossed in his phone that I decided to grab the shot - of course that's when he looked up at me!
This photographer was part of what seemed like a Leica user meet up in Soho but they all had M9's whereas this guy had a film Leica so of course he was the only one that I photographed.
This lady was having a smoke break outside the beauty salon that she worked in.
These masks remind me of Strong bad the wrestler: http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_sb.html
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I love the exterior of this shop and can only imagine what it's like inside.
Just chillin'.
Hats, hats and more hats.
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Apologies for the lack of any new images being added. I’ve been very busy working through my back log of processing which seemed to be never ending as I was busy adding newly exposed rolls of film to the pile almost daily. I’ve now got a huge pile of negs waiting for me to scan in so I know what I’ll be busy doing during the dark winter months. I’ve had a quick look through and there are some real gems in there so stay tuned as I drip feed them in the weeks and months ahead.
Here are a few images from a day trip to London near the end of July. More images to come from this roll.
[Tech info:] Mamiya C330f. I need to check on which type of film this was.
Taking a break.
Watching the world go by. This man reminded me of Stan Lee. We had a nice conversation about how London and the types of tourists that visit have changed over the past 20 years.
Leica photographer. I bumped into this fellow film photographer as I was on my way out of the British Library. I can't remember which model Leica he was using. The sun was very harsh, this is on the edge of the shadow from the building.
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