Written by Nasir Hamid on June 19th, 2011
Here are some more black & white shots from Eights week this year. I still have 2 rolls of colour film to develop which I hope to do myself some time soon once I’ve batched enough rolls together to make it worthwhile mixing the chemicals because once they’re mixed they only last a week.
There will be one more set of black & white images to come.
A bump during Oxford Eights week, 2011.
Another photographer using film
A photographer using a nice old Contax film camera. We had a nice long chat about cameras, photography and Oxford. Unfortunately this frame has suffered from my cameras wind on problem and this was on the very end of the roll so the image got chopped off on the right hand side.
Another photographer using film
Some spectators relaxing during the races
CJ
A smartly dressed rowing cox. This is another frame that got chopped off by my camera malfunction but I don't think it's too bad in this shot.
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Written by Nasir Hamid on June 15th, 2011
Here are some more images that I made during the Summer 8’s Oxford University rowing competition on film.
More images still to come.
[Tech info]: Mamiya RZ67, Fuji Acros 100 (rated at ISO80, developed in HC110 (1:63) 7mins.
Moustache
Godzilla eater
Chester
Snazzy dresser
This lady really looked the part.
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Written by Nasir Hamid on June 11th, 2011
Here’s part 2 of my images from the Oxford university colleges rowing competition.
If you’re in any of these images please leave a comment. As I don’t generally take any contact details from the people I photograph I never know who has actually managed to see their portrait or if they liked it. There’s a Facebook like button at the bottom of the page if you prefer to click that. Thanks.
There are still more to come.
[Tech info]: Camera used, Pentax 6×7 with Fuji Acros 100 film, developed in HC110 (dilution H, 1:63) for 7mins.
Boat race uniform
Formal boat race uniform
Max (from The Big Bang restaurant) & friend
Anna
This man was sheltering from the blazing sun in the shade of a boathouse
Burgers and PIMMS for sale
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Tags: pentax, people, portraits, summer 8's
Written by Nasir Hamid on June 9th, 2011
This is the first of a multi-part series of images from the Summer 8’s Oxford University rowing competition. I always look forward to this every year because of the mix of different people you find along the river. I especially like to see the different generations where grandparents and parents come along to show support for the young blood.
The ones that got away
One of my film cameras has developed a fault with the winding on of film and unfortunately it’s the camera I used the most during the Summer 8’s competition. The fault meant that I didn’t know when the film roll had finished so there are a lot of shots that I thought I was getting on film when in fact there was no film in the back of the camera. Argh! To make matters worse I tried to tell everyone that I photographed about this blog so there will be quite a number of people visiting who’s portrait have been lost. I’m really sorry about this and no one is more disappointed that I am. The camera in question is still being repaired so hopefully this won’t ever happen again.
Make sure you wait for the rest of this series because it’s possible that your portrait might be included in a future post.
[Tech info]: Pentax 6×7, Fomapan 100 and 400 film rated at ISO 80 and 200 respectively. Developed in ID11 (stock), 10secs agitation every minute.
Rowing boats in boat house
Oxford university students
Red carnation for luck?
Rowing crew celebrating with a group photo
Photographer using a Leica 35mm film camera
Photographer using a Nikon F3 film camera
Obey
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Tags: pentax, people, portraits, students
Written by Nasir Hamid on June 6th, 2011
Here’s a set of images made on the same roll of film during one of my lunch hours. I’ve been experiencing some problems with the wind on in my Pentax 6×7 medium format camera which has meant that the frame counter tells me I have a few shots left to use when in fact the film has run out. This has meant that I’ve lost images that I thought I had made so if you’re one of the people that I photographed and told to visit this blog I’m very sorry that your image didn’t come out. No one is more disappointed than I am about it especially as I had the camera serviced at the end of April. I’m going to post it back to the repair company tomorrow morning to have it looked at.
Last week was the Summer Eights rowing competition here in Oxford and I have lots of rolls of film still to develop from that but unfortunately I lost quite a few great shots during that time as well. I won’t know the full extent of the loss until I’ve developed all of the film so stay tuned.
[Tech info]: Pentax 6×7, 135mm.
Frills and platforms (Catte street)
The rugged look (Broad street)
Leather bags in shop window (Ship street)
Annabelinda shop front
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Tags: pentax, people, street style, students
Written by Nasir Hamid on May 30th, 2011
Here are some street portraits I made during a recent day trip to London. These were from the same day as the ‘London calling’ set but I had to wait to receive the colour film from the lab, hence the delay. I must admit it’s very exciting to receive an envelope of negatives in the post from the lab because up until that point I’m never completely sure what might be on the film. Even after I get my first look as I hold the film strips up against the nearest source of light, I still don’t get to see the images properly until I start to scan them in. As the images appear on my screen for the first time I get the same buzz as when I used to watch a b&w print appear in the developer tray in my darkroom days, many years ago. Looking at an image on an LCD screen on the back of my digital cameras just doesn’t give me the same buzz. Convenient? Yes. Exciting? No.
Somewhere in Soho
Smart dressed man
Park life
This lady told me that she studied at Oxford. Small world!
Nice wheels
Sharp dressed man
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Tags: pentax, people, portraits, street style
Written by Nasir Hamid on May 26th, 2011
