Photographs

Manchester on Film The second batch of images from my most recent foray into film photography, shot on Ilford HP5 with my Nikon FM2 in February during a walk along the Bridgewater Canal from Castlefield in Manchester to Salford Quays.

Eights Week, May 1980  Blasts From the Past  It's Eights Week in Oxford a gain - this time it's May 1980 and the Hertford College Ladies Schools VIII taking a leisurely paddle up the river.

Stanmer Park On Film Two rolls of Ilford HP5 from Father Christmas this year, so out of the mothballs came my Nikon FM2 once more. Here are the first usable images, taken during a walk in Stanmer Park in Brighton.

A few of the photographs from a recent two-day break in Suffolk - more on my Flickr page. First a few views from the pier (following the obligatory fish and chip lunch). Click to view full-size.

Anne, Christmas 1991  Blasts From the Past  Here is my sister, Anne, again (see Blast From the Past No. 2 ) - this time though it's Christmas 1991. The original Kodak Ektar 100 negative was scanned and then processed in Lightroom and Photoshop to arrive at the result above. The monochrome version below was converted using Nik Silver Efex (Soft Sepia). Below is the output from the scanner... 

Rachael, April 1995  Blasts From the Past  Three for the price of one this week. There was clearly a bit of a photoshoot going on here, as I discovered several very similar shots. Above is the one I like the best. I've also included the following two though...

To London and Tate Britain yesterday for the Don McCullin exhibition. But first a stroll through Borough Market on our way from London Bridge station, taking in a coffee stop. Thence through Blackfriars and over Lambeth Bridge to the gallery. I thoroughly recommend the exhibition - dozens of amazing, thought-provoking and at times harrowing black and white prints, simply yet beautifully presented with concise but informative contextual notes. It was gratifying to learn of a shared beginning in photography - a Rolleicord and no exposure meter. There though I fear any similarity ends. Borough Market Bakery. Costa Cortado.   Blackfriars Circus. Tate Britain. The domed ceiling at Tate Britain. Detail from the main staircase at Tate Britain. Don McCullin's "Sheep going to the Slaughter, Early Morning, Near the Caledonian Road, London 1965". And finally, a souvenir.