Thinking of next weekend, its the 11th anniversary of my dearest cousins' passing, and without making this post too sombre, its been playing on my mind this year more than any.
Whether thats because I sense my own mortality, or that of the people around me, or because I live close to where I last saw her smile I dont know.
Anyway it was under these boundary walls, of this castle where I saw her the happiest ever and remember her smile.
Clare mate, always thinking of you.
Think I'll pop down to Swanage and throw a frisbee on the beach...She'll know what I mean. 24/11/95 - Always remember but don't always be sad.
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05:55 17.04.2005 Canon 20D 17-40mm 40mm f/11 1/400 Program 0.0 Pattern 800 no raw Photoshop CS2 no |
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 I've been here for 5 years or so now, and I love this part of the country. Its changing tho, even in the short time I've been here I've noticed large corporates moving in on land, Entrepreneurs buying up derelict warehouses, established companies moving out of the area to green field sites to capitalise on the land they once owned, huge buildings being constructed with little regard for their surroundings, again for capital gain. Dont get me wrong I'm not opposed to capitalism, Just when it affects those that it surrounds. This picture shows erosion, which in light of my feelings about things sums it up. I dont know if the tree is still there I may take time this weekend to go see if its still there.... I doubt it, by my reckoning it should have fallen a while back. This was shot with a Coolpix 990 Nikon, a great design concept camera, and a real little workhorse..... As always let me know what you think.... |
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14/01/2001 13:07 Nikon E990 inbuilt zoom 8mm f7 1/1000 Manual +0.0 Centre Weighted 100 no JPEG n/a no |
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 I spent a weekend away, with my old mum, she wanted to take time out with her camera and it fell in line with my life at the time... I needed a break.... She had a friend with a place near Derby which gave us access into the South of the National Trust Land, onto the Moors of the Pennines, it was a great weekend, the shots were quite revealing for the time, and I was very pleased with this image, shot at Chatsworth Manor... Again technology has moved on a lot since then and this camera, albeit an ok unit, lacked definition and depth in terms of pixel count, the image is best left at less than A3 or 12x16.... As always let me know what you think.... |
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23/09/01 16:53 Nikon E995 Inbuilt Zoom 8.0mm f/7.5 1/15 Manual +0.0 spot 100 no JPEG Photoshop CS no |
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I've always tried to live by the coast, for as long as I've been away from home I have tried at least.
Anyway 4 years were spent living in Cornwall / Devon and its only in a place like this that you find you have the opportunity to see skys like that.
Of course an element of post porduction was required to get the final image, and it was orignally shot on infrared film.
But the result is non the less pretty much what I saw.
I remember at the time needing to try a few different techniques and altho not overly creative shooting with a red filter at f8 - 1/60th always seemed to give a moderate result on IR Film. The bit that got me, was that you had to shift the focus by a degree or so to counter the fact that IR focusess at a different point. I still cant get my head round that.
The end results were always grainy and to that point were quite soft in their make-up.
There is definately a quality to them that I like.
I think it was in the darkroom, at the point when you went to process the print, you could literally see each grain in the emulsion.
I have never been a grain snob, and will happily push the grain to the max....Sorry Johno ha ha I know you won't approve. C
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n/a Nikon FA 24mm 24mm f/8 1/60 Manual 0.0 Pattern ? no Filmscan Photoshop CS2 Yes |
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Another photo from the past, caught on film, when all I had in my pocket was an Olympus Trip 35 (semi auto) with a roll of TRI-X on board.
I jumped out of the car, laid flat in the middle of the road, took 3 frames, and then carried on the journey.
At the time I was very pleased with the shot, however if I ever made it back there again, I would do the shot somewhat differently.
Anyway that said, this image holds fond memories for me, of a time when taking a picture was a lot harder and processing a film was all new territory.... There was in deed a long road ahead.
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04.19.1990 Olympus Trip 35 40mm/F2.8 40mm f/22 1/200 Auto 0.0 Centre Weighted 400 no SCAN Photoshop CS2 Yes |
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