my photographs

Still Life with Fox and Lantern

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:30:22 +0000

Hurrah!
 The best thing about this picture is that it exists at all... After a hiatus of far too long caused by moving house and life generally, I’m now resolved to re-capture my photographic mojo.

As such, this is the first photo from my large-format camera in far, far too long - mainly an effort to see if I could still remember how to operate the damned thing as much as anything else.

Highgate

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:09:26 +0000

I’m really pleased with this photo, taken earlier this year at Highgate Cemetery in north London.

Peeking Duck

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 23:19:45 +0000

Why am I excited by this photo?

I’m excited because it is proof that I’ve finally finished the plumbing on my new darkroom. Since moving house about 8 months ago I’ve not been able to develop any colour film (and precious little B&W) - hence the complete lack of updates either here or on my Flickr stream...

This is one of the first frames from the first roll I put through my processor today, to test my new plumbing - a momentous occasion! Time to tackle the backlog of film that’s built up...

The photo was taken on New Years’ Day 2009, incidentally, at the always lovely Arundel Wetland Centre - I’d recommend a visit to any of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust centres if you get the opportunity.

Watchtower

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:47:13 +0000

This print is from a photograph taken at Brompton Cemetery, Chelsea, London, early in the new year. Getting these blasted birds to stay still was a challenge! This print also marks my first attempts to get a bit more methodical with my printing...

Public Transport

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:19:22 +0000

This is from a recent trip to Budapest, Hungary; although a simple photograph, it’s definitely one of my favourites.

This is Kodak Gold 200 colour print film, cross-processed in E6 slide film chemistry (the ‘wrong’ chemistry for this type of film.) The muted colour palette in this photo which results from the cross processing is exactly what I was hoping to get - which is why I like it so much!

The photo on the right is another of my cross-processed shots from this trip - one which I like for much the same reasons!