Category Archives: Folder

Overgrown And Flared

It was sunny! So I broke out the FP4+ and felt an overwhelming desire to use the 1934 Voigtlander Bessa RF rangefinder with its to-die-for f/3.5 Heliar lens and gigantic 6×9 negatives. Set the light meter to ISO100 and trotted off to Ladywell Fields where the dogs roam unmolested and unmolesting.
The bad news is that...

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Skipping

I’ve always been wary of skip guys and scaffolders since I was attacked by a wrench-wielding scaffolder on Effra Road in Brixton about 20 years ago. The lorry had nearly run me down driving the wrong way up a one way street and I was stupid enough to point this out. Exit pursued by lorry,...

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Headless, Armless, Cross

My ongoing project-de-jour at Nunhead Cemetery.
Today I was travelling light with the 55 year old Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 532/16 (6×6) with the Opton Tessar f/2.8 80mm lens.
Saturday was a glorious break between the incessant rain and generally crap weather. From a photographic point-of-view the light was somewhat challenging, intensely bright sunlight suddenly disappearing behind...

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A lampost, a door and a tunnel

Down under in the Leake Street tunnel, Waterloo, with Toby who is over from Down Under (Australia) for a few days. He had his Nikon D700. I had the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta. The D700 was rarked up to ISO 1600-3200. The  Super Ikonta was being metered at ISO 100. There isn’t too much available...

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Climate Camp Reprise

Fuck capatalism (sic)
What exactly is the mindset of the person who half erased the word ‘Fuck’ but left ‘CAPATALISM’ spelt like that? Huh? I’m not sure what I find most offensive *. However, what is left is in capitals, with a view of the capital of capitalism in the background (The City and Canary Wharf)....

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Pinholes

We went to Nunhead Cemetery to take photos with the Zero 2000 pinhole camera.
I’m amazed at the results!
I have to get my head round the long exposures though! As usual, the cemetery is bright sun (huh?) and deep shade. The first place I metered needed a 27 minute exposure. With those sort of times you...

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Spooky!

How scary is that? I remember when I was 15 I lay in a coffin with the lid on for a dare. This feels the same way, ie not very good.
If I ‘fall asleep’ aged 58 we’ll know what happened. Wish I could have found a grave with a pre 28/08/2009 date, I’d be less...

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Happy Campers

The Climate Camp 2009 on Blackheath was just getting underway when we rolled up there yesterday evening. Much of the media presence seemed to have dissipated after the initial launch didn’t result in a bloody battle a la G20. There were quite a few snappers around though, lugging kit.
And there’s the rub as they say....

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