I’m finding these temple festivals increasingly difficult to find the enthusiasm to go to. The interest nowadays is purely photographic, and I don’t even lift the camera to my eye anymore unless the idea is new or, if it is similar to something I have already captured, an improvement on what I already have, or […]
toners
Started looking at toners. It’s complicated. Here we have sepia and copper. The sepia was added first (thiocarbamide), selectively. Sepia, I discovered, will prevent the copper taking. While the sepia only tones the silver in the image, the copper tones the whole paper except, in this case, where the sepia had been applied. I left […]
crathes
I have several friends make excellent travelling companions. Not interested in photography themselves, they understand there are places, chanced upon, that require time spent. Places which, for some indeterminant reason, have about them potential as settings. You recognise them as you arrive. In Aberdeenshire there is a stately home with a garden, open to the […]
new/ old
Both of these pictures were taken over two years before I actually got around to printing them. This was a deliberate delay, useful because of the changing relationship you have with photos over time. After a certain amount of time you lose the enthusiasm to print because of any lingering associations you have at the […]
nikkor 105
This was taken in south Taiwan in April 2011, although I didn’t print it until a full year later. It was taken using a Nikkor 105mm ltm lens, which I rarely use. The few shots I have taken with it have not been the sharpest but often have quite a bit of character. I bought […]
eva
June 9, 2012 The result of an experimental outing with a 1950s view camera, multiple exposure and impromptu darkroom techniques. This version was done by Eva.