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Twelve favourite photos from 2025 (nope, sorry, it’s eleven again…)

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Another ride around the sun is coming to a close, so that means it’s time again for me to pick a favourite from each month that has passed since I last did this.

Unfortunately, I have nothing to show for November. Not because I didn’t make any pictures that month, but simply because I haven’t developed (or, indeed, finished shooting the roll) them yet. December is chosen from only slightly less slim pickings too. Again, I have pictures, but withe undeveloped or unscanned. The one I chose is nice though – from my first ever bulk-rolled film (a very short roll that I used as a test).

As always, I could easily make different choices for most of the months, although in a few cases Aapril and Jun) I knew which was going to be my choice without much trouble.

I hope everyone else got pictures they liked and that you’ll get more in the year to come. Happy New Year!

January

Through Salt's Mill

Yashica Mat 124G
Kodak Tri-X
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°

February

St. Peters and reflection-2

Nikon F80
Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD
Ilford HP5+ (@800)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

March

Eastbound tracks

Olympus OM-10
Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8
Agfa APX 100 (@400)
Rodinal 1 hour semi-stand development. 1+100 in 500ml of water, with a couple of extra ml of developer added.

April

Djinn

Yashica Mat 124G
Kodak Tmax 100 (expired 2008)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 7mins @ 20°

May

No way out

Olympus OM-10
F.Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°

June

Trio on the rocks

Olympus Trip 35
Kodak Pro Image
Lab developed
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

July

At the end

Fujica GW690
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins

August

From whence I came

Nikon F80
Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD
Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°

September

Blue hour light

Olympus 35 RC
Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008)
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

October

House portrait

Yashica Mat 124G
Kentmere 400
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4. 11.5 mins @ 20°

November

Nothing to see here, move along folks.

I did take some pictures in November, but they’re on a roll of expired Fujichrome Sensia which I’ve not yet finished shooting, so I have none to show yet.

December

Three swans

Minolta X-300
Minolta 50mm f/1.7 MD
Fomapan 400. Rodinal 1+100 semi-stand 1 hour @ 20°

So there goes 2025. Who know’s what 2026 might reveal?

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Weston Park museum and bandstand (now in full colour!)

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I posted some pictures the museum and bandstand a few weeks back, but those shots were in black and white and shot on my Fujica STX-1. But I also took some medium format colour pictures of the same scenes (though different compositions) with my 1950s Zeiss folder. So here they are.

Gallery, benches, and flowerbeds
A tiny hint of autumn
Bandstand

Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Pro 400H. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 6 September 2025

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Hidden in plain sight

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The picture in today’s post is of Black Swan Walk, a dead-end street in the middle of Sheffield city centre. It has the air of a really old street and if you squint a little it looks almost like rows of the overhanging Tudor storefronts that you can see in places like The Shambles in York. It actually dates back to the late 19th century and, on close inspection, it really looks nothing like The Shambles.

Because it’s a dead-end, at the bottom it widens and there still exists the remains of a turntable and it’s mechanism where carriages would once be turned around so they could exit the narrow street after depositing their goods. There are also stories of ghostly carriages being witnessed entering the street before vanishing!

A place where few venture

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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At the bottom of the steps

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These steps lead up to what used to be the central post office in Sheffield. The post office closed a long time ago but the building has since been acquired by the university and now houses the art department. I think some of the students were let loose to decorate the steps..

Bottom of the steps
Art college steps

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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Outside the Winter Gardens

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I think I kinda take the Winter Gardens for granted somewhat. I don’t go in there all that often – often using it as a short-cut rather than a destination – but it’s a really nice space. Not only is there the large wood-framed glasshouse full of tropical plants, but off-shot from the main structure are the Millennium Galleries, which have a mixture of permanent and temporary exhibitions, often very interesting.

If I still worked in the city centre then I’d visit it more often.

Outside the Winter Gardens
Arc

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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Shadow lines

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These fence shadows caught my eye when walking through town early one morning. They reminded me both of a running track, and also of sheet music (without any notes). There are probably the wrong number of lines for both, but the sense of them remains.

Add notes for tunes

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 12 September 2025

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The Chapel of Our Lady on Rotherham Bridge

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The Chapel of Our Lady on Rotherham Bridge is one of only five surviving bridge chapels in the UK. It dates to 1483 and survived as a chapel for 64 years before being closed during The Act of Dissolution in 1547. In 1569 it became an almshouse until, just over 200 years later in 1779 it became a dwelling for the deputy constable, and a jail. 109 years after that it became a tobacconists / newsagents.

In 1901 a petition by Rotherham residents was raised to restore the building back to a place of worship. Sir Charles Stoddart purchased the tobacconist’s business twelve years later, subsequently closed the shop, and proposed to restore the building. However, Sir Charles passed away before the repairs could be completed. In his will, he left £500 to be invested, with the income intended to support the maintenance of services in the Chapel on the Bridge.

Following the end of World War One, the work was completed, and the chapel was re-consecrated in 1924. Services are still held there to this day.

Chapel on the Bridge
Chapel on the Bridge-2

Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.

Taken on 7 September 2025