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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?

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Beach hazard

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Despite the warning sign, the outfall on Mablethorpe beach has always attracted people as long as I can remember. Not only does it have a constant flow of freshwater emptying into the sea, but it forms pools of seawater beside it as the tide recedes in which people will paddle or try to catch sea creatures (mostly small crabs). The pools of water can be a few feet deep sometimes though, and although not steep, the sloping sides of the outfall can be very slippery when the seaweed is wet.

Outfall

Yashica Mat 124G and Fujifilm Pro 400H. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 11 October 2025

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Out of season mini-golf

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This mini-golf course in Queen’s Park, Mablethorpe was the only thing open, besides the cafe, when I visited in October. The children’s paddling pool was drained and the colourful fountains removed, the miniature railway wasn’t running, the locomotive and carriages presumably parked in the storage tunnel for the winter, the paddle-boats on the boating lake had been removed from the water, and the small kid’s play area locked up behind a threatening-looking barbed wire topped fence.

But this couple were enjoying their game of crazy golf nevertheless.

Mini golf

Yashica Mat 124G and Fujifilm Pro 400H. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 11 October 2025

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Empty frame

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The curious thing about this picture is that, if you look closely, you can see that the writing on the sign affixed to the building is reversed. When I first saw it I had a moment where I thought I’d scanned the negative back-to-front, event though I was sure the building and empty sign-frame were positioned this way when I composed the shot. In the end I checked Google Street View to check I wasn’t going crazy and discovered that the sign is actually reversed in the physical scene. Perhaps the owners flipped it over at some point. The empty frame certainly gives the impression that accommodation is no longer available.

Something's missing

Yashica Mat 124G and Fujifilm Pro 400H. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 11 October 2025

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Ghost Train

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A little late for Halloween, but it’s the last shot from this roll of Portra 400 that I’ve been posting pictures from, so here it is anyway.

I’m happy that I’ve now got the next two weeks off work. Plenty to do when I return, but I’m hoping to make the most of the next fortnight and do a bunch of stuff that I normally never seem to find the time to do, including a trip or two out with a camera, hopefully.

Ghost train

Yashica Mat 124G and Kodak Portra 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 11 October 2025