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Scarborough chalets

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I haven’t been able to bring myself to start (re)dust-spotting the image I spoke about yesterday yet, but I have completed my re-scans of my 2018 Sorrento negatives. I don’t think the final roll had as many interesting pictures, sadly, but there are a few good ones – although most of them have already been uploaded to my Flickr account previously, so it will just be a case of replacing them with (hopefully) better versions.

But today it’s another picture from Scarborough. I have a love/hate relationship with Kodak Gold. It can produce very nice results, but I always find it a pain to scan, sometime giving me differing results across a single roll. For instance, the picture today has some odd graininess at the upper right of the frame, which I’ve reduced a little, but not completely. Similar artifacts are not present on other shots, so who knows the cause?

Chalets

Minolta X-300, Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7 & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 14 March 2026

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Chalet post this or not?

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I think that seaside chalets / beach huts are perhaps a bit of a cliched subject for photography, but they just make such attractive subjects.

Something good that happened today…

I made a stew today, although I almost forgot. My wife had left instructions for this evenings meal. As is often the case, our fussy-eater sons would be having something different, and I had both of their selections sorted out. It was only as I was making my lunch that I realised I had to chop the onions, carrots, turnip, and celery to go in the slow cooker along with the beef (which I had to brown in the frying pan first). This could have been a disaster had I not remembered as stew isn’t something you can really hurry when it comes to cooking it. Everything worked out though and it was hearty and tasty. Proper winter food.

A row of beach huts
Side by side

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa). Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°

Taken on 21 September 2024

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Chalet shops

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The Mablethorpe Carnival took place on the day of my visit, although I somehow managed to miss pretty much all of it. I arrived quite early and then took a walk down the seafront to the neighbouring town of Sutton-on-Sea. I’m not sure if this resulted in my missing the actual parade, but I saw nothing of it on my return, despite walking into the town centre for my usual fish and chips from Monty’s. Thinking about it, the carnival might have been the reason for the coastguard helicopter activity that I spoke of in yesterday’s post. Perhaps there was a demonstration of the coastguard and lifeboat responses for the visitors.

Today’s picture shows a series of chalets acting as shops selling various goods. This was probably about as much of the actual carnival events that I saw!

Something good that happened today…

While I had to contend with some potentially worrying news at work (although maybe I’m reading too much into it), I did manage to clear a few more things from my lengthy to-do list, which I’ll take as positives. I’ve also lost a little weight since yesterday. While this is nothing to get too excited about, it was nice to see as I’ve put on quite a few pounds over Christmas. We still have quite a few Christmas goodies to get through before the diet begins in earnest though. At least I weigh less than I did this time last year, so I already have a head start towards reaching my goal.

A row of tiny shops

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa). Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°

Taken on 21 September 2024

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Chalet street

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It wouldn’t be a trip to the seaside without a photo of some chalets or beach huts. Well, perhaps it would for non-photographers, but for me they’re almost an obligation to photograph when I see them, especially as I don’t visit the coast all that often.

This expired Velvia 50 has really done it’s work on that blue sky, hasn’t it?

Street of chalets

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 D & Fukichrome Velvia 50 (expired 2011). Lab developed & home scanned.

Taken on 17 September 2022

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Beach chalets (and dusty negatives update)

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It’s that time of the year when my blog becomes awash with photographs from Mablethorpe, taken on my annual visit (pilgimage 🙂 ). I think I shot three-and-a-half rolls this year, these are from the half-roll (Kodak Portra 160), but I have shots from a full roll of 135 Velvia 50, and one roll each of Fuji Pro 160NS and Kodak Plus-X in 120 still to come.

I’ve made further attempts to scan the dusty negatives that I posted about my frustration with yesterday. I’ve carefully cleaned all the strips with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and microfibre cloths. The negatives that I thought I’d damaged yesterday also cleaned up better on this attempt and are thankfully not marred by permanent streaks as I had feared. There is still a considerable amount of dust present, but much less than before (at least from the ones I’ve tried scanning so far). There is also at least one neg with a scratch that I’ve introduced. But they look better.

I’m still going to put the pieces in place to develop colour film myself though. Maybe not immediately, but hopefully before too long.

Mablethorpe deckchairs
Seafood Market (or so it says)

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 D & Kodak Portra 160. Lab developed, home scanned, & converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 17 September 2022

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Man’s best friend(s)

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As mentioned yesterday, I spotted this chap sitting outside his chalet with three friends, so I asked if I could make a couple of pictures. The dogs didn’t seem too keen, snarling at me when I pointed the camera in their direction, but I got the shots.

Beach hut relaxation
Man's best friends

Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko AUTO-T 50mm f/1.8 & Ilford Delta 400. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°.

Taken on 11 September 2020

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Further beach chalets

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Another set of beach-chalet photos today, this time in black and white. Cery few of these were occupied on the day of my visit, which is not surprising given we are now into autumn (it was mid-september when these shots were taken). There were a few people still making use of them though, including a chap sat enjoying the sea air with three of his dogs – some picture of them to come shortly.

Chalets

I have vague memories of us hiring one of the chalets (one of the ones with windows) when I was a young boy – possibly my parents and my grandparents were present on that occasion, although the recollection is vague.

Lucky number six

While the structures are pretty basic in design, they had power and water, so it was possible to make cups of tea and other refreshments, as well as being a useful shelter from the elements (whether hot sun or, this being the UK, pouring rain!) and somewhere to store the accutrements of a day at the beach without having to lug it around everywhere all day. They also had a set of curtains, so you had the luxury of being able to change out of wet, sandy swimming costumes and into dry, clean clothes without the risky maneouvering that would be required when attempting to do the same thing on the beach wrapped in just a towel!

They can look a little grim when photographed in monochrome in cloudy conditions, but when they’re all occupied by familys enjoying the warm sunshine in the height of the summer, they have a certain British charm. It always amazes me just how much chalets and beach huts can cost at some of the more up-market resorts around the country, where they can be priced at tens-of-thousands of pounds to buy outright!

Anchors away

Olympus OM-2n, G-Zuiko AUTO-W 28mm f/3.5 & Ilford Delta 400. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°.

Taken on 11 September 2020

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Beach chalets

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I’d wondered if I’m manage to make my annual trip to Mablethorpe this year. The lockdown of a few months ago had made it seem unlikely for a time, but as restrictions loosened, so it started to look like I might make the trip after all.

As I had a week off work in early September, I decided that would be my chance, so made the trip on the 11th. The weather was forecast to be partially sunny, but in the end was just bright, with a skein of high cloud that mostly removed any contrast and shadows, Not ideal for colour film, which I feel savours blue-sky days. Still, in a country like the UK you have to make the best of what you get when it comes to the weather. In the end though, these shots have come out quite well despite the conditions.

I took a bag full of film with me on the day. Well, around six rolls anyway. In the end, I only shot two-and-a-half of them though due to the light. Today’s photos were from a roll of Kodak Gold 200 that I’d already partially shot, but there will be some images on Ilford Delta 400 (better for the conditions I had) and, possibly, Portra 400 to come over the next few days too.

Around the back of the chalets
I managed to catch a little sunshine for this shot, as evidenced by the shadow cast by the palm. It required me waiting for some time with an eye on the moving clouds though, and the brightness was only fleeting.
Number 45

Canon Sure Shot Z135, Kodak Gold 200. Grain2Pixel conversion.

Taken on 11 September 2020

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Chalets

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These chalets sit along the promenade, just south of Mablethorpe town centre and behind Queen’s Park – which is where I stood to take this photo. It’s almost the same spot where I made the photo of the crazy golf course that I posted about a few days back, which is behind where I was stood when I took this shot.

I’ve got an older, digital photo of these chalets on my Flickr stream too – that one shot on my Nikon D3200 and 18-55mm kit lens back in September 2015.

I shot this whole roll of Portra 400 at 200asa and really like the way it’s handled the tones, with lovely cornflower blue skies while still keeping a good deal of pop in the primary colours.

FILM - One side water. One side park

Olympus 35 RC & Kodak Portra 400.

Taken on 13 September 2019