Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
This is the frame before the image I published in yesterday’s post. It was the puddle that caught my eye and how the letters of the “Bus Stand” sign on the road almost seem to float above the reflected building.
I got a few odd glances when taking the picture. 🙂
Pentax Espio 140M & Kentmere 400.
Taken on 15 January 2020
Just a random street shot today. Not much to say about it other than the scans from this whole roll of Kentmere 400 are covered with dust spots! – no idea why it should be worse than other rolls, but it is. It’s taken ages to spot each scan so far. Maybe I need to have a dusting session in the office…
Pentax Espio 140M & Kentmere 400.
Taken on 15 January 2020
Low winter sunshine is a wonderful thing. It makes scenes you might otherwise walk on past simply glow. This is a relatively ordinary terrace of houses, but the light is gorgeous. It illuminates things with a crisp, warm light and casts relief onto every surface. Lovely.
Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Fujifilm Superia 100 (expired 2008).
Taken on 5 December 2019
This is St Peter and St Paul’s church in Eckington, NE Derbyshire. I spotted the glorious light falling on it while I walked around getting images of suburbia (see the last two days’ posts for those).
I’m really happy with the way this is lit – the brightly illuminated tower and spire sitting atop the shaded entry, the light and shadow on the left-hand tree, and the lovely greens of the Yew tree – and all topped off by the blue sky and orange/brown fallen leaves.
Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Fujifilm Superia 100 (expired 2008).
Taken on 5 December 2019
A second trio of shots taken while walking around local suburban areas. The first was taken on the same day as those in yesterday’s post, the others a couple of days later. I’m not sure that these scenes would work under different conditions (although I guess maybe in fog, or at night could be interesting), but the low winter sun (and the long, deep shadows it casts) that we get in these northern latitudes makes things nicely photogenic.
While posting yesterday’s images I had the Pet Shop Boy’s “Suburbia” running through my mind. Today it was “The Suburbs” by Arcade Fire.
Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Fujifilm Superia 100 (expired 2008).
Taken on 2 & 5 December 2019
I walked to my local processing lab on 2 Dec to get some rolls of film developed. The morning was full of gorgeous low winter sunlight, so I snapped a few suburban scenes on my walk.
The Z135 has a significant amount of vignetting when shot at its widest focal length.
Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Fujifilm Superia 100 (expired 2008).
Taken on 2 December 2019
Another in my mini sequence of photos taken around London’s Barbican complex. This one I’ve decided to convert to black and white as I think the contrasts of light and shade work better in monochrome for this picture. The colour version looked a little washed out in comparison.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Kodak Colorplus (converted to B&W).
Taken on 13 November 2019
I’m ill with a cold today, so very quickly, here’s another shot of the Barbican complex in london. Just needs the Millenium Falcon or something to complete the sci-fi vibe.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Kodak Colorplus.
Taken on 13 November 2019
Taken at the Barbican complex in London a couple of weeks ago. It was a quickly grabbed shot as I liked the way the scene was lit and the little splashes of colour on the bins. I’m glad the chap is in the picture too, but I think it might still have worked without him there.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Kodak Colorplus.
Taken on 13 November 2019
I guess that this is a direct follow on to yesterdays photos, although this one was taken earlier – within a few minutes of the flooded field photograph that I posted a week or so back.
Once again, you will see the appearance of powerlines in the picture. While they add to the composition , they (and the tree and the road) were not the primary reason for taking the photo. That honour goes to the second bush from the right. You can’t tell from this black and white conversion, but it was a vivid autumnal orange, and attracted me to the scene. Alas, the uniform overcast grey sky meant that the colour image was a little drab, even with the splash of orange, so I went for the conversion instead, where the powerlines, tree and road make the shot.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Kodak Colorplus (converted to B&W).
Taken on 9 November 2019
