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35mm · Film photography · Photography

Do things have to be in focus?

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I took this picture almost without thinking. I didn’t have time to accurately focus, just frame the shot and try to get it as close as I could. This being the one of the first times I’ve used the Olympus 35 RC in quite a while, I did my best to rapidly twist the focus ring to get the man in close focus. Unfortunately I twisted it the wrong way, towards infinity.

But I still like the photo. Would I have preferred the man in focus and background sofly blurred? Probably. But This still looks nice. The lack of focus on the figure adds a bit of mystery, I think.

It’s a technique used often by street and documentary photographer, Martin Parr, although I suspect he does it deliberately rather than through not remembering how his camera works!

Tapas Bar

Olympus 35 RC & Kodak Portra 800 (shot at 400asa). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 10 August 2022

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Summer hat

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I guess autumn is here. My kids are back at school tomorrow, the radiators switched on briefly yesterday morning as I was getting out of bed, and the local photo club is meeting this evening for the first time since the summer recess.

I don’t mind though – autumn is my favourite season and I’m looking forward to later sunrises and earlier sunsets, the crispness in the air, and the onset of colour as the leaves begin to turn. Still got a few weeks yet though and at least one summery day-out still planned for this month.

As a mark of summer’s passing, here’s a summery hat that was in the passenger seat of the ’46 Chevy truck that I photographed the other week.

If you’re lamenting the summer gone, there’s a nice post about it on Jim Grey’s blog that’s worth a read.

FILM - Passenger seat

Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 & Fuji Superia 100 (expired).

Taken on 17 August 2019