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4x5 Large Format · Film photography · Photography

St. Peter’s Church, Letwell

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Churches seem to be my most photographed subject when it comes to 4×5 large format. They don’t make up a majority, but no other subject type has featured as much (although bridges are not too far behind). As there are a lot of churches here in the UK, and as you don’t have to travel very far to find an interesting example, they make quite an obvious choice of subject matter.

This is my second photograph of this church, St. Peter’s in the small village of Letwell. The other shot was taken with the Fujica GW690 a couple of weeks earlier, but I haven’t uploaded that one yet. It will likely appear on the blog at some point though.

St. Peter's Church, Letwell

Chamonix 045n-1, Scneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 5.6/90 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

Taken on 10 August 2024

4x5 Large Format · Film photography · Photography

Taking the big camera down a country lane

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It’s been some time since I shot any large format photographs. This is mostly down to a lack of time rather than desire – each shot takes so much time to set up, that an outing with the Chamonix rarely returns more than four images. On the date I took the picture below, the number was one!

I had intended to take more but, due to the aforementioned complexity of setting up a shot, by the time I’d taken this one a large cloud had passed in front of the sun, blocking the light. It also brought a drifting veil of rain that I hoped might pass by without affecting the location I was at, but my luck was out and I was soon hurriedly packing everything away as the shower arrived.

The shot below is certainly not the best I’ve taken, and it’s not the first time I’ve photographed this particular scene (see here for a less leafy variant). That said, at least everything is in focus!

It is great to see the sheer level of detail that large format film can capture, though. Click through to the full-size version on Flickr.

The lane past the copse

Chamonix 045n-1, Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

Taken on 7 July 2024

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Sheffield Steam Rally 2024

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It’s that time of year when I flood the blog with lots of pictures of traction engines and other vintage vehicles. This year I visited the Sheffield Steam Rally, as usual, but also visited the Haxey Feast, which is a new (and at present, smaller event, so I have quite a few pictures to share.

I might drop them in batches, like this roll of Tri-X, or maybe some as individual frames. We’ll see how it goes.

Fred Harris Electrifying New Dodgems
Topping up the water
Traction tow
Steam truck #2
Steam truck #1
Brass rubbing
At the steam rally

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°

Taken on 30 June 2024

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Taking a break

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I’ve been finding it a bit of a struggle to come up with things to write on the blog recently, resorting more frequently to posting images only with no contextual dialogue. As I’ve now been posting for over 2,000 consecutive days, I’m loathe to break that streak (although what it would matter if I did, I do not know. The sky would hardly come crashing down…), but something will have to give, at least for a while.

So I’ve given myself permission to post nothing apart from images for a while, so I can hopefully recharge my batteries a little. I might still have things to say here and there, and this method of posting might actually free myself to write a few more longer posts without the daily pressure, but we’ll see. For now though, I will have a week or two of image-only posts. I’m hardly short of pictures to share – I’ve not even started on the shots I made during a trip to Dubrovnik at the end of May, from which I came back with almost five rolls of 35mm film, and I’ve shot several other rolls since then too (three rolls have been posted off for development today even)!

I will hopefully be back posting my usual nonsense after this summer break. Speak to you then!

Here’s a lone tree to keep you company in the meantime…

Lonesome

Nikon F80, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°

Taken on 9 May 2024