Appy Allan

February 21, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

While I was wandering around the School Strike for Climate protest last friday, I happened across the chap in the photo below. He was dressed in unusual but smart attire and had an interesting look about him so I decided to do something I rarely do – ask if I could make a portrait. He generously allowed me to take the shot below and I stood and chatted to him for a while. He was pleased to see the schoolkids standing up for something they believed in, and said how it wouldn’t have been possible to do so when he was at school. He went on to tell me a little about himself – the clothes he was wearing were Vivienne Westwood designs, and he explained that, thanks to his colourful and interesting life story, a documentary was being produced about him (http://www.appyallanfilm.com/). He was a friendly bloke and it was good to speak with him.

Olympus 35 RC & JCH Street Pan.

Taken on 15 February 2019

35mm · Film photography · Photography

School Strike for Climate

February 20, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

On Friday 15 February 2019, pupils across the UK took a day of action, skipping school to protest against the impact of climate change and to demand action be taken to prevent it from becoming worse. There were some amusing placards on display and it was good to see these young people make their voices heard.

I was in Manchester on the day and noticed the demonstration as I was heading towards the library, and took the following photographs.

Olympus 35 RC & JCH Street Pan.

Taken on 15 February 2019

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Eyes in the back of his head

February 19, 2019 fishyfisharcade2 Comments

I spotted this chap chatting on his phone with his sunglasses perched on the back of his head and couldn’t resist getting a photo. The little 35 RC has done it proud. The JCH Street Pan produced some lovely tones in bright light, but also resulted in very underexposed thin negatives where I’d shot in dimmer conditions. The underexposed images aren’t unusable – and some of them look pretty great – but they will take some work in Lightroom, not least to remove all the additional dust spots that appear on thin negs.

Olympus 35 RC & JCH Street Pan.

Taken on 15 February 2019