I like to photograph shops with film company logos. Once you could find Kodak’s familiar brand in many places but these days they are fewer and further between. Sometimes they exist in active camera and film processing stores, such as the one in today’s picture. Sometimes they appear as forgotten remnants stuck out of random walls where once film was sold, especially in tourist hotspots.
There’s a bonus McDonalds sign in there too!
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
We caught the bus to Fuengirola one day during our trip to Malaga and while my wife was looking at shoes and clothes in the shops, I took pictures of stuff, like this street scene that caught my eye. I guess it’s a fairly average looking scene in a Spanish resort town but another country’s normal is often a novelty to a visitor, and so I took photographs of all manner of everyday scenes just because they are not things we have back home*.
*Obviously we have pharmacies and shops here in the UK, but they don’t look the same as these Spanish ones. Nor do we have bright Mediterranean sunshine to illuminate ours!
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
A trio of pictures of the lighthouse at the port of Malaga. The fist was shot on Kodak Gold (and had turned out quite grainy for some reason), the latter two on Kodak Colorplus.
The lighthouse is named La Farola, a unique name as most Spanish lighthouses are called El Faro, using the usual maculine gender. El Faro translated to “the lighthouse”, although Google Translate seems to think “La Farola” translates to “the streetlight” – not sure if there’s a lost-in-translation thing going on there…
It was originally built in 1817, but has been modified several times since then, including to repair damage suffered during the Spanish Civil War. I believe you can enter the building and enjoy the views from the top, although we didn’t while we were there.
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold and Kodak Colorplus . Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
Here in the UK we’re being hit by storm Babet, which is dumping large volumes of rainfall, especially on the east coast of Scotland, where a red weather warning is in place. A forecast I saw earlier (from the UK’s Met Office, so a trustworthy source) spoke of up to 250mm of rain being possible in the worst hit areas! Where I live, the rain is less severe, but we’re still under an amber warning.
This morning, while in the kitchen, I felt a splash on my head and was dismayed to discover water dripping from one of the ceiling spotlights. This part of the kitchen juts out from the rest of the house by a few feet and it’s the small roof that appears to be the source, although it was difficult to ascertain exactly where this might be. Through the day we’ve noticed discoloured strips appear where the water is getting between the sheets of plasterboard. A roofer has been contacted and will hopefully be here tomorrow to take a look. I’m hoping the damage isn’t too bad and that it will dry out – I don’t fancy the prospect of having to replace part of the kitchen ceiling and all the upheaval that will entail!
Thankfully the rain has eased through the afternoon and while it’s forecast to continue into the early hours of tomorrow, I’m hoping that the lower volume of water coupled with a change in wind direction will help.
In counterpoint to the above, here’s a car I saw in Spain that could probably benefit from a drop or two of water…
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Colorplus. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
While sat on a bus at some traffic lights, I was surprised to see this guy walk into the middle of the road and start playing his trombone at the traffic. I managed to get a quick photo – maybe not the best picture ever, but at least I caught the moment for posterity. 🙂
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
I have a bit of a habit of photographing giant ice creams, the big plastic display things that you see outside ice cream parlours and the like, especially in seaside towns. I’ve featured them on this blog on a number of occasions.
So, just to mix it up, here’s a giant ice lolly. I can only imagine the wails of distress form the giant child who dropped it…
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
On our first day in Malaga, while walking around the port, we saw this cruise ship berthed. The Seabourn Sojourn is chartered and operated by Seabourn Cruise Line and is the flagship of their fleet. She took her maiden voyage in 2010, leaving Greenwich, London and cruised the northern European countries before crossing the Atlantic to cruise the Caribbean and Panama.
Since then, she has carried round-the-world cruises, and also operated between the US and Cuba. In 2020, during a world cruise, she made it as far as Hawaii where she was held in quarantine due to the Covid pandemic, with passengers unable to depart.
The ship has 229 suites and, from a quick glance at the Seabourn website, cruises might be a touch out of my price range except maybe for a very special occasion…
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
This old building is the Chapel of the port of Malaga, and is tucked away between modern shops and restaurants at the side of the port. It was built in 1531 apparently.
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f.3.5-5.6 AF-D & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
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