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Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Henry and his piano

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I took a few pictures of this guy busking beside York Minster. To quote his bio that can be seen in the photo:

“Hello 🙂

My name is Henry. Me and my piano have been travelling around the U.K. for the past few years in my van and busking.

This piano was going to be taken as rubbish before I rescued it and gave it a new life!

I aim to create quiet moments for people to reflect and connect during these strange times.

Hope you enjoy my original compositions.

Thanks for listening ❤”

He seems to get around a bit and has pages on Facebook, Instagram, and Bandcamp.

I have no affiliation with Henry, but I did chuck a couple of quid in his case before I took these photos. 🙂

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Henry and his piano

Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+ @800asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

Taken on 16 December 2023

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Station music

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Today was my annual visit to the seaside town of Mablethorpe. It’s been a long day, I’ve only just got home, and I’m tired, so this will be a short post. The pictures I took at Mablethorpe will appear in due course once they’ve been developed and scanned (and I’ve worked through my backlog of other shots).

So, for today, here’s another picture of another of those upright pianos that can be found at railway stations around the country.

Another station piano

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

Tinkling the ivories

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Many railway stations here in the UK, or at least the larger ones with sheltered concourses and departure areas, tend to have a piano (sometimes several) on which members of the public can exercise their musical talents (or lack thereof). This one is at Manchester Picadilly station – and there’s at least one more at this station.

This is a shot from the first roll I’ve shot through my Olympus 35RC in far too long. My XA3 seems to have gotten much of the love over the past year, but even before I got that camera, the 35RC had languished for longer than I liked. I’ve shot this roll with it and currently have a half-finished roll of FP4+ loaded. It’s a great little camera and deserves some use.

Tinkling the ivories

Olympus 35 RC & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.

Taken on 7 May 2022

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Odd acoustics

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The annual Tramlines festival took place in Sheffield last weekend and so I went for a walk around the town centre on the Sunday morning. I ended up taking very few photos of subjects directly related to the festival, but there were a number of other related events taking place around the town centre too. As I walked through Barker’s Pool I saw a bloke sat on the City Hall steps who I though might make for a nice subject. As I was sizing up the composition I heard the sound of approaching music and turned around to see a pair of decidedly unusual bicycle-mounted instruments approaching, so I took some photos of them instead.

FILM - Strange sounds

Olympus 35 RC & Ilford HP5+.

Taken on 21 July 2019