Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
A quick post this evening as I’ve just got back from the cinema (where I saw TRON Ares, which I enjoyed a lot).
Here’s another digital shot from our recent trip to Menorca. This is the Far d’Artrutx lighthouse on the south-western tip of the island. The woman in the shot was there by happenstance, but I think her presence adds a lot to the picture.
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 29 September 2025
I spent the last week in Menorca with my wife (I pre-scheduled the posts with the half-frame pictures that have been popping up over the past seven days – I have a bunch more of those and mean, at some point, to post my thoughts on the camera I used to take them).
While we were away, I shot a couple of rolls of film and also took a bunch of pictures with my little Ricoh compact digital camera too, which I’m starting to post-process. Here’s one of them…
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 1 October 2025
A couple of edited (and cropped) candid shots that I took while waiting to board our flight home from Barcelona just before Christmas last year.
Sometimes it’s good to sit on pictures for a decent length of time. You see them differently and sometimes find things you like which were previously overlooked.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 23 December 2024
I was planning of writing a post about a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park today, but I haven’t managed to get around to it. So, instead, here’s a digital shot that I took while on holiday last month. I’ve just treated myself to a Nintendo Switch 2, so it seems kinda apt.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 5 June 2025
The temperatures have cooled noticeably today and I can feel a pleasant breeze from the window as I type this (yesterday my office was unbearably stuffy). However, I went out today and despite the fresher air outside, the house was considerably warmer inside than out when I got back, although it does seem to have cooled somewhat now we’ve aired it some more.
I decided to go out and make some photographs today. I’ve had the last couple of days free to do this but the hot weather really put me off. I also think I’ve been having a bit of a dip in my photography mojo recently too, finding it difficult to work up enthusiasm to get out with a camera. I expect that the drive to take pictures will return, but it’s a bit frustrating to have time for photography but not the inclination – it feels like I’m wasting opportunity.
My lack desire for picture taking was still evident this morning, but knowing it was the last day of my long weekend, that the weather was more inviting, and that I’d probably feel guilty for not going out, I gave myself a kick up the backside and headed out. I had half-a-roll of HP5+ in my OM-10, plus I took my Yashica Mat 124G and three rolls of film for that too (better to have too much film and not shoot it, than to run out).
In the end, I managed to finish the roll in the OM-10, and also most of a roll of 120 HP5+ in the Yashica Mat. Not only that, but I’m quite looking forward to seeing the results, which is a positive sign.
Next weekend is the annual Sheffield Steam Rally, so I’ll be heading there to get yet more shots of steam engines, classic cars, and suchlike.
Another digital picture today. I like the simplicity of this scene – the window seems almost to float.
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 6 June 2025
Another hot and sticky day here again. It’s nothing compared to the temperatures and humidity in other parts of the world, of course, but it’s the UK and we’re not really geared up for much beyond drizzle and overcast skies. One thing we are very adept at, however, is moaning about the weather, whatever shape it comes in. 🙂
Here’s a shot I took during our recent trip to Spain, where it was very warm, but we were on holiday so it didn’t feel the same somehow.
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 6 June 2025
I’ve posted pictures of this location on plenty of previous occasions. Today seemed apt for another as the local branch of Papa’s, which closed almost a year ago, seemingly for good (another branch in Sheffield closed not long afterwards) has announced that it’s re-opening this week.
The local branch is next to a shopping mall, rather than on a pier beside the North Sea, but beggars can’t be choosers.
Tomorrow they have a special offer of takeaway fish and chips for £1 all day. I’m going to be enjoying the fruits of an Indian restaurant tomorrow evening, so no fish and chips for me, but my wife and sons might be able to take advantage of the offer.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 10 May 2025
Leah’s Yard dates back to the early 1800s where it was a hub for the manufacture of shears and other hand tools. The place hosted a number of small workshops producing a wide range of goods – in Sheffield, these are known as “little mesters”, a local dialect version of “little masters” denoting the master craftspeople who worked and produced goods in such places. There were eighteen such little mesters in Leah’s Yard by 1905.
The workshops feature external staircases allowing access to the upper floors, and large windows are a feature to maximise the amount of daylight illuminating the workshops.
Over time these small industries gradually went away and Leah’s Yard, as with multiple other such sites in the city, fell into disuse and disrepair, and had stood empty for a couple of decades (although the little mesters workshops had been vacated of those trades long before).
Recently, plans were enacted to renovate the location as part of Sheffield’s “Heart of the City” development and the site re-opened recently. providing homes to a number of small independent businesses and retailers.
Yesterday was my first visit to the renovated Leah’s Yard, and it’s a charming location that I hope will thrive.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 10 May 2025
Sheffield has several rivers. The main river is the Don, but there are a number of smaller rivers that join it along it’s course, including the Loxley, the Rivelin, the Porter, and the Sheaf. The latter is where Sheffield derives it’s name: Sheaf Field.
For much of it’s length through the city centre, the Sheaf is subteranean, flowing through a series of man-made culverts and tunnels. One of these, named the Megatron, sometimes has guided tours!
The section of the Sheaf just above where it joins the Don is being uncovered as part of a new park on the site of the old castle site, and it can be seen in the photograph today beneath the ladder-like series of supports in the lower part of the image. The area to the left of the picture will form the park when the work is complete, and the river will act as a border and feature of the landscape.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 10 May 2025
I took this picture while attending this year’s Photo North festival in Leeds last month. I’ve taken similar images at this venue before, but I like how this one turned out with the placement of both people and gallery exhibits.
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 12 April 2025
