Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
A quick grab shot of a biker with very furry headgear. I was spotted taking the picture and rewarded with a thumbs up. 🙂
Nikon F80, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 29 March 2024
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 13 April 2024
Another handy digital post. I’ve been traveling for work today, so still haven’t had time to start my next “Walk With a Camera” post yet. Maybe tomorrow…
So here’s another shot from Malaga last year. I liked this scene because the three groups of people seemed almost in formation.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 19 August 2023
Film stuff will be back soon, I promise. 🙂
This picture was taken in Malaga last year. The place was heaving with crowds of people as the annual Feria de Malaga was taking place while we were there. Everyone was drinking Cartojal, a local sweet wine, and many of the women and girls were wearing flamenco dresses.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 20 August 2023
In a moment of synchronicity, a day or so after I posted this picture to Flickr, I saw the exact same location on an article on the TV news.
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken on 20 January 2024
Another look at The Shambles, that is.
Three more shots of York’s most famous street, this time taken with the convenience of the compact little Olympus XA3. The Yashica Mat 124G can produce great pictures, but there’s something freeing about using a small point-and-shoot camera, and the XA3 has been my constant companion for the past few months, just sat in my coat pocket waiting for a picture to present itself while I’m out..
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken on 20 December 2023
A couple more late festive photos from York. There are a lot of baubles decorating this jewellery shop!
Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+ @800asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 16 December 2023
It feels a little odd to be posting Christmas photos when we’re fast approaching the end of January (already! How did that happen?!), but such is the delay with my working my way through my pictures. There might be a couple more to come yet too.
So far I’m keeping up with my plan to listen to unheard (by me) albums. My list of selections has swollen to a laughably unmanageable collection of over eight hundred titles meaning, if I stick to one per week, it’ll take me over fifteen years to get through them all (not accounting for me adding more!). We’ll see how it goes, eh? However I get on, I’ve started blogging my thoughts on each selection. Should you be interested, you can find those here on a new and imaginatively titled blog I started ;).
Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+ @800asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 16 December 2023
This shot (and several others on the rolls I shot in York) showed notable loss of contrast due to the haze in my Yashicamat’s lens (hence the reason I’ve been seeking a replacement). Some work in Lightroom has done a relatively good job of bringing back a bit of punch to the image.
Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+ @800asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 16 December 2023
Another of those square shots that I had to crop due to people being in frame at either side.
Yashicamat 124G & Ilford HP5+ @800asa. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 16 December 2023
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