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Beer kegs

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If you look closely at this shot, you will see a partly obscured sign with the word “raw” printed upon it. It was my intent to include the full sign in the shot, and it was completely visible in the viewfinder but, because the Yashica Mat 124G is a TLR camera, with the taking lens a couple of inches below the viewing lens, the parallax was sufficient to drop half of the sign below the top of the foreground wall. I was quite surprised that the parallax effect would have been noticeable at the distance I was from the subject.

It was out daughter-in-law’s birthday this week so we’ve been round to her and my son’s house this afternoon to celebrate, and it was nice to have a get-together with them, ours, and her immediate family. I felt pretty gloomy this morning after another poor night’s sleep, but the party has cheered me up a lot. Families are very important.

Beer kegs on Percy Street

Yashica Mat 124G & Lomography Color Negative 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 2 February 2025

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Dusty red car

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Of the shots from this roll of film that I uploaded to Flickr, this one receive by far the fewest likes. But I like it.

I like the bold red of the car against the graph-paper wall of the building. The red fire alarm that matches the car’s colour. The parking signs. The plant behind the frosted glass window.

Photographs are a subjective topic, aren’t they?

My anxiety persists. It’s causing difficulty with my sleep (not stopping me from falling asleep, but preventing me from going back to sleep when I wake early) It’s leaving me feeling fatigued and I keep catching myself almost nodding off while watching TV in the middle of the day. I need to find some techniques to keep it at bay but, in honesty, I think the only thing that will remove it is resolution or acceptance of the thing that’s causing it.

Red car

Yashica Mat 124G & Lomography Color Negative 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 2 February 2025

Digital · Photography

Shadow lamps

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I’ve not had chance to write up my new “Expiriment” post today as I went out for a hike and didn’t get back home in time. Maybe tomorrow, time allowing…

Instead here’s another digital shot from December’s Barcelona trip.

Something good that happened today…

I went out into the Peak District with the intention of wandering around Baslow, one of the closest villages in the park to Sheffield. I think there are plenty of subjects there and, while I’ve driven through the village on many occasions, I’ve never actually stopped to explore.

However, when I arrived, I instead decided to walk to Chatsworth House, which stands a mile or so down the Derwent Valley from the village. I ended up hiking for miles, but the weather was bright and clear, I shot a roll and a bit of Tr-X through my Yashica Mat 124G, and had a good time doing it. It’s nice to get out and get some fresh air and exercise.

Shadow lamps

Ricoh GR III

Taken on 22 December 2024

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Spending the day playing games instead of going out

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I was supposed to be visiting Newark Air Museum today with my dad but, as is often the case, the weather let us down. The forecast yesterday evening stated that it would be cloudy, but with some occasional sunshine in the afternoon. However, when I got up this morning the forecast had changed and was now claiming drizzly rain throughout the day. As a lot of the museum’s exhibits are outside, we decided to postpone the visit to a day with better conditions.

It annoys me a lot that weather forecasts change overnight so often. The whole purpose of a forecast is to allow people to plan activities accordingly and, while I appreciate predicting the weather is an extremely complex task, it is frustrating that in 2024 it sometimes feels that I would be better off with a pine-cone or bit of seaweed or something.

So, instead of looking at a load of old aeroplanes, I spent a lot of the day playing Astro Bot on the PlayStation. Not my initial plan for the day, but a lot of fun nevertheless.

The picture below has nothing to do with aircraft of PlayStations, but I guess it loosely ties into the gaming link.

Basketball court

Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken 29 May 2024.

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Drystone wall and copse

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Apologies to anyone expecting the second part of my post covering the walk between Elton and Robin Hood’s Stride. That should be here tomorrow – I got waylaid today, unfortunately.

Here instead is another photo taken during the walk but which didn’t feature in the first half of the post published yesterday.

Copse

Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

Taken on 26 March 2024

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Breaking the creative block

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The last few days I’ve noticed a lack of enthusiasm when writing for the blog, resulting in a number of rather concise posts. I’m not sure what is causing this apart from, perhaps, having too many other things to do.

Because I write these posts ad-hoc and rarely with any planning or forethought of any kind it’s very east to just bash out something quickly so I can get on to doing something else, and I suspect that this probably shows.

I’ve had this sort of fatigue before, and I think my daily posting regime is to blame for this. But the daily routine is also the thing that keeps me posting – I think that if I stop doing so every day then the gaps between posts will grow longer and the number of posts will dwindle, which I don’t want to happen.

And so I will get these periods of low-input from time-to-time where I need to push on and break through the creative barrier.

Wall and wires

Olympus 35 RC & Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°.

Taken on 11 May 2022

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The way to the works

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My wife and I have been on a coach trip today – something we haven’t done for quite some time, a few decades at least! We normally drive when we have a day out, or rather I drive, and my wife takes the passenger seat, so the idea of someone else doing the work while I got the chance to look out the window and enjoy the scenery without fear of taking the car off the road was an appealing novelty.

We visited Skipton and Harrogate, both towns in North Yorkshire and the day was enjoyable. It’s been a very long day though and I haven’t had chance to upload any new photos or think of much to talk abou , so today’s picture is one from a previous set.

I didn’t take a huge number of photos on today’s trip, but the ones I did will show up here at some point assuming they’re any good.

The path to the works

Olympus XA-3 & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins 20°.

Taken on 09 April 2022

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Ode to a highwayman

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On a wall beside the canal towpath, not far from Victoria Quays, is painted this piece of artwork. I though it would make a good photograph, but didn’t know what it represented.

Googling the words revealed them to be part of a folk song about a highwayman named Spence Broughton. In February 1791 Broughton, and his accomplice John Oxley, robbed the Sheffield to Rotherham mail coach as it travelled across Attercliffe Common. Suposedly the only item of value they were able to get away with was a French bill of exchange with a value of £123, which they had difficulty in attempting to fence. Oxley was later arrested for his part in another robbery and, fearing for his freedom, in October of that year Broughton sought help from another criminal, Thomas Shaw, in London. Unfortunately for Broughton, he was recognised and arrested by the police and Oxley and Shaw both gave testimony against him, although Oxley was later able to break loose and make his escape.

Spence Broughton was found guilty in York assizes and sentenced to be hanged. The following April, after the execution, the body of Broughton was transported back to the scene of the crime on Attercliffe Common and placed in a gibbet. This attracted large crowds – supposedly 40,000 people – and the landlord of the nearby Arrow pub claimed that he was able to make a fortune from the passing trade. Broughton’s boy was to ramain in the gibbet for the next 36 years!

Nearby Broughton Lane is alleged to be named after the criminal, although this is disputed by historians.

It’s fascinating what a walk along the canal can reveal.

Poetry crow

Olympus XA-3 & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins 20°.

Taken on 27 March 2022