Tag: Yashica Mat 124 G

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Backstreet warehouses

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I took these pictures (indeed six of the shots on this roll of Tri-X) while walking between Leeds railway station and The Carriageworks, where the Photo North photography festival has been held the past couple of years.

I took a slightly meandering route, meaning I traversed this street off the more well traveled path, meaning I got to see these old buildings sitting nicely in the good light.

Doorside streetlamp
Doors and windows

Yashica Mat 124G & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 for 8 minutes @ 20°

Taken on 12 April 2025

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Nosferatu

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This was one of those cases where, as soon as I saw the scene, I thought “There’s a picture!“.

The hunch shouldered look immediately brought to mind the iconic scene of the vampire, Nosferatu, ascending a staircase as a shadow. In this case it’s not a member of the undead blocking the light, but inventor and engineer, James Watt, whose statue stands on a plinth just out of frame. The second shot shows the culprit in better detail.

Nosferatu
Statue guardians

Yashica Mat 124G & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 for 8 minutes @ 20°

Taken on 12 April 2025

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

St. Peter’s Church, Cleethorpes

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I seem to have captured a nice range of tonality in this picture. Considering it’s reversal film, I’ve managed to keep detail in both the bright clouds and also the shadows, resulting in a nicely exposed scene. I’m not sure that the colours are quite right though – those red poppies look a little vivid. Or is it just me?

St. Peter's Church, Cleethorpes

Yashica Mat 124G & Fujichrome Provia 100. Lab developed and home scanned on an Epson V850.

Taken on 30 March 2025

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Cleethorpes new lifeboat station

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On my previous visit to Cleethorpes last year, the new lifeboat station consisted of little more than a series of concrete pilings set into the beach and surrounded by a metal fence. You can just make it out in the first picture of this post from February 2024.

Now, although at the time of taking these shots there were still construction vehicles parked on the slipway, it seems to be almost complete and, given these pictures were taken over three months ago now, could well be fully operational (I said that in the voice of the emperor from Star Wars, as though describing the second Death Star…).

New lifeboat station
Shore works

Yashica Mat 124G & Fujichrome Provia 100. Lab developed and home scanned on an Epson V850.

Taken on 30 March 2025