Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
Pubs are an industry in decline. Many (away from town centres, at least) are either closed, struggling, or transformed into family pub-restaurants. There are still loads of pubs about, so they aren’t on their last-legs just yet, but it’s a common sight to see one boarded up these days, sadly.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 21 December 2017
This small, seemingly abandoned (or at least in need of some repairs) building is located in Eckington, a few miles from my home. I’ve glanced at it on several occasions as a potential photo subject, but on the day I took this it was sat in brilliant sunlight, so I stopped the car and took the shot.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 21 December 2017
This was taken back in January on a walk where I wish I’d worn some Wellies – although the ground looks crisp and frozen, the snow was in melt and my feet were sinking up to the ankles in places.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta & Kodak Tri-X (expired 2013).
Taken on 17 January 2018
Sadly, many of the shots on this roll of Neopan 400CN suffered from light leaks because the film was slightly loose on the roll when I took it out. This is another that has been ‘rescued’ via cropping (although I’m ever so slightly bothered that the very top of the antenna is missing).
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Neopan 400.
Taken on 25 February 2018
Looking east along Market Place in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK. The famous Crooked Spire can be seen in the distance.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Neopan 400.
Taken on 22 February 2018
I seem to have a thing for photographing trees. Especially in the wintertime.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Neopan 400.
Taken on 17 February 2018
Several shots on this roll of Neopan 400 were affected by light leaks (the film had now wound tightly onto the take-up spool, and so some light got in when I opened the camera and removed the film. As a result I’ve had to crop some of the shots (including the one of some market stalls below). Not ideal, but at least they’re not completely written off – although one or two of them still show the leaks a bit even after cropping.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Neopan 400.
Taken on 22 February 2018
Perhaps it’s these two, sat atop Over Owler Tor and gazing out at who knows what (well, it’s probably the view up the Hope Valley).
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fujifilm Neopan 400.
Taken on 17 February 2018
I maybe didn’t get the most attractive view of the building here, but it still has it’s charms.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta & Kodak Portra 400 (expired 2016).
Taken on 7 February 2018
I had a day off work this week and took a trip out into the nearby Peak District National Park. I was mostly trying my hand (not very successfully) at some landscape stuff using my digital camera, but I still stuck a couple of film cameras in my bag and managed to polish off a roll of 120 Portra 400, plus the remains of some Tmax 400 in my Pentax P30T.
The area I visited is littered with millstones in varying stages of completion, hewn from the local gritstone. The one in this photo must’ve been photographed many, many thousands of times as it lays right next to the footpath leading to Over Owler Tor.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta & Kodak Portra 400 (expired 2016).
Taken on 7 February 2018
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