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Back to basics
Pebble beach -Sheringham, Norfolk, UK
So the UK has had it’s election and the winner is…. well no one really. All of the political parties suffered from a terminal case of mistrust, apathy and a longing for change from the public.
To say that no-one won might be wrong. This could be the start of a process of changing what’s wrong with the country’s political system which, quite frankly, is rather out of date. Maybe the UK public finally won.
The next few days will be interesting….
Out and about III
Out and about
Old wooden pallet
The photograph was taken using my Kiev 60 Russian 6×6 camera that i take out every now and again. The camera is heavy, rather clunky and totally mechanical. No batteries needed at all. Great fun to use if you like getting back to basic photography every now and again.
A few more photos from my ‘out and about’ series will be added over the next few days.
Untitled
Monochrome Sunset
Welsh Hills
The wonderful Welsh hills near Conwy, North Wales, UK
Llyn Ogwen
The mountains around Llyn Ogwen in Snowdonia, North Wales, UK
Soviet Winter
The view from my back garden. I took this photograph a couple of years ago using a Soviet Kiev 60 medium format camera. Although the camera is a basic, rather crude, type of camera, i’ve found that really enjoy using it. I think it’s the back to basics aproach to photography that the Kiev offers. No metering, no autofocus and no program modes – just a simple mechanical camera that’s devoid of technological distractions. You have total control over the image making process, and i like that feeling.
This winter, i’m going to start on a landscape project, and i’m seriously considering using the Kiev 60 as the camera for the project. I’ll be shooting using 50ASA film (Ilford Pan F probably) with the camera mounted on a tripod. The choice of camera format will be important, so i may end up compromising and use two cameras. Maybe two separate projects running alongside each other might work better, one using the 6×6 Kiev and the other using the 6×6.45 Bronica ETRS.
The winter landscape projects will be released as a downloadable PDF book in late 2009/early 2010.
High Tide Mark
It’s always worth looking down at your feet when you’re on a beach. This still-life was taken at the high tide mark on a beach at East Runton, near Cromer in Norfolk. I especially like the campagne cork; although it would have been much better if the campagne drinker had taken it home with them and not added to the beach litter.
