It’s Christmas. Or, as Noddy Holder would have it, It’s CHRIISSTMAAS!.
As I’ll not likely be posting anything on Christmas Day, I thought I’d get this one in early in order to compensate. I posted pictures of this anti-fracking protest mannequin a while back, but this is a new shot with it in its current festive guise.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 21 December 2017
“Dreich” is, I believe, a Scottish noun that describes weather of a bleak nature, and so fits this image pretty well.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200 (converted to B&W in Lightroom).
Taken on 21 December 2017
I discovered this somewhat unusual Christmas tree on my wanders this week. I didn’t venture far into the woods, but this was the only decorated tree I saw.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 21 December 2017
This is the bridge from the Meadowhall transport interchange into the mall itself.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 20 December 2017
The following photos were taken this morning. I’d planned on visiting the flea market at Chesterfield, but on the way there noticed the nice misty conditions and so got waylaid taking some photographs instead. I decided to convert these to B&W and add some gradient filters and vignettes as I felt it suited the compositions. It’s brought out the grain a lot, but I think that works too.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200 (converted to B&W in Lightroom).
Taken on 21 December 2017
I noticed this box of teabags hiding behind an obsure-glass window at the weekend. The red of the frame and tea box contrasted nicely with the greenish out-of-focus objects further back in the room.
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 19 November 2017
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 17 October 2017
Kelham Island Museum is an industial museum in the Neepsend area of Sheffield and exhibits items representing Sheffield’s industrial history.
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 22 October 2017
“In five days it’s Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en.
In five days it’s Hallowe’en. Silver Shamrock.”
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 17 October 2017
Last year, I picked up a cheap plastic camera for 50p – a Sunpet Focus-Free point-and-shoot. The camera has a fixed focus f8 lens and a single shutter speed (probably 1/125, or maybe 1/60 sec). I shot a roll of film through it over the end of last year and the start of January 2017 and, while the results were pretty lo-fi, they did have a certain ‘Lomography’ charm to them, with odd markings on the edge of the frame and distinctly soft edge-focus. The camera did manage to screw up the roll of film though, and the last half-dozen or so shots ended up as a single (not particularly interesting) multiple exposure, and the camera kept on firing and winding even after the counter passed 40 frames(!), so in the end I just re-wound the film and got it processed.
Anyway, here are a few of the better ones…
Sunpet Focus-Free & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on various dates, late 2016-early 2017.
Steel City Snapper photography 