Just Like Polly Chandler. 14th November.

Today I was using the 5x4 technical view camera, I asked my friend to model (Mary Tenney), and I took a couple of Polly Chandler inspired photographs. I also developed and printed this negative today, so it is actually a photograph which shows exactly what I have done today! I also have another shot which I did not get round to printing, so I'll try and upload that soon... and I have a couple of 5x4 street portraits which I need to print!

I love this photograph, and I am soooo happy with it, I am inspired to take more photographs like this.. so WATCH OUT! :D

This is the photograph I was trying to copy:

Remembrance. 13th November.

So today in the UK it was Remembrance Sunday, a day where we honour people who have been involved and still are involved in conflict throughout the world, to symbolise this we wear a poppy. At 11am the nation spends 2 minutes of the day in silence remembering people involved in conflict. I spent the day in London as I was at a Masterchef Live food show, and it was full of people trying/buying/selling stuff and it was quite loud and busy, but at 11am The Last Post was played throughout the building and everyone stopped, stood still and honoured the people involved in war, reflecting on that moment I think that it is absolutely amazing how one nation can just stop for 2 minutes to honour and respect people who have been and are involved in conflict. Moments like this, which are so full of respect make me proud to be British!

I have also been inspired to start developing a project around the idea of remembrance day and people who have been involved or have family involved in conflict, so watch this space!

Pylons in the Morning. 12th November.

Ok, so today I have probably committed a photographic crime as I am using a photograph I took on my phone for my daily photo, let me explain! I went out this morning with the Bronica & my 35mm SLR to do a little bit of Landscape work as the conditions were perfect with there being a little bit of mist about. I did not take my DSLR though and I have to wait till Monday till I can develop my films! 

I have a few more plans for the Bronica over the weekend, want to shoot some portraits, maybe try a little bit of street photography as I'm in London tomorrow... so my analogue output this week will be high, but my digital output will be low! 

Film is better!

Bronica! 11th November.

So, I am shooting with this beautiful piece of image-making machinery over the weekend. It's a Bronica SQ-B and I fear that when I finish using if I am going to end up spending all of my money on one! I have a few different films to try out in it, all black and white (so I'll be developing them shortly after shooting them), I have a few different styles I want to try out with it (landscape/portrait) and I'm just generally excited about using it!

The Flower of Light. 10th November.

Tried out some more long exposures tonight, I was trying to do another light orb with some glow sticks but they were not bright enough sadly! I decided to draw a flower instead, so here it is!

I was printing some 5x4 film today in the darkroom, I LOVE the quality, so superior to anything else. Amazing!

Light Orb attempt 1. 9th of November.

I have recently been inspired by some photographs of light orbs which I found online, so I decided to give it a go with my little LED torch tied onto some string. It is a lot harder than I thought it was! I think I am going to have another go tomorrow night, but once I have mastered the art of light orbs I think that I could develop a project around them... so watch this space...

Here's a photograph of what successful light orbs look like:

The Pomegranate. 8th November.

Today I was in my local greengrocers and they were selling pomegranates, I am a fruit fan and I especially like exotic fruits, so I bought a pomegranate for my lunch! I decided that it would made a good photograph for today, so I took a photograph of it against some white paper and with a flash. I have decided that I should do some more food photography! Food is fun to work with, but also quite challenging and hard to make visually appealing!