Category: Black and white
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Darktable
I’ve been using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for many years to edit film scans and digital photos. Up until 2½ years ago I was using Lightroom 4.1 and Photoshop Elements, neither of which required a subscription. Then in November 2023 I bought a one-year licence for their 20Gb Plan, which included Lightroom Classic and Photoshop,…
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Barry Island Waves
Some impressive waves at Barry Island yesterday morning, considering it wasn’t particularly stormy.Photographed with a Minolta Dynax 7 and Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8Ilford HP5 developed in Mytol.
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Duffryn Gardens
Some photos from a visit to Duffryn Gardens last week.Minolta Dynax 7, Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8Ilford HP5 developed in Mytol 1:1 (home-made Xtol)
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Mr & Mrs Panter
I had the pleasure of photographing a lovely couple, Mr & Mrs Panter, on their 65th wedding anniversary. All taken with Hasselblad H1 and HC 80mm on Ilford Delta 400 pushed to 800
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Royal Welsh Show 2018
Photos from the Royal Welsh Show, Monday 23 July Hasselblad H1, 80mm & 150mm, Provia 100F @ 400… Hasselblad H1, 80mm & 150mm, Ilford Delta 400… Olympus Mju II, Ilford Delta 400…
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Mrs Elsie Criddle
I had the pleasure of photographing Mrs Elsie Criddle on her 100th birthday. All shots with Hasselblad H1, HC 80mm and Ilford Delta 400
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Agfa APX 100
I was fortunate to be given a couple of rolls of Agfa APX 100 (thank you Nils!) and put one of the rolls through the H1. It’s the original APX, expired 2009. Love how these turned out.
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War Time Bridgend
Photos from a Wartime Bridgend event on 16 June 2018. For this kind of even it’s great to be able to take my Agfa Isolette. It’s not quite war time, manufactured around 1950, but it’s close and is certainly very much like the cameras that would have been used in the 1940s. And Tri-X is…
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Cardiff Bay with Delta 400
I had an hour to kill in Cardiff Bay recently and decided to run a test roll of Ilford Delta 400 through my Olympus 35DC rangefinder. I don’t know why I haven’t tried Delta 400 before. I developed the roll in Xtol 1:1, which is also new to me, and I’m quite impressed with the…
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Hut 9 Open Day October 2016
On Saturday 15 October I had the pleasure of once again attending an open day held by the Hut 9 Preservation Group. Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp, Bridgend, saw the biggest escape attempt by German POWs in Britain. 70 escaped but all were re-captured. The Camp was also used to house American troops prior…
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Romeo and Juliet in the Park – part 2
Following on from my previous post about Romeo & Juliet in Blaengarw, towards the end of the evening the light was starting to fail so I switched from 100 ISO transparency film to 400 ISO film in my OM10, and I’ve only just developed and scanned that film. No disasters with this film, although I…
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Brackla Fun Day
I had the pleasure of spending Saturday afternoon at a ‘fun day’ held at Brackla Primary School, Bridgend, hosted by Brackla Community Council. And of course, I had cameras at the ready. These were taken with a Contax G1 and Yashica T3 on Ilford XP2 and Ilford FP4+. I haven’t used FP4 in 35mm before,…
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Queen opening Fifth Welsh Assembly
The Queen visited the Senedd in Cardiff yesterday, 7 June, to open the Fifth Welsh Assembly. I took my trusty OM-2N along and to take some photos. I usually find at this kind of event the people watching make the most interesting subjects, rather than the actual event itself. All photos taken on Ilford XP2 and…