I am still working on my scanning technique but here is one from a test last week. 
The lovely Lincoln Cathedral, one of the oldest Gothic buildings in Europe.
Film Friday – Simple Nude Form Study
This week I have been going through some of my very early work, this film shot was taken in 1995 I believe with a Canon A1. So twenty years old. I have certainly learnt a lot since then, and also forgotten a lot.
Soon i’ll have my own studio ready (getting ready to put the new floor down at the moment), and I think i’ll be going back to simple studies like this, working simply with a single light and getting back to the basics.
Sometimes keeping it simple is all that is required.
Film Friday – Vintage Bicycle
I am photographing a vintage fair this weekend for fun using my little old film Leica M4, as I was loading my film I thought it was time for a film Friday so here we are, a picture taken with my Leica M4 earlier this year.
Film Friday – Chimping on Steep Hill
Time for another film Friday, on one of my regular excursions up Steep Hill in Lincoln I spotted this gentleman taking photographs of the old Jews House. I could not resist getting a shot of him ‘chimping’ at the results.
As usual for my 35mm film work it was taken on my old Leica M4.
Photo of the Month – February
Leica M4
Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-M
50mm, 1/4 Sec at f/1.4, Ilford Delta 400
Processed in Kodak X-Tol developer
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom V5.3
On a MacBook Pro, OS-X 10.9.2
Film Friday – Steep Hill Tea
Its been far too long since we had a film Friday, but this week I finally got round to having a couple of rolls developed that I shot with my M4.
This is part of a long term book project I am working on documenting the area around Lincoln Bailgate.
Powercuts
Well after the power cut at my home village earlier in the week giving me lots of fun with Lightroom, we had another bigger power cut this evening taking out a lot of Lincoln and the surrounding area.
It made me think about our modern reliance on power and so tonight I packed my Hasselblad bag with some medium format film and am going to try and shoot some film for the next few days.
The down side is that I will not be able to share the images, well at least not for a few months with you on this site as it takes me a while to finish a roll of film, get it developed and scanned and published.
So i’ll also take my Leica M8 for some fun shots.
Film Friday – Antiques
I have shared this one before with you before as a photograph of the month, but I thought I would share a little more information about this shot.
Technically it is very simple, I think it was shot at 1/60 at about f/8 on a Leica M4 with a Leica 35mm Summicron. The film was Ilford HP5 Plus and was developed in Kodak X-Tol developer. Its been many years since I last had my own dark room so I now send out my films and have then developed and scanned for me.
I see a time in the future that I may have to go back to doing this again myself as less and less labs are around to deal with film, particularly Black & White and none 35mm film such as 120 and 5 x 4 film which I also shoot. Lets hope its a long time before that happens.
This is a local antiques shop near to the Bailgate in uphill Lincoln, I find it a interesting view point. So I setup opposite and waited for interesting people or interesting compositions to occur. Up hill Lincoln is a great area for photography and an area I return to about once a month.
Film Friday – Bicycles
Its been a while but here is another film image. Taken on a walk down Brayford Wharf in Lincoln one lunch time. This was shot on my old Leica M4 with a 35mm Summicron on HP5 Film. My partner bought a great quality ladies shopper bike from ecosmobike.com, perfect for the film.
Its part of a project I have been working on for a number years now but I thought I would share this one with you.
Film Friday – Old and New
While travelling back to Lincolnshire from London, I had a while to wait in Kings Cross Railway Station. Its a very curious mix of old and Architecture and has a number of photographic opportunities. Since I took this photo I have seen a few by another Leica Shooter on the DPReviews called Michael Toye. You can see more on his flicker Gallery here: www.flickr.com/photos/michael_toye. Much better then mine I think you would agree.
My shot here was shot on my Leica M4, with a Leica 35mm Summicron, on Ilford HP5 Plus developed in Kodak X-Tol developer.