Its not just cricket.....

Been too busy over the last few weeks ( apologies blog...) - portfolio being updated, images printed and mounted to push for exhibiting....new stuff taken and worked on....

These are to be part of a series I took at Old Trafford Manchester at the final cricket Test Match - great day, great people. All shot on Holga.

Mamiya RB67

Trying my hand with a new camera. Large 6 x 7cms negs, plenty of depth and feel. Get through the ISO 400 stock and then have a play with some fine grain 100. I like the grain of a fast film, but with the negs this size, I'd like to see how sharp it could be.

HDR

Slowly working my way through a number of shots - and taking more - that will be part of something bigger. I've shot them all as 3 exposures, converted through Photomatix and trying to mute colours back to give a painterly feel.

Dolphin ashore at Cleveleys

If a 120 metre ferry washing up on your coast wasn't quite enough, yesterday a smaller yet still highly unusual animal decided the coast at Cleveleys was the place to be stranded.
A small dolphin got itself beached on the sand and had to be rescued by coastguard and RSPCA. I didn't get to see the full outcome, but was assured the professionals were taking the dolphin, who was distressed and possibly poorly, to facilities to care for it.

Merseyside mono

Had to visit someone next to the park and took 5 minutes to take a shot of the pavillion in the middle. A dog walked in to see what was going on and I got this.


Amidst an empty Southport beach, I also shot this on the K10D and converted to mono. Shot with the grad for the sky detail - having to shoot most things with it on as I can't get it off the lens....

More from the toy camera

Holga

Picked up a couple of Holgas from Ebay. The plastic lens version - 120N - is a real horror to get in focus and it gives virtually no contrast in the negs. It does however give the real dreamlike 100 year old quality.
The glass lens - 120GN - however is a little marvel but the voice in the back of my head says it's too high tech with the glass lens and it's images too sharp and well developed. It's still a $20 toy camera right??