Week 5 :: Mountain View
Another five images, all from around the Monjuïc, Barcelona, and taken with the Ricoh GR II. Finally, after three months of drought there has been some rain. Real weather with real clouds and wind again.
Week 4 :: Of Cats and Men
Another difficult week for photography, so just a few snapshots of street art from around the Raval and also an attempt at motion blur images with the GR. The latter turns out to be much harder than with the film cameras, partly because the Ricoh is so much lighter and partly because of the display blackout while tracking (maybe an external optical finder would work). Unfortunately, still no more film images this week as again the ongoing problems here are continuing to drain huge amounts of time and creative photographic energy. It is […]
Week 3 :: Modern Times
This week’s five images come from around Barcelona, and mix modern motorways, old streets, human castles, drummers and explosions. One thing about Barcelona is that there is always something interesting to photograph…
Week 2 :: Bland
Five somewhat diverse images taken with the Ricoh GR in Barcelona. The most interesting photographs from the week again can not yet be published, so these are somewhat (deliberately) bland – although two images have been chosen to send a decidedly un-bland message to certain people. I still can not quite believe that I am leading with a photograph of football, although perhaps it is good to have managed a whole week without an attempt to destroy the camera… These were processed from RAW using Capture One 9.0.2, which remains an exercise in […]
New Year
Another new year, and back to back to basics. Unfortunately, the holiday period has been a disaster for various reasons that I will post about if I get clearance to show some of the images. Meanwhile I am going to try to run another more regular photographic project using the Ricoh GR that will help extend the “No soms Funcionaris” series that has been ongoing for some time now. The aim will be to post the best five images each week, starting in mid January.
World Press Photo 2015
Three long-exposures taken at the World Press Photo 2015 exhibition at the CCCB, Barcelona. The exhibition was organised by the interesting Fundación Photographic Social Vision. The exhibits seemed to have a little less impact this year, although Marco was quite taken by some of the insect images (“parasites are always intriguing…”, which I hope is not a comment on these images). It was incredibly busy, and quite difficult to cope with the crowds, so at one point I collapsed on a bench and took these shots. They are long exposures taken at low […]
Barceloneta Double Exposure
Double exposure on HP5+, taken in-camera with the Minolta XDs at Barceloneta‘s San Sebastian beach. Maybe given the outcome of recent COP21 climate talks in Paris, there is a fair chance this is will not be an accurate representation of the area by 2200. After the 120 film frames, the 35mm seem awfully small and grainy…
Parc del Clot
Footballing (?) at the Parc del Clot, Barcelona. The park is built within to the remains of an old railway workshop – the railways in this area are now almost entirely now underground and any service areas have long since moved away from the centre of the city. Lubitel 166 with Ilford Delta 100 in HC110.
Plaça dels Angels
Shot with the Lubitel 166 on Ilford Delta 100 and processed in Kodak HC110 1+63 for 13:40 at 19c.
Light Leaks and Double Exposures
Some more from the first two films with the Lubitel 166. It is very very hard to frame exactly with this camera, and all too easy to get light leaks and (sometimes) accidental double exposures. But I still quite like the results, perhaps because of this… All images on Delta 100 film, processed in HC 110 1+63 for 13:40 at 19c, then processed for uploading in Photoshop and Capture One Pro 9.
Encants Abstract
A couple of images from Encants, Barcelona, shot with the Lubitel 166.
MACBA Abstract with the Lubitel 166 Medium Format Camera
A high contrast abstracted image of the MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona), shot on Ilford Delta 100 using a Lubitel 166 Universal medium format camera and processed in HC110 1+63 for 13:40 at 19c.
The Feds are Coming! FED 5b Street Images III
Another high-contrast contra-luz shot from the FED 5b. I am really happy with the way that these have come out – for a 20 euro camera that is 35 years old it is capable of some amazing images, and it is also quite pleasant to shoot with thanks to the quirky-but-solid construction and quiet-but-satisfying shutter. Another bonus is that people seem to react less to the sight of the camera, possibly because it does not look even vaguely professional. This film was the first that I have completely taken without a meter, using just the sunny […]
The Feds are Coming! FED 5b Street Images I
The first of four posts with images shot with the (now repaired) FED 5b. These were all taken in or around the Ciutat Vella, early in the morning. Barcelona’s streets are fantastic for these contra-luz style images at this time of year, thanks to a combination of the low sun and the just-washed cobbled streets. This was shot with the FED and Ilford Delta 100. I shot almost all of this sequence with the lens at f11-f16, using zone focus (which is not hard at these f-stops!) and guestimates for […]
Abstract III
Abstract architectural image, shot on HP5+ and mirrored in Photoshop.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Amazing wooden decking and some very sharp towers. The architecture is fascinating as it somehow gives the impression of an immense open space, while hiding large sections of the library under your feet. As an aside, maintaining all the wood here in Paris’ notoriously damp climate must be challenging. Shot with the M7 and 50mm on Ilford HP5+ 35mm film and processed in HC110 1+63 (“H”) for 8:30 at 24c. The Zeiss C-Sonnar is a great general purpose lens, but it has a bit too much distortion for these kind of straight-line […]
Transient Eye 