I just uploaded my pinhole entry for the above. At present 660 or so entries from around the world and some fantastic creative images. Mine is available at the link below:- World Pinhole Photography Day 2021
Continue reading →In 2010 after I completed my degree at Liverpool John Moores University we left Manchester to return to North Yorkshire where I was born and lived for the first 20-odd years of my life before moving to London in 1984. In Manchester my photography had mainly been about street life and the city. Once we moved to North Yorkshire, after the initial couple of years, I started to repeat myself and struggled with finding meaning in the subject which was mainly landscape. Around 2019 I almost stopped photographing completely. I had reached a point where I couldn’t see the woods for the trees – literally! I started writing music and … Continue reading →
So, the inevitable happened. After much discussion on Photrio and many great suggestions from mates about using LED panels etc. I decided to drive to Scotland last Tuesday to collect the LPL 7451 enlarger. (Thanks Alex!) I brought the enlarger back and wired it up that afternoon and did my first printing session last night. I’m pleased with it – especially now I have found a major (taller!) Paterson focus finder in my loft. One great feature of the Beseler was the flexible knob/ handles which hung down – not so with the LPL and I ended up doing the funky gibbon impression. I met up with a neighbour last … Continue reading →