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Kirkdale

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Kirkdale is a small hamlet near kirkbymoorside which has a beautiful Anglo-Saxon church called St. Gregory’s Minster. I have photographed around there a few times as the subject of one of my projects – Herbert Read – is buried in the churchyard there. I wanted to try my 250mm Tessar lens out on the 10×8 and today was a good opportunity. I set off about 8.30 and was there by 9. I parked up and carried my bags and tripod into the churchyard and set up the camera. It seemed to all fall into place quite easily – always a good sign. In fact where I put the tripod down … Continue reading →

Going 10×8

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I bought a 10×8 camera last week on eBay. It’s a Bender view camera which was a self assembly wooden field camera. It hasn’t arrived as yet but I’ve been spending the weekend gathering together the accessories I need to shoot and process 10×8 film. I already have a rotary processor which can do either prints or film. It’s a French made bit of kit called a Labo. It came from Bob, a photographer I knew in Manchester, who passed away last year unfortunately. He used the Labo for print processing. I had it in my loft for a year or so and brought it down today to check it … Continue reading →