Sunday 25 August 2013

Testing new films

and I really like the way this Ilford FP4+ looks. Reminds me somewhat of the old Kodak PX which is no longer in production and it is (to me, at least) much preferable to the Ilford Delta series. I shot this in my Hasselblad (for which there is a smaller range of available films than for the 35mm cameras) and I will be happy to stock up on some of this stuff to go along with my Kodak Tri-X. Once the Tri-X is gone, it might be a case of loading up on a different Ilford film (HP5+)  to fill in at medium-speed for when the light is not so great.


Tune of the Day:  Midnight Train To Georgia   by Gladys Knight

Thursday 22 August 2013

Looking forward to the show tomorrow night

and if you have no plans, feel free to pop in to Viewfinder Center in Winterthur to check out the latest in the "Your Viewfinder" Gallery Series. Should be a great bunch of land and cityscapes on display tomorrow evening and it is always good to catch up with the friendly crowd.


Tune of the Day: Big Tree, Blue Sea   by Golden Earring

Sunday 18 August 2013

Congratulations to Enzo and Cornelia

on their 20th Anniversary and many thanks again for the invitation to Grill and Chill.

We had a very pleasant and pretty relaxed weekend with a nice walk for 90 minutes or so this morning to shoot a few photos and see what was happening around the place. Saw a stupid, small kid almost bring down a cyclist when he dived out of a driveway on a scooter and it was only quick reactions on the part of the cyclist which helped to avert disaster. One can only imagine how the parents of the small kid would have reacted had an accident taken place....

Catherine is off to see Bruno in the morning..... I hope.


Tune of the Day:  Rehab   by Amy Winehouse



Tuesday 13 August 2013

I was quite shocked this evening

to walk past this advertising board in the railway station. Something tells me that someone is looking over my shoulder. I wonder where it is leading?

I scanned some more black and white film this evening after developing it last night. Really enjoying the process and the results are becoming more and more pleasing as well.

Catherine is looking forward to her trip to London and is getting excited about the variety of restaurants. Lucky her!

Tune of the Day:  Price Of Love   by Bryan Ferry

Saturday 10 August 2013

It has been a busy week and I am still tired

from last night's adventures with Bea and the Black Prince. We had a most enjoyable dinner and Manny and I followed on for the obligatory beers at Long Johns. I luckily grabbed a quick kip when I arrived back home and didn't have to attend the Street Parade.

Tomorrow should be another nice day and we plan on being up early for a walk and to finish off a roll of film.


Tune of the Day:  Boss On The Boat   by  Tosca

Saturday 3 August 2013

A little on-line shopping

and the world is a better place. I have just ordered some film cases which hold 10 rolls of 35mm film or 5 rolls of 120 film and which will be very handy for travel. Our upcoming trip to Italy has me thinking about what sort of photo kit to take and at the moment, I am thinking Hasselblad and iPhone as my two different outfits which will obviously entail carrying some film.

Had a great bbq dinner with Matt and Dagmar Anderson last night- very good food and pleasant company. Hope that we can catch up with them again soon.

Catherine and I are planning on going for a walk in the morning before the heat of the day arrives- it would be nice to shoot a few photos whilst we are out.


Tune of the Day: Nookie Wood    by John Cale