The Light in the Princes Street Garden at around 7 pm in June is lovely; the low angle of the sun makes for some great shadows!
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens.
Tri-X film developed in Tmax Dev
View From the Balcony
I meant to post this image from our Scotland trip and didn’t get around to it until now. The sky cooperated on the morning I took this image of the Scottish coast!
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder,
35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar lens and 25 A Red Filter
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Post 750: Thinking About Time
This post marks the 750th entry in my photography blog, and three-quarters of the way to one thousand has a nice, significant sounding number to it. While I on occasion may wistfully dream of more traffic to my blog, I immediately rebuke myself; it’s not the most important thing. It’s about creating a body of work that I can very occasionally feel proud of (although I’m always only one bad roll of film away from scorning myself as a photographer but that’s another issue.)
Today’s image was taken at the Ring of Brodgar, a stone circle located in the Orkney islands in Scotland. Older than Stonehenge, this place makes you think about time and permanence.
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
Rollei Retro 80s film, developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
Interior Spaces
I love larger interior spaces, like these spaces in the art gallery we visited in Glasgow. all images taken with Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 15mm/4,5 Superwide Heliar lens.
Light and Shadow
The lower angle of the sun lent a certain starkness to the light and shadows of the streets of Edinburgh, and I like what it did to the architecture
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X 400 developed in Tmax Dev 1+4 for 6 minutes @ 20 C
Shores of Shetland
Back to the digital today, and another image where I created a faux-infrared effect in post, with Lightroom and Nik Efex.
Beach Furniture
I liked the look of what appeared to be a roughly made chair by the water’s edge; in the stark morning light it looked like a marker or monument of some kind.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X @ EI 100, developed in TMax Dev 1+4 for 5 minutes @ 20 C
Whatever Works Wednesday: By the Ship
The ship Janice and I were on was not particularly large, but it did make for some dramatic lines up close!
In keeping with “Whatever Works Wednesday, no tech info 🙂
Outside the Gallery
As part of our recent trip to Scotland we spent a day in Glasgow, and the city looked more interesting than I expected! We had a couple of hours at an art gallery, whose exterior I found quite interesting.
Voigtlander Bessa R Rangefinder, 35/2.5 Color Skopar Lens with 25A Red filter
Rollei Retro 80s film developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 14 minutes @ 20 C
The Soul of Scotland
I took a picture of this gentleman outside of Edinburgh Castle. He is not wearing a kilt or playing bagpipes, but to me his expression seems to show the essence of the Scottish character.
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens
Tri-X developed in Tmax Dev 1+4, 6 minutes @ 20 C
My Third Eye 