Sunday, 6 November 2011
photo from week 96 - Sprocket Rocket
Time exposure of a spectacular white knuckle fairground ride, the shutter was open for about 20 seconds.
photo from week 96 - Sprocket Rocket
reflected self-portrait with Sprocket Rocket camera and yellow crown, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.
Now I know from first hand experience why the early Victorians always looked so po-faced in photographs. The need to keep still (in this case for 30 seconds) made it difficult to keep anything but a straight face.
photo from week 96 - Sprocket Rocket
I took most of this week's photos at "Fright Night", an annual halloween event in Sheffield city centre. I made full use of the camera's multiple exposure capability and "bulb" setting. For some of the shots I used an electronic flash gun with coloured filters in front of it.
Week 97 - Pentax S1
This 35mm SLR dates from the early 1960s. It came from a local charity, and at £30 was not a bargain, but a reasonable price. The camera is entirely mechanical, so there are no electronics to go wrong. Everything seems to work OK and I've loaded it with some Fuji ISO 400 film.
Saturday, 5 November 2011
photo from week 95 - Zeiss Ikon Kolibri
I didn't think this octogenarian camera would like the rain very much, so I stood under Hungerford Bridge to take this photo of the South Bank with the Houses of Parliament in the distance.
photo from week 95 - Zeiss Ikon Kolibri
This was taken using available light with the slowest shutter speed I thought I could get away with, it is somewhat underexposed, and further complaicated by having accidentally triggered the shutter while setting it.
photo from week 95 - Zeiss Ikon Kolibri
I took the Kolibri with me on a day trip to London on a very wet day, there were plenty of puddles and reflections. The film was Efke 100 black and white film which I developed in Ilfosol 3.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
