Venetian Adventure

Venetian Adventure, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This week's Amateur Photographer magazine has a feature about my Venice film photos, eight of the nine of the cameras that I took have been used in the 52 week project.

photo from week 112 - Baldi 3x4

City Hall, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

City Hall on the south bank of the Thames is the headquarters of the London Assembly. I composed this photo to mix the organic trees with the glass and metal building.

photo from week 112 - Baldi 3x4

reflected self-portrait with Baldi camera and beekeeping hat and veil, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

There are two reflected, and one direct images here. I accidentally triggered the shutter while setting it, the hands on the right of the picture are seen in the mirror, while my face fills most of the frame. The intended exposure shows me using the cable release to trigger the one second exposure, which felt like is was probably nearer to 2 seconds.

photo from week 112 - Baldi 3x4

fishing in the river Wey, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

A timeless scene, two boys fishing in the river during school half-term.

Week 113 - Zenit-C

Zenit-C, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

According to the serial number, this camera was made in 1959, so it's the same age as me! One of the earlier (though not the first) of the long running Zenit range of SLRs. This one uses the 39mm screw mount, later models used 42mm. This example is unusual in being blue in colour. It seems to work, but previous experience with old Russian SLRs has shown that the shutter curtains do not always run smoothly, even if they sound OK, so it won't be until I develop the film that I'll know if there is a problem.

photo from week 111 - Olympus Quickmatic

anti-capitalist protestor, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Another technically poor, but enigmatic image from the thoroughly expired film I used this week.

photo from week 111 - Olympus Quickmatic

reflected self-portrait with Olympus Quickmatic and floppy hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This week's results were disappointing, but not entirely unexpected. The expired film, date unknown, and not even in it's wrapper, yielded very thin negatives with a lot of base fog. I've done my best to rescue them in Photoshop, but technically they are pretty poor.