more lo- fi

January 20, 2014 by brendan

I’ve been shooting with the Holga again quite a bit recently.  I’ve posted before about how I like its simplicity. There’s a kind of framing hole to look through, two exposure settings (sunny and cloudy), and then four positions to guess the distance to the subject (one head, three people, a group of seven people and a mountain). For all those curious about camera techniques and in the absence of EXIF data, all were shot on the cloudy setting and […]

Categories: Film, Photography, Process, Saltwater • Tags: Devon, Film, Holga, Ilfracombe, lo- fi, no- exif, Personal, Photography, Saltwater, Tri X

fishes

January 15, 2014 by brendan

  I was sorting through some boxes up in the attic over Christmas and came across a scrapbook from Istanbul.  We went there for a week back in 2011.  People we worked with were kind of surprised at our choice of destination; “Why?” “What’s wrong with Olu Deniz?” “Where?” “Eh!?!”. Constantinople, the bridge between the East and the West, culture, Galatasary, Fenerbache, shish kebabs, why not, was our reply. Looking back through the scrapbook I found the first stirrings of […]

Categories: Film, Photography, Tourism, Travel • Tags: 35mm lens, Bessa, Colour Skopar, Film, Galata Bridge, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Kodak, Photography, Portra, Rangefinders, Tri X, Turkey, Voigtlander

viewpoints

January 11, 2014 by brendan

  There are lots of viewpoints around here.  Three hills surround Ilfracombe; Hillsborough, Capstone Hill and the Torrs. The one above is the top of Capstone Hill looking North. The one below is from the top of Hillsborough looking North East. The one below that is on the way up to Capstone Hill.  I especially like the dog piss: nice addition to a public attraction. I haven’t processed the ones from the Torrs yet.  All taken with a Mamiya 7II […]

Categories: Film, Personal, Photography, Saltwater • Tags: colour, Documentary, Film, Ilfracombe, Kodak, Mamiya 7ii, Peak imaging, Photography, Portra, Viewpoints

home port

January 7, 2014 by brendan

  Dictionary definition of a homeport is: “The port from which a vessel primarily operates, regardless of its registry”.  I think the idea of a home port is a good one, it’s like a default position, somewhere where you can take stock and resupply. The past few weeks I’ve had an overwhelming feeling of calmness and clarity, which if you ask anyone who knows me well is 1. Odd, or 2. More than likely post- indigestion or lack of sleep. But […]

Categories: General, Personal, Photography, Process, Travel • Tags: Barnstaple, Devon, France, Fuji, HC 110, Ilfracombe, Internet, Israel, Kelly's Heroes, Kodak, Leica, Mamiya 7ii, Moriarty, Negativity, Pilgrimage, Portra, Processing, Spain, The North, Travel, Tri X