As
you can see we have refreshed the header picture and title with some
fancy Text. I have been wanting
to change this picture for some time but could not make up my mind as
to which picture to choose. Until recently. Funnily enough It's been
on display in the lounge for months. Even as a test strip I find it
engaging. I have had a number of test prints over the years that I
feel have worked better as an incremental image than the final
result, so I thought why not! it is in keeping with the ethos of the
blog.
The
picture is of our 'trolley' sticking his head out of the rear window
of the car. He is exceptionally pleased with himself as he has spent
the afternoon up to his ears in water and soft gluttonous mud. So
much so that instead of being tricolour his fur is slicked down with
brown mud so badly he looks like he has used styling gel. Fortunately
for us the back seat is covered with several blankets for times like
this.
For
a dog that loves to play in the water all day I find it strange that
as soon as a bath is mentioned he go's and locks himself in his cage
and then plays up no end when he is in the bath.
The
picture was made using a Bronica SQAi producing a 6x6 negative on
FP4+ developed in ID11. It is printed on Kentmere Paper 9.5 x 12
developed in Ilford multigrade. It happens to be one of the first
batch of photographs I produced with this new paper.
Recently this wonderful individual passed away.
He was a kind, cheeky, mischievous and above all of this very happy. He has been a painful lose.
update 2014
