What
a great start to the New Year for some with all that snow turning the
landscape into a photographs paradise! Unfortunately,
this part of the country is in the middle of a monsoon, in fact we
have had that much rain I'm surprised we have not floated off into
the North sea! Dull,
dark and uninspiring, I am pleased to have a darkroom when the
weather is like this.
A
bit late I know, Welcome New Year! I had told some of my regulars
that I would be posting a number of articles over the Christmas
period. It did not happen and you have my apologies. December was so
busy and passed by so quickly I feel I have lost a month from last
year.
In
case you did not know, this blog has always been a collaboration - so
I need to say a big thank you to the editor for keeping it legible
and concise. With that in mind we are looking for contributors and it
does not matter if you blog or not. Maybe you have had an inkling to
blog but do not want the hassle of doing the whole thing yourself or
you would like to try it out before you get stuck in. Needless to say
it should be photograph related. If you would like to contribute your
thoughts and pictures please do. We have no set length, a few hundred
words will do but definitely no more than a 1000. You will get full
credit and links to your web site, blog if you have them.
As
you will have noticed I have refreshed the header for the new year.
Something that has become a bit of a tradition. We may refresh the
whole site in line with our mobile offering. Along with other subtle
changes when we get the time.
I
am not one for New Years resolutions it is just something I don't do.
But I am going to try and use my Multi format pinhole camera even
more than last year now that I have found a film, developer
combination that gives the images a certain style that I like. I'm
just not sure which of the 120 format family to use or what paper to
print them on. I have some ideas as to what I will make pictures of
and already know some of them will be double exposures whether I like
it or not.
All
I need to do now is thank you all for reading the articles from the
year just passed and wish you all the best for the Year ahead. Keep
well and creative.
Accompanying images:
Were all made using 35 mm Kodak gold colour negative. A number of different cameras were used I know one of them was a Nikon FM. Locations of the images are not remembered apart from the first one which is Yosemite valley looking towards the falls.
