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I'm Alex, I live in the UK...this is my life. Actually this is mostly my photography (with some obsessions thrown in).

Mar 11

writingmarisa:

Don’t take a shot for the “likes” or “favs”. Take the shot because you know you won’t sleep at night if you do not take it.

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Indisposable Concept Goes to Crowdfunding for First Book

pdexposures:

Indisposable Concept Goes to Crowdfunding for First Book

Australian based Indisposable Concept, a community based photographic project centered around the idea of spending one week shooting with a disposable camera, and sharing your results of what can be captured with a simple tool and medium. Pdexposures Podcast host Nate Matos submitted a roll from his trip down the West coast in August of 2013 and wrote about his thoughts here. But as The…

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Mar 8
Waiting for lunch

Waiting for lunch
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Mar 7
Complete Incomplete on Flickr.Another shot from Salthouse, Norfolk, shortly after the storm surge. The surge caused so much damage but was then dwarfed by the floods elsewhere in the UK. As you can probably tell, the fence was once in a marsh, and the river is completely new. Leica M7, Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f2, Kodak Portra 400.

Complete Incomplete on Flickr.

Another shot from Salthouse, Norfolk, shortly after the storm surge. The surge caused so much damage but was then dwarfed by the floods elsewhere in the UK. As you can probably tell, the fence was once in a marsh, and the river is completely new.

Leica M7, Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f2, Kodak Portra 400.
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Devil incarnate? on Flickr.A film shot of a digital photographer. I was so close I had to lean back to get this shot. I’ll lay my cards on the table here, I really don’t care how an image is made, its the image that counts. So go ahead, shoot digital, shoot film, print, don’t print…just keep making great images. Nikon F100, Nikkor 50mm f1.8, Kodak Portra 160.

Devil incarnate? on Flickr.

A film shot of a digital photographer. I was so close I had to lean back to get this shot. I’ll lay my cards on the table here, I really don’t care how an image is made, its the image that counts. So go ahead, shoot digital, shoot film, print, don’t print…just keep making great images.

Nikon F100, Nikkor 50mm f1.8, Kodak Portra 160.
Posted at 8:11 PM 4 notes Tagged: 35mm50mm f1.8AnalogueDigital on FilmF100FilmISO 160KodakKodak Portra 160NikkorNikonNorfolkSLR

The court in session on Flickr.I’ve gone back almost a year for this shot, one of the few remaining shots from Marrakesh that I have to post. The is another view of the courtyard of the Medersa Ben Youssef, one of the oldest centres of learning in the world. Leica M7, Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f2, Kodak Portra 400.

The court in session on Flickr.

I’ve gone back almost a year for this shot, one of the few remaining shots from Marrakesh that I have to post. The is another view of the courtyard of the Medersa Ben Youssef, one of the oldest centres of learning in the world.

Leica M7, Zeiss ZM Planar 50mm f2, Kodak Portra 400.
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Mar 6

…and this is why I love Japan

BABYMETAL - ギミチョコ！！- Gimme chocolate!! - Live Music Video (by BABYMETALofficial)
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Mar 2

GR Test Shots

I listened to the internet and got me another camera. First impressions are very good, here are some test shots. All were made in RAW, the B&W was processed in Silver Efex.
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Brake Test on Flickr.I bought another camera…the internet made me do it (see here). This is a brake on a very special bike at The Dandy Horse coffee house in Norwich, they have many special bikes. Made with a Ricoh GR; this is one of my test shots, made in RAW and then processed with Silver Efex.

Brake Test on Flickr.

I bought another camera…the internet made me do it (see here).

This is a brake on a very special bike at The Dandy Horse coffee house in Norwich, they have many special bikes.

Made with a Ricoh GR; this is one of my test shots, made in RAW and then processed with Silver Efex.
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The results are in!

…and here they are. For those who missed this, I did a little survey to let the internet decide which cameras I should take on vacation. I don’t own all the cameras in this survey, but my GAS has been fed by you…and so I have a new camera in my collection (more of that anon). Anyway, close to 50 of you answered over 4 days and here are the results.

For the digital “Other” question responses included Fuji X100S, Digital is the Devil, You own too many digital cameras, and Holga!!!

For the film “Other” question responses included Olympus Trip 35, Olympus OM1, Olympus OM2n, Holga, Polaroid and Zeiss Ikon Nettar.

Finally, if you selected the option stating that “Pinhole sucks” then hang your head in shame. Interesting that digital pinhole did worse though! 

Thank you internet, I may do as you bid.
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Mar 1
Previously both flat and white

Previously both flat and white
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March of Film » March of Film 2014 Themes

Time to get shooting

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Feb 28
You can’t keep the sky in on Flickr.A fence, for Friday, from Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. HFF! Made with a Minolta CLE with Rokkor 40mm, on Kodak Portra 160.

You can’t keep the sky in on Flickr.

A fence, for Friday, from Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. HFF!

Made with a Minolta CLE with Rokkor 40mm, on Kodak Portra 160.
Posted at 6:23 PM 4 notes Tagged: 35mmAnalogueCLEEccles on SeaFenceFenced FridayFilmISO 160KodakM MountMinoltaNorfolkPortraPortra 160RangefinderSky

The seat of power on Flickr.The dome on top of the Reichstag, Berlin, as the sun was setting. This was made on the day of the Obscura Book vernissage…what’s that you say, have a look here. Made with a Minolta CLE with 40mm Rokkor, on Kodak Portra 160.

The seat of power on Flickr.

The dome on top of the Reichstag, Berlin, as the sun was setting. This was made on the day of the Obscura Book vernissage…what’s that you say, have a look here.

Made with a Minolta CLE with 40mm Rokkor, on Kodak Portra 160.
Posted at 6:23 PM 5 notes Tagged: 35mmAnalogueBerlinCLEFilmISO 160KodakM MountMinoltaPeoplePortraPortra 160RangefinderReichstagSilhouette

Feb 26

The Pinhole Podcast Episode 2 - Paper, Film and Digital

squarepegpinhole:

Episode 2 of the Pinhole Podcast has landed! This month’s topic covers the materials used in pinhole photography; we talk briefly about paper, say a LOT about film, and share our warm, fuzzy though…

A project I’m part of…go listen

Me too, I did this!

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