Tractor Crazy

My little lad having fun on his tractor/digger toy out in the garden. July 2004.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

Brightness and Contrast Fixed in Adobe Photoshop

Duaflex II Sunflowers

 
Something a little different. I've been slowly collecting antique cameras. Not yet brave enough to clean and load the cameras, I tried this out for a laugh and quite like the result. Positioning the object (aka Sunflowers in kitsch red glass vase) in front of my 1950's Duaflex II Kodak TLR camera. Opening up the view finder on top, I've aimed my digital camera through the viewfinder. And voila.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

Kodak Duaflex II Fixed Lens TLR

cropped in Adobe Photoshop

Brean Rushes

 
Between the river and the road side near Brean, Burnham-On-Sea. Early May 2004.
 

Canon 300D Digital SLR

No touch-up

Brean Stream

 
Along the river bank near Brean, Burnham-On-Sea. Early May 2004.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

No touch-up

Ode to Phoebe

Smelly cat (or not). Shot in a side street somewhere in Plovdiv Bulgaria. February 2004.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

Converted from Colour to B&W

Pier Pleasure

Taking a long walk off a shot pier... finds you under it. Burnham-on-Sea Pier, shot in May 2004.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

Converted from Colour to B&W

Grain effect added in Adobe Photoshop

On:Off

Five Bridge Cottage gas light switches. Sometime in 2003. Slightly dated against today's lighting systems.

Fuji FinePix 4900Zoom

Converted from Colour to B&W

Stair de Triomphe

Peering down the spiral stairwell within the Arc de Triomphe, Paris France. Shot early February 2002 whilst on a whistle-stop tour.

Fuji FinePix 4900Zoom

Converted from Colour to B&W

West Camel Rainbow

Shot in early April 2004. Picture of Rainbow rising from behind the West Camel Church, Somerset, England.

Canon 300D Digital SLR

Touch-up in Adobe Photoshop

Pinhole Bench

Pinhole photography is something new for me, yet is the birthplace for all photography. This is simply my bench out on my patio. Yet with this grainy imperfect medium, it seems enchanted, romantic and untouchable.

A box.

A flimsy bit of aluminium.

A pinhole.

A 5x7" sheet of Photographic Paper.

Page, A Bike, And The Cube Cinema

World Pinhole Day 2004
Take one beer can, a pin, a few strips of electrical tape a sheet of photographic paper and a subject. Bizarre affects. Totally fascinating.

Seriously, a beer can.

Pinhole.

5x7" Photographic Paper.

Spring Time Daff

Shot in Spring 2004 somewhere in my back garden. Daffodils are amazing. They pop-up out of the ground each spring, perfect every time, brightening up and otherwise monotone landscape. And best of all... without any help from me.

Canon 300D SLR.

Altered from Colour to B&W.

Touch-Up in Adobe Photoshop.

Top of Pamporovo

Shot in February 2004 at the top of the communications tower in Pamporovo, Bulgaria. Amazing views outside, and amazing architectural lines inside.

Canon 300D SLR.

Altered from Colour to B&W.

Severn Two

Shot in April 2004 whilst driving over the new Severn Bridge (Going in to Wales). Slightly blurred. What do you expect when steering with one hand and taking a picture with the other. Kids: Don't try this at home. Still, a very striking photo.

Canon 300D Digital SLR.

Altered from Colour to B&W.

Pamporovo Huskies

Shot in February 2004 on the slopes of Pamporovo, Bulgaria. These sleigh dogs were two of many tied up outside a restaurant getting some rest before moving on.

Canon 300D Digital Slr.

Altered from Colour to B&W.

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Love in Plovdiv

Shot in Feburary 2004. This whole architectural roman ruin was fenced off, yet these two's venture for romance snuck them in to admire the sunset over the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.

Canon 300D Digital SLR.

Altered from Colour to B&W.

Cropped for better framing.

Plovdiv Posters

Shot in February 2004 in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I haven't a clue what they say, but this picture does give you a sense of lifting oppression.

Canon 300D Digital SLR.

Altered from Colour to B&W.