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This is the country of my birth, and the country where my parents and my best friends are, this is the country where I learned photography, that formed basically who I am today. When I look at this its, of old memories, and brings me sadness as it contains people I once knew, and except for one or two people, most I have lost contact with since having been in singapore for the last 4 years. |
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My Best Friends I have 4 best friends. Ive put this photo here as a reminder of the importance of friendship. I will put up photos of my other 2 best friends Scott and Kashaf when I find photos of them |
May
May!
One
of my favourite photos - I was supposed to help wash her hands, notice she
has splashed droplets on her nose.....Awwww
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Studio Lamp,
Film:Ilford Delta 3200 Camera:Rollieflex Lens:75mm Planar
Assembly, Edinburgh, 2000
Film:Ilford Delta 3200 Camera:Minolta Dynax 700si Lens:28-70mm
f2.8
Kelvin, Edinburgh, 2000
Film:Fuji Neopan 1600 Camera:Pentax MX Lens:135mm f2.8
Prinzflex
This was taken in an open courtyard and we were surrounded on all 4 sides by 100+ year old buildings. It was simply beautiful, I was sitting having a picnic, talking, relaxing. Kelvin had 2 kids and they were running about free. I snapped this when his daughter had decided cuddle up to her dad. I find there is something beautiful and natural about this picture. |
Kelvin's Kids, Edinburgh, 2000
Film:Ilford XP2 Super Camera:Rollieflex Lens:75mm Planar I was having my picnic to the left of this shot but got up and grabbed this photo when I saw them starting to play with the clothesline. Subsequently I sat down and continued to eat what was a great bbq chicken. What a great day! |
ARGGGGHHH!
Film:Fuji Neopan 1600 Camera:Pentax MX Lens:50mm f2
Kelvins son was quite a handful. He kept running about as young kids do.
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Wiston, 2000 This was a teambuilding excercise. I remember it was very cold (about 5 C) and was wondering whether my camera would freeze up. Thankfully since my Pentax is fully mechanical and requires no batteries, i did not encounter any problems. Again this is full frame shot without cropping. I tried to get the tree harness, the ropes, the climbers and the rope handler all together. |
Supporter?
Film:Fuji Neopan 1600 Camera:Pentax MX Lens:135mm f2.8
Prinzflex
This is a shot of someone reading racist propaganda from the
BNP party. The BNP or British National Party is a so-called British political
party with racist views, they are sympathetic to the Ku Klux Klan in the |
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Cath
Walker, I took a beginners course in studio photography, learning how to set up lights and stuff. I never really put my heart into it as studio work requires a lot of setting up and planning. I like to take my photos off the cuff without preparation or planning as I believe they will look more natural. This picture was the beginning of my upside down photo taking technique and is one of my favourites, I saw fellow course mates print out a test sheet of studio portraits and go to the window (where it was brighter) to inspect them more clearly. For some reason I sensed that this might make a good picture, I usually hold and focus my camera at chest height, but this didn't look like a good shot as I was getting the back of people's heads, thus I hoisted the Rolleiflex above my head, focused and got this shot. |
Kain,
Film:Ilford Delta 3200 Camera:Rollieflex Lens:75mm Planar
Editor of The Sentinel,
Film:Ilford Delta 3200 Camera:Pentax MX Lens:50mm f2
Maureen photographing Louisa, Edinburgh, 2000 |
Louisa being photographed by Maureen, Edinburgh, 2000 |
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The two photos here were taken one after each other, I was actually helping out and holding a white polystyrene reflector to help Maureen balance the light on Louisa's face. From the photo on the right, you can see that top of the reflector causing the photo to be mid grey on the bottom |
Glen Affric,
Film:SuperG 200 Camera:Pentax ME Super Lens:28mm
This was taken outside a hut in the middle of a vast stretch
of wilderness in |
Fast
Film:delta100 pro Camera:Minolta 700si Lens:70-210mm
Outside
Film:T-Max 3200 Camera:Minolta 700si Lens:70-210mm 2.8
Taken on a freezing cold december night. These
performers were pretending to cut the hair of a member of the public
Film:FP4+ Camera:Pentax ME Super Lens:28mm
The shot was
taken whilst sitting on a pier on |
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My friend
Stuart was showing us the amount of power he can hit the ball with. As you
can see he has just launched his whole bodyweight into this shot and the
white ball eventually flew off the table at great speed. The guy standing
next to him is Nasser, who had come all the way from |
Buchaille
Etive
The mountain you see here is about 3,300 feet. People like me that have climbed to the summit affectionately refer to it as THE BOOKLE. Months before I had climbed it with my friend John (see the photo of John below), I think it took about 4 hours up and 2 hours down.The Bookle is located in a spectacular region of Scotland called Glencoe. When I climbed this mountain the weather was definately not as good as what you see in the above photo. In fact when John and I got to the top, we could see nothing but whiteness. Visibility was about 20 feet. Not the best reward for such a strenuous climb. Anyway months later I came back with another set of friends (not to climb but to photograph it). We spent about several hours looking for the right spot, and then I remember spending another several hours waiting for the sun to come out and hit the mountain. I dont normally do landscapes but with scenery as good as this, one cannot go wrong. Suffice to say this is only the second landscape photo I am happy with. |
John's
Film:
My friend
John, (4th in from the right) invited me to a party at his cottage in the
north of |
A quiet walk