Proud and Impatient

Posted on January 2, 2015 Posted in Hobbies, Nature, People, PhotographyTagged black and white, leica, m9p, Monochrome, people, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asphLeave a comment

That’s the wording on my friends hat.

Richard

Posted on November 18, 2014 Posted in People, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, blackandwhite., leica, m9p, Monochrome, people, portrait, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asphLeave a comment

Meet Richard . A great friend and a lot of fun to be around.

Men In Kilts 3 – Women In Trousers 2

Posted on November 16, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, People, Photography, StreetTagged black and white, kilts, leica, m9p, Monochrome, street, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, york3 Comments

The Train Now Standing…

Posted on November 13, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Photography, Transport, TravelTagged attraction, black and white, blackandwhite., leica, m9p, Monochrome, steam, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, train, travel, yorkLeave a comment

I’ve been away for a little while and I am a little busy at present. This means I haven’t posted to my blog so much. However here’s a shot to enjoy from the National Railway Museum in York .

Watching over you.

Posted on November 3, 2014 Posted in Photography, Street, TravelTagged leica, Monochrome, southampton, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, travel5 Comments

Oswald

Posted on November 2, 2014 Posted in People, Photography, Street, TravelTagged black and white, blackandwhite., candid, leica, m9p, Monochrome, southampton, Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph, travel1 Comment

I met Oswald when in the UK recently. He saw me taking shots on the market and came over to chat. His wonderful Caribbean accent fascinated me. He like myself had also lived the Southampton in the 70’s and 80’s so we had a great chat about what it was like then. At the end he graciously allowed me to take a couple of pictures of him. A wonderful meeting.

I got on the wrong side…

Posted on October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Norway, PeopleTagged black and white, blackandwhite., leica, Leica Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH, m9p, Monochrome, people4 Comments

of the camera

I’m not sure if this was shot by the wife or my daughter. Still it looks like me :0)

I take tons of photos during the course of a year.Maybe not as many as a pro does but more than average (Unless we count teenagers with cell phones). My point is, do you like being photographed ? I’m not sure if I do not one on one anyway I don’t mind if I’m part of a group.

Share your thoughts.

Pull out all the stops

Posted on October 14, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Photography, Uncategorized, UrbExTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", abandoned, black and white, Monochrome, nikon, NorwayLeave a comment

Another “Try Again Tuesday” This from a trip to an abandoned Sanatorium here in Norway.

…fly away Peter…

Posted on October 11, 2014 Posted in Hobbies, Norway, UrbExTagged "Nikon 24-70 f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S", "Nikon D800", black and white, Monochrome, Norway, urbexLeave a comment

When I saw this dead bird the lines from the Nursery rhyme “Two little Dicky Birds” just came to me

StoneHenge (Wet Plate)

Posted on October 7, 2014 Posted in Photography, TravelTagged Fuji Reala, leica, leinik, Monochrome, MP, Nikkor 20mm f2.8, stonehenge, travel9 Comments

You’ve heard no doubt “Re-Work Wednesday”. Well this is “Try again Tuesday” This is a shot I took at Stonehenge in 2011. Taken with my Leica MP with a Nikkor 20mm mounted via a Novoflex LeiNik converter. I used Fuji Reala film and the basis of this shot is a 1 hour lab scan. I’ve used a wet plate filter in Analog Efex Pro to achieve the effect.