Monthly Archives: May 2012

30 May

Kate, Danielle & Danni

Kate, Danielle & Danni

Had a digi-shoot with three graduates from MMU’s 3D Design course today. Degree shows start next week, looks like there going to be some really …

 
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28 May

Demon Drink II

Demon Drink II

A very hot Sunday afternoon. Some sites for the Temperance project have to be shot at certain times of the day, the old billiard hall in …

 
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27 May

The Juliet Gomperts Trust

The Juliet Gomperts Trust

A couple of weeks ago I travelled down to London for an interview following a funding application with the Juliet Gomperts Trust. From the Trust website: About …

 
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27 May

Tempest and Sunshine

Tempest and Sunshine

Here two tintypes that came in a job lot. Ones a little out of focus but the other is better. The book in the seated ladies …

 
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26 May

Car boot booty

Car boot booty

I should go to more car boot sales… I was looking for bits and bobs for the new mobile darkroom but you can never have enough …

 
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24 May

Quick contact prints..

Quick contact prints..

Had an hour or two spare this evening after a digital job at MMU. Steph was working till 7 so I popped to the studio …

 
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17 May

Looking a little out of place….

Looking a little out of place….

Heres a little 1/6 plate tintype I picked up on the cheap off feepay. Theres something about that chap at the back of the shot that …

 
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14 May

I am so excited to announce……

I am so excited to announce……

…………….the beginning of a new mobile darkroom. What else could it have been;) The Temperance project for PHM has a couple of awkward shots right in the …

 
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13 May

DEMON DRINK: TEMPERANCE & THE WORKING CLASS

DEMON DRINK: TEMPERANCE & THE WORKING CLASS

The Peoples History Museum, 30 June 2012 — 24 February 2013 Today I started on a recent commission by the Peoples History Museum  as part of their …

 
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12 May

Tatton Park Biennial

Tatton Park Biennial

Steph and I took a trip out to Tatton Park to put our “we must be getting old” National Trust membership to some use. Had forgotten …

 
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08 May

“A present from Whitby” – a family’s holiday ambrotypes.

“A present from Whitby” – a family’s holiday ambrotypes.

Its amazing what you can get in an empty Flora margarine tub nowadays. I’d sold one of my cameras recently and rather than the money get …

 
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05 May

Delamere Forest – World Wet Plate Day 2012

Delamere Forest – World Wet Plate Day 2012

Okay so its World Wet Plate Day and its also a Bank Holiday in the UK. Steph, Sue and Pat went off for a cycle …

 
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04 May

Fujicolor PRO 400 in ID-11……?

Fujicolor PRO 400 in ID-11……?

Okay so after dev’ing that roll of Kodak, I have some ID-11 left over. Something I’ve never done because I never had reason to was …

 
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