Monthly Archives: May 2019

100 Pictures

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

100 Photographs – 1

I’m working on a photo book that, for the sake of anything better at the moment, I’m calling 100 Photographs (but it won’t be only photographs).  The aim is for it to be a trigger for ideas by encouraging observation, … Continue reading

Posted in 100 Photographs | Leave a comment

Take a Seat – Take a Moment 8

Choosing a seat in a public place involves careful consideration of personal space.  We are very diffident about asking to share café tables; and on buses and trains we sit beside a stranger only when all other separate seats are … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge, Street Photography, Take a Seat | Tagged | Leave a comment

Unmanageable Tourism

‘The Dutch tourist board is to stop actively promoting the Netherlands as a holiday destination because its main attractions – the canals, tulips and windmills – are becoming both overcrowded, the Telegraaf said on Monday. In future the NBTC will … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge, Street Photography, Take a Seat | Leave a comment

Take a Seat – Take a Moment 7

Another reason for people to sit about in public spaces: a cigarette break. Photo: Senate House Hill, Cambridge, April 2019

Posted in Cambridge, Street Photography, Take a Seat | Leave a comment

Memory Trip

Another experiment for the U3AC alternative photography session.  Much simpler this time: a cassette of Ilford XP2 in an Olympus Trip, again high street processed.  Reminded me what a pleasure the Trip is to use and how good the results … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge, Film, Street Photography, U3AC Photography Courses | Tagged | Leave a comment

Double Exposure

I am preparing a session on alternative photography for the U3AC Photo Forum.  The idea is to encourage people to break away from straightforward use of a digital camera.  One approach is to go back to film and create deliberate … Continue reading

Posted in Cambridge, Erewhon, Film, Street Photography, U3AC Photography Courses | Leave a comment