Category Archives: In Plain View/Light

Travels round my house and garden with a camera to see and capture the changing play of light and shade through the day and throughout the year.

Everything I Ever Learnt

DaveH got to see Everything I Ever Learnt before I did.  He commented: ‘Was rather disappointed.  Maybe that because I am a Philistine!  The quality of printing did not help but I rebel against out of focus images and poor … Continue reading

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Keeping On

On Monday I went to see ‘Cezanne – Portraits of a Life’ at the Cambridge Picturehouse.  It’s a Screen Arts production based on the exhibition showing at the National Portrait Gallery.  Fascinating insights into an extraordinary body of work, if … Continue reading

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Leica on Film

The excellent film of Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending adds to the canon of films that feature an aspect of photography.  Tony Webster, the central character, runs a small specialist Leica camera shop.  A casual customer is … Continue reading

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Cambridge U3A Photography Group

Tim Ewbank has proposed trying to establish a photography club within the Cambridge U3A and has asked for thoughts on the idea.  I don’t have much direct experience of photography clubs, but what I do have makes me wary of … Continue reading

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In Plain View – One that got away

In my posting of 16th July 2016, ‘In Plain View – Final’, I showed the book that emerged from this project.  Since then I’ve filed negatives and work prints for easy reference.  Inevitably, in doing this I’ve looked again at … Continue reading

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In Plain View – Final

The book of In Plain View images is now complete.  Following tweaks to a draft version (note, subtle changes to ‘clarity’ are not always very apparent in the final printed version) the books arrived this week.  The post below is … Continue reading

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In Plain View 86 to 91

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The final roll of film in the ‘In Plain View’ project has returned from processing.  I’ve made a first quick selection of six shots presented here, without the ‘b’ detail.  I now want to edit the whole set into a … Continue reading

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In Plain View 85

This is the last of seven pairs of images from the roll of film that I had thought lost.  A final film from the project is with Ilford for processing.  I shall make a selection from that roll, then edit … Continue reading

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In Plain View 84

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In Plain View 83

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In Plain View 82

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In Plain View 81

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In Plain View 80

Two more quotes that I may use in the book of ‘In plain view. ‘…You would see if You were looking…’  Imtiaz Dharker ‘Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the … Continue reading

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In Plain View 79

The processed, scanned and printed film I believed to be lost (post 2nd May 2016) has arrived.  This is one of the pictures. Photo: In Plain View 79 & 79a    

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In Plain View 78

There has been a hiatus in adding pictures from my In Plain View/Light project, thanks to Royal Mail.  I sent, recorded delivery, a cassette of film to Ilford for processing in February.  After a couple of weeks with nothing from … Continue reading

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