Hello!

Well Aug 2007.. damn that has come along fast! I have been taking a break from doing any photos over the last 6 months, however as I have been getting better my interest has been resparked. I have purchased a few cheap cameras including a 1959 Agfa Optima S which I am yet to run a film through. Other purchases included possible the worst camera known to man a panoramic ‘focus free’ plastic wonder which I have a few photos I need to upload when I get my negative scanner back working.

So its time to dust off my lens’s check my film is in-date and head out in the wide world? Well nice theory but with no people around me in Manchester interested in photography for advice and support I am still finding myself stuck with what to do. Buying film and processing on a budget also has its limitations, I have really fallen for Ilfords HP5 with is lovely grain and general crapness it really suits my style however with all my local developers charging between £10-12 for a 12 day service (36exp) and even then a less than satisfactory result in the prints (negs are ok though) I think its time to save up and purchase some developing fluid and get involved with my own developing again. This as mentioned could be a problem as I said I have no one to give me any hands on advice. (However dA does help).

Despite my despondency I do have a few things in the pipeline. Its my birthday 13th of August (Monday) and I am planning a pub-crawl with hopefully a few people to actually have some sort of memory of this evening I am taking my 80’s Polaroid camera and a few packs of film to create a montage of what happened hopefully in a chronological order with an idea to fill an A3 glass frame I have. I’m sure I’ll add the finished item if it comes to fruition.

Other things I have been up with regards to cameras is titting around trying to do some photos of the local historical house (Bramhall Hall), and in the process being called a pedo and a perve because I have a proper camera. Ah well.

Huzzah for the internet!

Darcey