Analogue Wonderland Big Film Photowalk

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Victoria Dock in Hull

Went on a photowalk today. Never done one before. Tremendous fun. The idea is simple enough. A bunch of folks get together and walk around taking photographs and talking photography (and life in general). To make matters more interesting (and organised) this one was set up by Analogue Wonderland who appointed walk leaders for the various walks around the country and then did a special deal for film and processing. We were walking in Hull with Rob Wharton who gave out maps, film and chat as we wandered around.

Down near the deep. If you are wondering where the water has gone, the tide is out…

The weather was kind, the sky was interesting and the photo opportunities abundant. Including, in The Land of Green Ginger, the “Smallest Window in the World”. Probably. We each had two rolls of Kodak Pro Image 100, giving 72 shots in all. My first film went back to Analogue Wonderland for developing. The second stayed in the camera for finishing off later. If you are wondering how I’ve managed to include some of the walk pictures in this post, I’m using a piece of magic called “posting from the future”.

Hull Marina looking good

Humber Street Street Art

Anyhoo, It was great. We finished off at the Minerva Pub at the water’s edge for a well deserved (we thought) drink. You can see more of my photographs here.

Fun with the Fujifilm Instax Wide Evo

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The Fuji Instax Wide Evo is an instant camera which works by printing images from an image sensor, not by working as a conventional analogue camera. To make up for this digital workflow (rather than the exciting variability of film) it provides lots of funky image processing effects that you can add to shots. There are ten lens effects, ten film effects and six processing effects you can combine in any combination. You can even adjust the intensity of some of the effects.

The pictures below were taken in Beverley Minster today using monochrome blur, warm lighting and collodium film processing. They are not the best quality (although they are OK on my desktop monitor) but I really like the way that they look.

I’m looking forward to trying some more combinations….

York on an Instant Camera

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Went to York today. Did part of the trip on the bus. Above is what the Rabbit thought of the scene.

I’d also taken the Instax Evo, which is a hybrid instant camera which takes digital pictures which it can then print. The camera has film filters you can apply to make things interesting. Today I’m using “Light leak” and “vivid”.

It’s not a great camera, but it does make great pictures. Particularly if someone is kind enough to scare the pigeons just before you take your shot.

Worth a visit.

Trip to York

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Went to York today. The weather was lovely (for a change) and the loveliness lasted all day (for a bigger change). On a whim we booked a couple of tickets for The National Railway Museum. You don’t need to pay to get in, but you do need to book. The museum is one of my favourite places in the world, and fortunately I had a camera and a couple of lenses with me.

The place was busy, but it is also huge, so that the crowd was swallowed up. They have a kind of storeroom off to one side full of amazing stuff. One of the exhibition halls is closed at the moment, but we had plenty to look at. And I’m definitely going back there first chance I get.

Life goes on

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We’ve got all kinds of activities and stuff planned for the next few weeks and we know that Rodney would have wanted us to keep going. So we are doing, starting with a trip to Leeds today. As is the way, I bought a new lens (although it wasn’t that expensive - honest). This one is an F 3.5 35-105mm zoom lens for my Pentax A which I’m presently using to take colour photos. Turns out it works a treat, as the picture above shows.