Friday 21 January 2022

Hot & Humid in Morpeth

 

It was about mid year last year when a friend asked if I'd like to take some family photos of her partner and his children.  

Of course I would!  I don't really get to take photos/portraits of people that much and this was a nice opportunity.  Mind you, we are shift workers and getting us with the same day off would be an achievement in itself!

It wasn't until December that we could meet up, 2 days before Christmas.  

I chose Morpeth for the photos because it is a lovely little town with an historic bridge, and great little alleyways and older buildings.  It also has a wharf just out of town on the Hunter River which is very picturesque.

The day was hot and humid and, let's face it, getting your photo taken with your 3 sisters is not a terribly exciting thing for a 10 year old boy!  The young bloke was not in the mood but, you know; it doesn't matter!  I have photos of our own children when they were not in the mood and now, when we get the photo albums out, we all have a good laugh about the moody, sullen faces captured forever on the prints; it priceless!

We wandered up the main street, stopping at spots to capture the moments, down the small alleyways in the cool of the shade, stopped at the park and then walked down the main street again to the Wharf on the Hunter River.  We got our last photos there and the young bloke was in his element; he decided he needed a swim.  After jumping off the wharf into that cool water, his temperament was definitely less sullen (haha).  Got some good shots of him somersaulting and bombing into the river and finally having a ball!  Being cooled off, I got a nice shot of him and Dad with the river and bridge in the distance.

As I mentioned, I don't often get the chance to do family photos.  Although pretty happy with this lot, I realise I need more experience with posing groups of people.  

For some of these I shot in 16:9 panorama mode.  I could leave my camera in this mode forever, except when I have to shoot in Portrait, I change to 4:3.

I also need to consider equipment to take along.  I have a Glanz reflector set that includes a round diffuser.  The diffuser would have certainly been handy in the situations here where the Sunlight was bright and harsh on faces.  I also need to consider using off camera flash with diffuser attached just sitting to the side a little on a tripod to give that fill into shadows.  That being said though, that is a lot of equipment to be lugging around on a photo safari!

I shot with my Canon 90D and Canon 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 Nano USM lens.  Edited in Lightroom and the Nik Collection Colour Efex Pro 2.  Colour Efex Pro by Nik Collection has some great portrait tools.  The Black & White photos were edited in the Nik Collection Silver Efex Pro and tweaked in Lightroom also.

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Pretty cool Ping Pong table!

Stopped for a sit down in the shade.









I love this photo; big sister telling younger bro to start smiling!  haha



Finally in his element!


Sisters.  One of my favs from the day!




Finally cooled down and his best smile of the day!






Thursday 13 January 2022

AGFA APX 100 Film

 

So, what I have been doing with some of my film photography, is to make up a slide show for my You Tube channel.  It's just another way of displaying my film photography work.

I was just thinking that I should share these slide shows on here.  I do put the photos on here from my film rolls but I don't always upload them all.

Click on the link below and leave a like if you wish!

AGFA APX 100 - 35mm Film

Wednesday 5 January 2022

Time to get motivated!

 

Well, after 6 months I'm finally adding to the Blog!

It has been the loooongest 6 months.  Just when we thought things may return to normal, a new Covid strain pops its' ugly head up.  We haven't been isolating as such but, we haven't been out and about as much as we probably could have.  We did have a holiday in July planned but that went the way of most holidays lately; thanks to Covid!  I have managed to get some photography in but it has been a minimum effort.  

I've had no definite projects in mind.  My motivation for anything  specific has been totally lacking.  I've just been winging it, taking cameras with me when we walk the dogs by the lake or, when going for a walk during a meal break at work.  

I did have one specific shoot just before Christmas though.  A friend of mine asked me to take some photos of her husband and his children.  It was a hot, very humid day we spent at Morpeth and, I am happy to say, the photos turned out very nice.  But, they are for another blog post!

I have a roll of Fuji Velvia 100 Slide Film in 35mm that I used during this period.  I wound it onto the Canon 300V.  I still have to post it off to Sydney to have it developed and scanned as there are no places in Newcastle that develop in E6 chemical (which is a pain!).  

I also have a roll of Ilford PanF Plus100 in medium format to be developed and scanned.  It is a black and white film and I have to take it to Les Porter in Speers Point to be developed and then to Pro Am Lab in Lambton to be scanned.  Once these 2 films are done then I will have some film work to post on here and my other social media pages.

The Bronica ETRSi is loaded with a roll of Kodak Portra 160.  It is my intention to try and get up earlier (haha  big job for a shift worker on a day off!) and get some Sunrise photos.

I do have some digital photos to put up on here.  Photos from Warners Bay and Booragul dog walks.  I always take my camera if we are walking along Lake Macquarie foreshore, especially at about Sunset!

Also played catch up with a roll of Fuji Superia 400 Xtra that was waiting patiently in my Pentax Espio 105G for some time that I finally had developed and scanned.

Here's hoping that 2022 can bring us back to some semblance of normality; or as close to it as we can get!


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Sunset Contemplation - Warners Bay, Australia.

Sunset Conversation - Warners Bay, Australia.

Hangin' Out - Warners Bay, Australia.

Hunter in the Shallows #1 - Warners Bay, Australia.

Hunter in the Shallows #2 - Warners Bay, Australia.

The Wedding Dance - Fuji Superia 400 Xtra -
Pentax Espio 105G
35mm point and shoot with flash.


These are my daughters 2 dogs.   Rocky is a mix of Chihuahua and Fox Terrier and, Neo is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.  This was the first time Neo had been taken to the lake.  He was a little unsure of the water at first but as you can see him being soaking wet, he learned to enjoy the swim on a hot day!


A little playing around with DOF on my Canon 50mm F1.2 to
while away some time.




Catching up.

 Well it has been a couple of months since I posted a Blog article.   I don't have any Project or roll of film in particular to share wi...