Photography – Page 28 – Jonathan Gazeley

Rainy day

It was a very windy and rainy day in Bristol today. Unable to go for a photowalk for fear of being washed away, I loitered under the canopy at the front of the office and watched people go past. This picture was the best I managed before wimping out and going inside again after fiveContinue reading “Rainy day”

Cellar

This week at work found me scrabbling around in the cellar underneath a Victorian townhouse in Bristol. I was down there to install some networking gear, although I also took a couple of pictures that I was pleased with. The cellar itself was about the same height as the top of my head, but thereContinue reading “Cellar”

Underwater at Center Parcs

I decided to use my underwater camera in the swimming pool at Center Parcs. It’s a bit of fun, even if it’s not the best camera in the world. We also took the camera on the boating lake, in case it got dropped in the water.

Longleat Safari Park

This week, Hannah and I stayed in at Center Parcs in Longleat forest. One of the nearest attractions is Longleat Safari park. I’m not an animal expert but I do admire their beauty, so naturally I took my camera. I ended up taking over a thousand pictures of creatures great and small, ranging from smallContinue reading “Longleat Safari Park”

Gloucester countryside

This is the first roll of film I have had processed as slides. I don’t (yet) have the capability to process slides in my darkroom so I decided to shoot a couple of rolls and send them away to a lab to see if I liked the results. Turns out I love the results. TheContinue reading “Gloucester countryside”

Clouds over Brandon Hill

This week’s Photo Challenge was stormy skies. Unfortunately the weather in Bristol has been grey and overcast – lots of cloud, but nothing dramatic. So I decided to resort to abusing the HDR technique to create this image of Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill. It certainly isn’t realistic, but I don’t think that matters. I like the effectContinue reading “Clouds over Brandon Hill”

Gloucester cathedral & docks

Hannah and I spent the Bank Holiday weekend in Gloucester. It rained for most of the time, but I managed to take some reasonable interior shots of the cathedral. These pictures were taken on Fuji Neopan 1600 film, using a Canon AE-1 Program camera with Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 lenses.Continue reading “Gloucester cathedral & docks”

Redscale

I recently saw an article about redscale photography online, and it inspired me to have a go myself. For those who don’t know, colour film is a sort of orangey-brown colour. Usually the light hits the front face of the film which is light-sensitive, and the orange base doesn’t play a part in the pictureContinue reading “Redscale”

Cheerleaders

I don’t normally go around taking pictures of cheerleaders, but today the University of Bristol hosted an Olympic-themed street party to celebrate Universities Week and to showcase some sporting talent. I thought the whole event was a bit lame – no real sports displays, just a few people playing a variety of sports messing about in theContinue reading “Cheerleaders”

Homemade lens

I’ve often thought about making my own lenses, but unfortunately I’m so bad at making things I’ve always avoided it (apart from making a pinhole “lens”). But this week I was fortunate enough to be left with a broken 35mm slide projector, a Braun Novamat 515 AF-I, to be specific. It had a Braun Color-PaxonContinue reading “Homemade lens”