Bristol Ferry Boats - Victim of the Economy

Bristol Ferry Boats sat unused now that the company are no longer trading.  It seems odd to go to the harbour and not see these operating. 

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Just the One

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This was about the only shot I got recently on an uninspiring trip out to Gloucester.

Fortunately, the light helped me out.

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Daylight Fireworks @ The Exchange

Some shots from last night's album launch of Daylight Fireworks new work, titled: Some Kind of Low. The gig was held at The Exchange in Old Market, Bristol

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Or to know more about the band and download some music: www.daylightfireworks.com/


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Autumn Colours

A colourful trip to Westonbirt Arboretum with some old Zeiss lenses. 

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A Dust Up at the Pond

  I've not blogged much lately as I've not been able to shoot much.

These were taken at a recent trip to Slimbridge.

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More ZeroSignal

This time live at The Fleece

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ZeroSignal @ The Louisiana

Here are some of the shots I took from a recent gig.

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Zorki 6

This is a selection of shots taken with one of my favourite cameras, the Zorki 6 rangefinder.  I really prefer using rangefinders over SLRs, they just have something special about them.

The film was Fomapan developed in Rodinal (just for a change).

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An Album (CD) Cover Shot

This was a shoot with model Emma Maddox to attempt to get a usable image for local electro rock band ZeroSignal.  The title of the album will be `Black Summer', so the theme had to have a dark feel.  The whole shoot took around 30 mins and I took around 30 frames, of which I gave them 6 images to choose from.  This was the winner (luckily as I had actually stopped shooting, but tried one last pose).

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Italian Car & Bike Show

In a brief dry spell on Saturday I managed to attend this show and take a handful of pics.  I was hoping to use film, but the light was all over the place so played it safe and used the 5Dii.

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