I'm Martin, a amateur photographer from England that likes to shoot street photography, landscapes, seascapes and odd image of dogs.
Minster on Sea, England. 2023
I’m not one for taking images of other peoples art but I’ve got a thing about taking Graffiti at the moment. With this image I liked the Lichens growing on the brick, made for interesting shapes and tones. If you like to enlarge the picture you can see where it has been painted over which adds to the look of the paint.
Nikkormat FT2, with Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 Ai on Fomapan 100 Classic film with a yellow Photax filter.
14th Century chapel at Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei, Normandie, France. 2022
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This lovely old building has been photographed many times and I wanted to do something a little different. Looking down the hill to the Chapel building when I viewed this scene that day, there was a group of people standing around in front of the Chapel. Thankfully after a waiting for around for a half hour, eventually the group moved to around the back of the building leaving just the dog with the girl. One the other reasons I wanted to take this shot of this view of the Chapel was although the light was very hash, the sunlight catching the spring leaves on the trees was a wonderful sight.
Nikon F60, Tamron AF 28-80mm ASPH lens, Kodak Tri-X and a Hoya yellow filter.
Vimoutiers, France. 2022
Nikon F60, Tamron AF 28-80mm ASPH lens, Kodak Tri-X and a Tiffen yellow filter
Isle of Sheppey, England. 2022
Nikon FE, Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 Ai on Ilford HP5+ with a yellow filter.
Sheerness, England. 2022
Leica M6, Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH taken on Fomapan 100 classic film with a B&W Yellow filter.
Yes I know, corny title.
Weeks after I have taken this picture this area is two or three worse still and the grass where we walk our dog, the water comes up around your boots as the ground is so saturated. Anyhow, what with the on going lockdown restrictions, photography is becoming a little harder to do at present especially street photography. So my attention has turned to a little local landscape photography.
Taken last month at Bartons Point Coastal Park, Isle of Sheppey, England. I took this shot not only for the sunlight reflecting in the water but because the different puddles across the fields leading to the horizon.
Leica M4-2, Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH and taken on Fomapan 400 film with a B&W yellow filter.
Loose Valley, Cave Hill Mill Pond, Maidstone. Father and his young children trying to feed the ducks last autumn. I was taken by the reflection and the light though the trees, made for a wonderful moment composed, the only fly in the ointment is the little girls hat which try as I might on a computer at lease I just could not get the detail to burn in. Might a different story in a darkroom!
Taken on my Leica M4-2, Summicron 50mm f/2, with a yellow B&W filter and shot on Kodak Tri-X film rated at ISO 800.
Mote Park, Maidstone, England. A very dull, wet winters morning. The sunlight was silhouetting people, children and their dogs against the wet pathway. This shot I am amazed with as normally with a Summicron lenses you will get lens flare looking into the sun but this shot some how I avoided it.
Leica M4-2, Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH, with a yellow B&W filter and shot Ilford HP5 plus film at an ISO 800.
I am really pleased with this picture. This is the view of the stream running though Loose Valley, Maidstone England. With most of the autumn leaves down now, the soft light over the rippling water and the reflections of the trees above, it made for a wonderful image that was just right for black and white film.
Taken on my Leica M4-2, Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH, with a yellow B&W filter and shot on Kodak Tri-X film rated at ISO 800.
As many of you know my work, I very rarely shoot colour film. So when I said to my wife I’m going to shoot some autumn pictures last Sunday, a voice came from the other room ”you are going to use colour?” So frantically looking in my photography fridge upstairs, luckily for me there was one last roll of Agfa Vista 200 colour film left, dated October 2018… Phew.
This shot hasn’t really got much in the way of autumn colour but I liked the late afternoon light and shadows across the cemetery. Only in post processing on the computer did I notice the grave in the foreground, the foot stone is propped up with white bricks!
Taken at Sheppey Cemetery, England on my Leica M4-2, Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH with Agfa Vista 200 film.
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