view from the north

black & red

2011-08-16T16:36:00.001+01:00

black & red, a photo by jeremy north on Flickr.

here's a bike & shop combination I came across in Soho, London

Frosty morning. Kodachrome 25 film

2011-05-25T23:16:00.003+01:00

December 2010, as the sun came up over Leckhampton Hill, I shot these pictures on Kodachrome film. It is now discontinued, and the only lab in the world was about to close down its K 14 processing, so I had to use up my last roll of that iconic film in order to get it to Kansas USA before the deadline.

Cheltenham West End (part two)

2011-05-25T23:13:00.002+01:00

Cheltenham West End (part one)

2011-05-25T19:01:00.005+01:00

This is a series of photographs I shot on Kodachrome 25 film in November 2010. I wanted to portray the variety of illumination from the different shops. Most of them are to do with food & drink. This part of Cheltenham is historically interesting, but unexceptional on another level. The mundane nature of these businesses seems to sum it up. There is the nature of Hopper paintings in the emptiness of a lit up shop standing out in the dark

High Street Shop, Cheltenham

2010-05-30T08:25:00.002+01:00

This is a shop in the west end of Cheltenham. I love the old mirrored glass sign. This is shot on film of course, which accounts for the wide dynamic range. The lighting looks a bit surreal as a result. I exposed for the shadows to get detail inside the shop.

weddings

2010-05-23T18:57:00.006+01:00

This is the first of two weddings I photographed this spring. Lucy & Dan in Montpellier, Cheltenham.

Here I used a slow shutter speed to blur the motion of the falling petals. Thanks to Dan's brothers Ben, Tim & Tom for shaking the tree.
Outside their favourite wine-bar
Arriving at Royal Well
All shot on Fuji 160asa film, with a Contax 645, 80mm Zeiss Planar lens

Kodachrome

2009-10-22T01:07:00.003+01:00

Summer 2009, Kodak announces that they have discontinued production of Kodachrome film. The scramble was on to get the remaining stock, knowing that the deadline for exposing and processing is december 2010. (there are only two labs in the world which can process Kodachrome and they will be de-commissioned at the end of 2010)

I managed to get 5 rolls of film from shops in Cheltenham (the price includes processing, so the end product is a box of 35mm slides: individual frames of film in cardboard mounts)

This is a selection from the first film I exposed. The camera is a Contax RTS II, the lenses are a Zeiss Planar 50mm f1.4, and Zeiss Distagon 35mm f2.8

2009-10-22T00:19:00.003+01:00

I entered a photography competition, and won!

It was in order to promote the west-end of Cheltenham. I had already taken an interest in the High Street as a subject with it's variety of alleys and historical features, so I decided to have a go.

I looked at the diversity of shops, take-aways, restaurants, pubs etc and entered a photo which highlighted that feature. I expected the winner to be some photoshopped novelty. Imagine my surprise at seeing my picture, taken on film, full-frame, no editing, not even tweaking, displayed as winner!

Tales From A Northern City

2009-07-17T06:55:00.004+01:00

Saturday 11th of July. Blueprint Studios, Manchester.

My good friend John Herring performed in concert, his new album, "Tales From A Northern City". Accompanied by his band of accomplished musicians, he played the twelve songs from the now released CD, to an enthusiastic audience of around two hundred.

The lighting made getting decent photos a challenge, especially for my medium format camera. I was glad to have brought a monopod which came in very handy.

I used Fujifilm 800 for most of the live shots and 400 for those of the sound-check (below). The lenses on my Contax 645 were the 80mm f2 Planar & 140mm f2.8 Sonnar

2009-06-23T06:11:00.000+01:00