Dr Gaunt's Church 1842 (Film)
Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5B TLR Zenar 75mm f3.5 1954
Film: Kodak Gold 200 120
Scanned by Walkens House of Film, Melbourne, Australia
St Matthias was built by an early settler, Dr Matthias Gaunt, who arrived in Van Diemen's Land with his family in 1831. Despite sharing a first name with the church, Dr Gaunt was not being egotistical here. Gaunt is said to have promised his wife, Frances, before leaving England, that if there were no church where they settled in the colony he would build one and name it St Matthias. The Gaunts are buried in the church graveyard.
PHOTO NOTE:
Enlarge and compare the soft presentation of the leaves from the tree on the right of this photograph in film, with those of the weeping willow in my phone photo of Windermere Farm. One has much less control over the outcome with a phone shot (the work is all done by the computer chip), but it is still generally true that digital photos are too sharp, and at times a little too perfect for the human eye to appreciate. Is this why we tire of them so quickly? Remember, we see in analogue.
Dr Gaunt's Church 1842 (Film)
Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5B TLR Zenar 75mm f3.5 1954
Film: Kodak Gold 200 120
Scanned by Walkens House of Film, Melbourne, Australia
St Matthias was built by an early settler, Dr Matthias Gaunt, who arrived in Van Diemen's Land with his family in 1831. Despite sharing a first name with the church, Dr Gaunt was not being egotistical here. Gaunt is said to have promised his wife, Frances, before leaving England, that if there were no church where they settled in the colony he would build one and name it St Matthias. The Gaunts are buried in the church graveyard.
PHOTO NOTE:
Enlarge and compare the soft presentation of the leaves from the tree on the right of this photograph in film, with those of the weeping willow in my phone photo of Windermere Farm. One has much less control over the outcome with a phone shot (the work is all done by the computer chip), but it is still generally true that digital photos are too sharp, and at times a little too perfect for the human eye to appreciate. Is this why we tire of them so quickly? Remember, we see in analogue.