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I said some weeks ago that I will be getting back to a more analogue way of doing things. This involved me lugging around( with smile on my face I might add) my Hasselblad and a 40mm lens. I did a series of lighthearted – lets call them snaps some years back I called @work. Just taken at work of people I could persuade to get in front of the camera. So this is a repeat of that. Anders is a much better photographer than me so I was pleased he didn’t mind me taking this shot of him during a break.
Camera : Hasselblad 203FE
Lens: Carl Zeiss Distagon 40mm f/4.0 CFE IF
Film: Kodak T-Max 400 asa at box speed.
Dev: 6.45 mins @20°C
Scan: Epson V700 Dry scan with better scanning.com holder
PP: LR and Niks
The siding at Jersey City was the next stop for BR401. I believe FOXY and Tomahawk Railway interchange cars here (or perhaps in Tomahawk proper). I thought they would grab cars off the siding and bring them to Bradley but they did considerable work as they reshuffled the cars. It was a pleasant evening to kick back and enjoy the music of an SD40-2 going about it's moves back and forth. March 28, 2024.
You know the day has ended for the cowboy when you see his saddle & boots on the ground, tucked and ready for the trailer.
The days of the old west seem to have been lost in the concrete jungles most folks work in, but seeing the tools of this cowboys trade tells you one thing - the day was long, the work, hard but the satisfaction of a job well done has been taken to heart.
Image can be licensed at: www.outdoorstudios.net
Used two SB800, one (left) on the ground with a LumiQuest softbox and the other (right) on a stand about 4ft off the ground with a +1ev TN-A1 Gel.
Here is a copy of what I started with: photos.outdoorstudios.net/Lighting-Setups/Lighting-Setup-...
See more images by Chris at: flickr.com/thepawproject
RAF Cosford 238 Squadrons’ Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 ‘Zero Seven’ (07) registration XZ991, in 1Sqn markings with artic camouflage, formerly based at RAF Wittering.
Part of No 1 School of Technical Training (No 1 SoTT) at RAF Cosford, 238 Squadron have a fleet of SEPECAT Jaguar GR1 and GR3 aircraft, along with a few other airframe types, all of which are used for Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic training. With many thanks to staff of 238 Sqn, I was allowed to photograph the Jaguar aircraft at will, predominantly to provide the detail for a forthcoming 1/48 scale 54 Sqn Jaguar that is being made for me, the first aircraft that I worked on at RAF Coltishall after completing my tech training back in the early 80’s.
This little room has been getting a slow makeover as I figure out my workflow in the main shop. Last weekend I made the wall-hanging racks for frames and today picked them up from the powdercoater and anchored them to the wall. Drilling with a rotohammer is no fun - my arms are still vibrating. It's looking much better than it was when it was just packed full of whatever was in the way. I feel I can manage my work a lot better when everything has a home. I guess it feels good to make a home, and I'm here a lot. Next year I want heat.
I'm working on a watercolor painting right now.
It's called "One night in Lemon Garden".
It's going to have a dark background Blogged here
Big thanks to Tuesday for featuring my little studio on Studio Sweet Studio!
studio-sweet-studio.com/minifanfan-studio-tour/
But No Replacement Bus Service !!
During the week I was in Scarborough , the Central Cliff Lift ( Tramway ) was closed because of work on the tracks .
Regrettably I had to walk up the adjacent stairs . It took me over 15 minutes , and two squirts of my Angina spray .
Scarborough , North Yorkshire .
Thursday lunchtime 07th-November-2024.
This exhibit is at artistsandmakersstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1SQj7vq6mSkDt63fP... in Rockville MD. I was supposed to be up there today, installing the work, with a friend who generously arranged to be off work today to help me. Well, Sunday evening there was an email indicating that the building might be closed Tuesday on account of weather, but that they would open Monday for those who might be able to get in early to install their work or push back to Wednesday.
I didn't sleep much that night, trying to figure out the best way to travel, whether I should put it off a day and hope the roads wouldn't be too bad after the Polar Vortex moved through and whether I'd be about to get out of town on Wednesday early enough to make it a full day (there was talk of messy travel that morning). I went back and forth, back and forth trying to figure out what to do, finally deciding I'd high tail it out early on Monday and see what I could get done on my own.
After arranging for Avery's care and letting my friends know I would be staying a day early at their place in NoVA, I packed it up and took it on the road. The travel spirits looked upon me favorably and I made it up in record time.
When I carried all my work into the gallery, I looked around and felt slightly overwhelmed. I'd convinced myself that I couldn't do this by myself, that I was bad or impatient at measuring and my brain wasn't suited for such tasks. I knew I had to get started, so I began with one wall (a hallway) because there were only six pieces going up that required one nail each. I had spoken to a friend a week or so before who mentioned measuring to the center and working out from there, so that's how I started. And I continued, one wall at a time. I held myself back from looking at the whole space and number of prints I had to install, and just took it one section at a time. It took me about four hours with nothing other that a break for a drink of water a couple times and voila!
I can't express how happy this makes me. While I would have loved my friend's help, I also feel it was really important that I have the experience of moving through this process, both mentally and emotionally, on my own. I would say I did it all by myself, but I did have help from friends in other ways and that's important too.
A woman wearing Rei Kawakubo clothing at the Met Museum's Costume Institute's exhibition featuring the work of the designer.
Even if your work
is only a turning wheel
love the turning,
love what you find
in the hub of you
and at the rim
where you flow away
to be the work
of a greater wheel.
Cleaning undertaken by www.raconservation.co.uk
Sadly, the chairs were stolen in 2018 shortly after the conservation-cleaning project - a report to follow soon - www.libervitae.co.uk