Evening by the sea

I thought I'd take some photos in Newhaven before I move to Brighton and leave these areas, these beautiful seaside locations. This is what the sea looked like this evening.

Lewes Bonfire Night

Some shots from this year's Lewes Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes celebrations.

































I don't like the colours in the shot above, so I tried what it looks like in black and white.



...and with an old feel to it...



Did you see the eyes of the black man? I think he has a great look in his eyes.















I think I made these two go down a little too steep a hill.

Petworth Park

We went to Petworth Park today for a walk with Zebedee. The weather forecast was "rain" for today, so I wasn't prepared to go anywhere and slept in in the morning, but early afternoon I finally believed that the weather people had guessed wrong again and it was actually quite a nice day. So off we went to Petworth. Just in time for sunset, to be honest...

Dog owner's manual

Dog-owner Photographer's Manual - Quick Lesson No. 278

Dispose of used ink cartridges immediately.
Do not under any circumstances leave them lying around unsupervised.

Hey! Why are you taking photos of my paws? Just let me out... I want to go and play.

Autumn impressions Part 2

It all started with this:



Oooh, I love autumn colours... want to see a detail from above photo?



Almost like an abstract.... hmmm...



See where I'm going with this....? Ha! Let's go crazy.









OK, this is a normal version for a change:



Don't you just love the colours? I do, anyway.



...and normal again...



All these "abnormal" photos have been taken either with zooming or otherwise moving the camera during exposure. No software gimmicks used... just good old-fashioned silly camera use.






Let's see what we can do with this tree:









Hold on... there's plenty more... hang on...

Autumn impressions

...from our fun walk after the rain this afternoon.

Mamiya M645 J

I just got my first medium format film back from the developers! Exciting!

I took these shots on Wednesday at Tide Mills, by the sea in Newhaven.






I didn't mean to have the dog in this shot, but he just walked into it and wouldn't go away, so I asked him to sit down.















And the last one in the evening in the studio.



I bought the camera at a camera fair in Brighton last Sunday. Here's what it looks like: http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Mamiya_M645 (except I don't have that prism thing at the top, and mine is the 645 J, which is a stripped-down version made in 1979.)