Natural Portraits
Sisters plotting! Haverthwaite 2019
Nikon D850, Zeiss Biotar (aluminium) Pre-set Coated. 1952-1954 58mm f2.8 (Yep! That's 1954!)
Ilia, Feb 2022. : 'Just run through some of those facials . . . . .'
Nikon D850, Minolta 100mm Rokkor 1970
Ilia, Hereford Town Hall atrium 9th Oct 23
Miranda, 105mm, natural light. Pan F in ID11
Ilia. 9th Oct 23 Hereford Town Hall Atrium - location free, wardrobe £270!
Nikon D850 60mm. Natural light.
Local child sweeping alley to cathedral, Gerona Spain. July/August 1968
(He was actually posing for unsuspecting tourists upon whom grandad, with outstretched palm, would pounce; the guy appears complete in quasi peasant-garb in one of the shots! 50 yrs later I took the same shot; a very different Spain, although here in August 2018 - sauf l'infant - virtually nothing else had changed!)
Praktica lV, Ludwig 50mm f2.9, K2, FP4. Digitized from mono sepia print.
My Aunt Beatie - swimming lifeguard, land-lady, free spirit. Probably dining room, 134, Zetland St., Southport 1963
Halina 35X, 45mm fixed triplet, FP3 and a lot of fingerprints! Audrey Hepburn had a 60s coat with similar buttons.
Ilia working out, Knighton, 8th Oct 2023
Minolta SRT , Rokkor 100mm, PanF in Ilfosol
Sam: 1990; coach: 1950s. Winchcombe 2019
Leica llla (1936 - yep, older than me!), Summar 50mm f2 Lens (1935), K2 Filter (1965), FP4 in Ilfosol (2019)
Paris Metro. Orange dresses, peach and metro posters just lucky coincidences. 2015
Nikon D700, 60mm and the usual dial in corrections!
Chloe, B G P - what? before goose-bumps
Rebecca, 1940s day!
Leidolf Lordomat ll (1954/6), Enna-Lordonar 50mm lens, K2, Ilford FP4
I since found on-line the superior and four times the price 50mm 'Lordon' - and say 'ouch!' every time I handle it!
Emma, 4yrs, determined: elbows in, both eyes open - she'll be a pro one day! 1988
1962 Rolleicord Vb TLR, with Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 75mm f3.5 lens. FP4
Athens, Plaka. 2015
Paris:
1, Seine Quai de Montebello 2, le Peitit Pont 3, Av. Charles Floquet
Sisters plotting! Haverthwaite 2019
Nikon D850, Zeiss Biotar (aluminium) Pre-set Coated. 1952-1954 58mm f2.8 (Yep! That's 1954!)
Chloe: not often pensive. Between sessions Henfield Studio.
Sometimes they start without me!