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

              Hereford Town Hall Atrium - location and a glass of the |Mayor's fizz, free, wardrobe £270! Ilia. 9th Oct 23 

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. On film: PanF in Ilfosol


Sam: 1990; coach: 1950s. Winchcombe 2019

Leica llla (1936 - yep, older than me!), Summar 50mm f2 Lens (1935), K2 Filter (1965). On Film: 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 (from the wind machine!)

Rebecca, 1940s day!

Leidolf Lordomat ll (1954/6), Enna-Lordonar 50mm lens, K2, On film: Ilford FP4 

I since found on-line the superior and four times the price 50mm 'Lordon' - and say 'ouch!' every time I handle it! Nice if you can find one - they're often sold with a so-so camera to help the sale - of the camera! Although these lenses can only be used on a Leifolf camera (without complicated and unavailable converter)  they command a surprisingly high price.


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. On film:  FP4. Centre 6x6 frame.



Athens, Plaka.  2015


                                                                                                                       Paris:

           1, Seine Quai de Montebello                                                     2, le Peitit Pont                                      3, Av. Charles Floquet


Île Saint-Louis, Paris: quai de Bourbon, al fresco at La Lutetia (good name, but wrong island!)

Nikon D850, 60mm macro

Sisters plotting! Haverthwaite 2019

Nikon D850, Zeiss Biotar (aluminium) Pre-set Coated. 1952-1954 58mm f2.8 (Yep! That's a 1954 lens!)

Chloe: not often pensive. Between sessions Henfield Studio.


Sometimes they start without me!