New name, new start

Having let this blog lie fallow for nearly a year, this seems as good a time as any to resurrect it under a new name.

I'm nearing the end of my college course and getting scarily close to the time that I have to put all this into practice and starting earning money from my photography. Another scary prospect that's on the horizon is the end-of-year show that my college friends and I are putting on in June. We're putting it on at CUBE in Manchester (opening date to be confirmed, but it'll be around June 14th-15th); it's a lovely gallery in a good location, but it's costing a packet to hire. We've got a crowdfunder page set up here to beg for assistance paying for it. This is an important show for us - it's our opportunity to present ourselves to the world: as such, it's a key factor in progressing our careers as jobbing photographers. We're offering invitations to the opening night for anyone who donates and we're also offering various sizes of prints for higher amounts. See the link for details.

Rick

Rick, originally uploaded by Cap'n Maj Bloodnok.

Messing about at college, using a Toyo 5x4 camera and photographic paper as a negative. Scanned in and toned in Photoshop.

150mm@f/22; 4seconds

Family portrait

Family portrait, originally uploaded by Cap'n Maj Bloodnok.

This came about by accident. I was playing about in a hotel room and pointed the camera at my wife. She doesn't like having her photo taken, so put the magazine up in front of her face. I took the picture, anyway, and decided it looked quite good, so I set up this triptych.

Woolly hat

Wooly hat, originally uploaded by Cap'n Maj Bloodnok.

Taken in Paris as part of a college "street photography" assignment.

HP5+, Olympus Trip on "manual": f/11 @ 1/40s

Portrait

Portrait, originally uploaded by Cap'n Maj Bloodnok.

A portrait in the style of Anton Corbijn taken for a college assignment.

Originally shot on FP4+ with a Mamiya 645.