The Temple of Hatshepsut

A shot taken in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, the famous Egyptian queen.

Istanbul on Super 8

A few years ago, before I had heard of Holgas and lo fi photography, I watched some old super 8 family films my father had shot during our summer holidays in Spain in the early 1970s. I loved the saturated colours and impressionist feel to the super 8 film and decided that I would try to capture images using super 8 film.

Naively I thought that if I could digitise the film, I could then freeze frames and capture single images from them. I then bought a super 8 camera on ebay and a couple of reels of film and was then ready, albeit without realising it, to immerse myself in the world of lo fi.

The camera arrived just in time for me to take it on a short break in Istanbul and I spent the next few days shooting short location shots throughout the city.

When I sent the film for processing I was then told that there is no way of freeze framing digitised film footage to isolate individual frames. This meant that the only option was to scan frames individually which, if anybody has tried it, is a real pain in the derriere!

Anyway these two images were about the best that I produced - all in all my experiment was a failure but the camera was cheap, though processing film is expensive, and one day I will make some short super 8 films if the camera still works. The quality isn't great but these images do mark my beginning of my lo fi career.

Stratford upon Avon

Spring is almost here but not quite. In the meantime here are a couple of images from last spring. Shot in the home town of William Shakespeare. A random fact about me is that I was once knocked out by the Complete Works of Shakespeare during a book fight at school.

St Valery Sur Somme

A child playing in the mud. St Valery Sur Somme is a pretty little tourist spot at the mouth of the River Somme. It's claim to fame is that William the Conqueror set sail from St Valery in 1066. We all know what happened when he got to England...