I try to capture the errr, spirit of what I'm seeing, so I include photographs that are are not technically perfect. Lo-fi photography alert! My excuse. Abstract expressionism roolz

The site is very much a scratchpad, not a portfolio. Some of the galleries are resource/'assignment' dumps for others to make use of.

I'm using film more & more now, developing my own b&w (mainly Ilford Delta and Foma 100 & 400). Much more fun IMHO using my Leica IIf with just six controls compared with the D300's eighty plus...

Inspiration

Atget, Doisneau, Strand, Walker Evans, Winogrand, W Eugene Smith, Deakin, Leiter - especially Saul Leiter for his colour work. I'm still catching up with the C20th... Tis why I use the Leica. This end of the C21st I'm really liking Hin Chua

Gear & Technical

The exif data is available for the majority of the (digital) photos by hovering the mouse over the "i" at the top right of the image.

The photos are taken on Nikons - FM2, F4S, D300 (and ancestors).  My 1956 Leica IIf RD c/w a 1949 Summitar 50 f/2 or a 1936 Elmar 90 f/4 is my real squeeze. Also a Kiev 4a, a Ricoh GRD and... a couple of modded Holga 120Ns (one for 35mm).

Copyright & use

If by some chance my photos could be useful to you please ask for permission to use them. I'm not happy about them being used or captioned inappropriately.