Learning to Paint

Not a recent photo, another from last year's Strawberry Fair at Cambridge. Apparently he knows "Banksy".

Olympus 35RC on Ilford Multigrade Resin Coated paper.

Harley - Detail

Not the usual type of picture I'd take but I guess it just goes to show that it pays to have your camera with you all the time. In this instance is was one of my 1970's Olympus OM1 SLRs with a 135mm Zuiko prime lens. These Olympus Lenses are extremely sharp and ideally suited for this sort of picture.

Printed, as usual in my darkroom but only on 7 x 5 paper as I needed a new print for the Postal Photographic Club of which I am a member http://postalphotoclub.org.uk

The PPC was formed in the 1930s and continues to this day with members joining a "circle" of members with a shared interest, in my case it is of course darkroom and film usage. Each Month a bag arrives with members latest prints contained therein for comment. A notebook aslo accomopanies each bag so we can update each other on what we've been up to, photographically or otherwise.

Violin Maker

Wandering around Cambridge again with my Olympus 35rc and watched this guy for a while. Spoke to him and asked if I could take a few pictures, always best to ask, and contribute to the hat of course.

Turns out he is a violin maker.

I sent him a copy of this picture and he liked it a lot.