LOVE RIOT

Sorry i haven't posted anything on here for a while, after the last posts i had a deadline for my module at uni and had to finish off creating my book (await images of the book when i get back to uni) and then headed home for Easter. I have been taking a few film shots but lack of darkroom and processing facilities leaves me stranded. I am back shooting again for the surf school but last night shot some photos for a local night - LOVE RIOT. They came out pretty good and this is one of my mate Dirk - an instructor from the surf school.

More 5x4 / CCTV

Here are some more of my shots from my current project on CCTV. I shot these early this morning with perfect light and no one around. The main focus of the project is on CCTV so... spot the cameras! All shot on Ilford Delta 100 Sheet Film from a Sinar F 5x4 camera with a 90mm f8 lens.

5 X 4

Today i took my first image with a 5x4 large format view camera. It was an experience all in all but after i developed the neg i realized how much it paid off standing around waiting for the right moment. Anyway, here it is my first 5x4 image shot on Ilford Delta 100 - f/22 at 1/15th

More CCTV/London

Just come back from 24 hours in London... of which a few of i managed to take some photos and continue my surveillance project... Here is one of the images i got for the project. Hasselblad 500cm + Ilford Delta 100

CCTV

At uni we have just started a module on Bookworks. The project is totally self initiated and the Book is the only thing we have to produce as a final outcome, the rest is up to us! I am naturally loving this as I really don't like being guided so I thought a lot about what interests me in photography and what I can do a project on that will interest other people. I have settled on CCTV and surveillance as my main theme and i will look at issues in our contemporary world that involve the vast use of surveillance cameras and the idea that we have no privacy due to this. This is one of the first images I made for this theme on a recent trip to Bristol. More to come in the next few weeks... Fuji 690 III Medium Format Camera + Fujifilm Neopan 400 Film.

HARDY WINS!!

Ryan Hardy, the perfectionist bodyboarder from Australia has just won the first Grand Slam event of the 2009 IBA world tour at Pipeline, Hawaii. This is massive for Hardy as he has had a bit of a rocky path since he missed the 2006 world title by a tiny, tiny amount. He has been through some major illness and has recently been dropped by long term sponsor and backup, Billabong. This was a major shock to the bodyboard world and hopefully this win for Ryan has made them realize he has a lot of potential left in him. 2nd place went to French 19-year old Pierre Louis-Costes, 3rd to Guilherme Tamega and 4th to Dave Winchester. It was an epic final and well done to everyone i say! Here is a shot of PLC from last years comp, shame i couldn't be there again this year.

Fuji 960 + Delta 100 + Bumble = Very Nice

I recently went home and thought i should try out a new camera. I landed on the Fuji 960 III which is a medium format rangefinder camera. Its not too heavy and pretty quiet. The main bonus of this camera is its 9x6cm negs.. Its like large-format 35mm and ill tell you what, they are incredible! I combined this beast with some beautiful Delta 100 film, perfect sunny light and my dog Bumble. Here are a couple of shots i got from it. Click image to see bigger.

Studio Session

Just had a little fun studio session doing some self-portraiture in my wetsuit! It was pretty funny wearing a wetsuit in a studio and in the images i am trying to portray the irony of the situation. Here is one of the few i did... Shot on Ilford Pan F+ 50

Kodak Ektar 100 Film

I recently did a shoot with German/Spanish Bodyboarder Pablo Pierto for the Uni of Plymouth and his sponsor. I thought i might try out some of the new kodak colour negative film i recieved the other day - Ektar 100. It is described on the box as 'Worlds Finest Grain'. This is a scan from the shoot and it seemed to come out pretty well, cant wait to use it in the dark room.

London!

Just got back from a couple of days in London, it was pretty cool to go back after spending a lot of time there last winter. The main reason i went was to see the Robert Capa exhibition and maybe check out some others. I also took a few shots, they came out pretty cool. Here is a standard tube shot! To see more check out.... www.flickr.com/photos/charliejayphoto