Aborted Aysgarth
Went out yesterday to christen the camera and to visit Joe Cornish’s gallery in Northallerton to try to choose some artwork for a building in town our company is working on. As always, Joe’s pictures inspire although I was dissapointed that there weren’t more of his Time to Wonder pictures on the walls. This was because Steve Lewis’ exhibition had opened the night before. I like a lot of Steve’s pictures, particularly this image of Afon Conwy in Wales. Wales is a much undiscovered country for landscape photography (apart from the Gower and Snowdonia) and it’s nice to see some unique images of such unspoilt areas.
Joe was just taking a group of people out on a one day workshop but stopped for a chat and was pleased to hear of another Ebony convert. He also recommended NPS Media for E6 processing. Anyway, we asked at reception where local would be good to take my camera and Liz recommended Aysgarth falls or Sutton bank. We figured Sutton Bank would need low light to work well and so went to Aysgarth and were treated to drizzle, drizzle and more drizzle. The drive over was quite exciting however. There were many locations and great old farm buildings (one particular one with a tree sticking out of it’s roof!).
So we returned home slightly despondent and swore to get out today, which, touch wood, is beginning to look pretty nice.
I was also looking around for reciprocity times yesterday and discovered Steve Gosling’s pinhole photography using Zero Image cameras (found via Zero Image site, which was found via Motivation. Images, Ideas, and Thoughts About Photography. Although I had seen his pictures previously I hadn’t paid attention to the black and white material. These pictures have a beautiful aura and are well worth looking at.
The pictures I’ve attached are of my new home made dark cloth (sewing machine guidance from Charlotte).
