Hi ,
Here are a few notes from the ESIG meeting this week.
Present: Steve, Vaughn, Liz, Gerry, Judith, Greg, Brian and me
Our speakers were
Vaughn, who took us down a bit of memory lane with some colour images from Ashridge and mono from Redbourn. What was interesting is they were taken on film. Vaughn has been experimenting with film recently, using Portra 400 colour and FP4 mono. The difference in dynamic range compared with digital was evident, and Vaughn felt the colour performed better than the mono.
Vaughn used ‘Analog Wonderland’ to purchase the film and also to get the negatives scanned. See https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/
Greg showed us some recent images of the rolling hills at Therfield, which are always so attractive, and also from Sweden in the icy cold.
Judith’s talk was on the ‘photographer who inspired a generation’. John Blakemore died recently and had built up over the years a large and varied body of work. Judith’s presentation was very comprehensive and carefully put together. It contained more material than I can usefully summarise here, but the following links provide more info.
Selected links:
The video on the OnLandscape site is a talk by John at the conference in 2018
The other video Judith mentioned is the Birmingham Library archive about creating the archive with John
Our portfolio session always provides interesting discussion and today was no exception.
Thanks to all our speakers. Next meeting: 11 March
Here are a few notes from the ESIG meeting this week.
Present: Steve, Vaughn, Liz, Gerry, Judith, Greg, Brian and me
Our speakers were
Vaughn, who took us down a bit of memory lane with some colour images from Ashridge and mono from Redbourn. What was interesting is they were taken on film. Vaughn has been experimenting with film recently, using Portra 400 colour and FP4 mono. The difference in dynamic range compared with digital was evident, and Vaughn felt the colour performed better than the mono.
Vaughn used ‘Analog Wonderland’ to purchase the film and also to get the negatives scanned. See https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/
Greg showed us some recent images of the rolling hills at Therfield, which are always so attractive, and also from Sweden in the icy cold.
Judith’s talk was on the ‘photographer who inspired a generation’. John Blakemore died recently and had built up over the years a large and varied body of work. Judith’s presentation was very comprehensive and carefully put together. It contained more material than I can usefully summarise here, but the following links provide more info.
Selected links:
- https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50140/photography/1415/john_blakemore/3
- https://britishphotography.org/artists/74-john-blakemore/overview/
- https://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/john-blakemore-1936-2025
- https://www.lensculture.com/articles/john-blakemore-remembering-john-blakemore-an-appreciation
- https://hymancollection.org/artists/55-john-blakemore/overview/
- https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2015/04/john-blakemore-book-binding-sequencing/
- ALSO: OnLandscape magazine – articles and video
The video on the OnLandscape site is a talk by John at the conference in 2018
The other video Judith mentioned is the Birmingham Library archive about creating the archive with John
Our portfolio session always provides interesting discussion and today was no exception.
Thanks to all our speakers. Next meeting: 11 March
