Every day I see things that were familiar in my youth disappearing or falling into ruin. Here are a couple of images that show this, that I shot last weekend.
 For those interested the camera used was a Bronica SQ AI and the film was Ilford Hp5+ (B&W) and Fuji Reala 100 ISO. The black and white film was souped in Rodinal (my last bottle!)


  
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Sunday was Mother's Day and I got to take some formal, set up, portraits at the local Baptist Church.
I brought in lights and a backdrop and shot the pics with a Nikon D70 as people wanted instant feedback. I prefer to shoot portraits in black and white with a medium format camera, using real film but as the images will only be enlarged to 8" x 12" digital was just fine.
 I think the pics work well in colour.



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 On Saturday 10 April I got hired to photograph Ceilidh Vigoriti's 30th birthday. The celebrations took place at Pomodoro Ristorante in Morningside, Johannesburg.
 We set up a "photo booth" with studio lights where guests were photographed when they arrived, many choosing to ham it up with supplied props. Throughout the rest of the evening I shot digital pics of the proceedings which were printed out on the spot and given to the guests. It was a great idea and worked wonderfully.
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I had a great time photographing two year-old, Josh Cachia. The little guy never stops moving which explains why his face is slightly blurred unlike that of his long-suffering dog.
 The weather was overcast and damp, which meant I had to shoot wide open with the rangefinder camera I was using at 1/15 of a second.
 But I think the slight blur captures the little tyke's energy and says something about him. Sometimes an out of focus picture can be more effective than one that is blindingly sharp.
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