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Friday 25 June 2010

MORE TREES ON THE BEACH

More trees that have fallen onto the beach from the woods atop the nearby sandy cliffs.  Actually this location is a very good spot for bird watchers due to the fact that sandmartins nest in the nearby cliffs.

Benacre near Southwold, Suffolk, England.

From my Tree Stories Project, 2003-.

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Wednesday 23 June 2010

TWICE REFLECTED CHURCH

This image is of a Church Tower which is reflected in office building windows opposite, which in turn is reflected in a small square mirror tile.  Thus the twice reflected reflection.  The Church depicted in this particular photograph is the largest Parish Church in England.

Holy Trinity Church reflected in the windows of King William House, Lowgate, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such, just experimental work, 1996.

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Friday 18 June 2010

MARINA IN THE DARK

The Eastern part of Hull Marina on a cold dark autumnal evening.

The Marina, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From a personal project about this area, 2007-.

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Thursday 17 June 2010

TIME

A sepia toned photographic print.  Inspired by the track of the same title from 'Dark Side of the Moon' by the legendary 'Pink Floyd'.  It consists of a couple of mirror tiles and a clock.  Then a series of multiple exposures.  Done by slowing zooming out from the main point of focus (there are three separate exposures). I used my Canon FD 70-210 telephoto lens.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, circa 1993-94.

For the Constructed Image module of the 9231 City and Guilds Photography Certificate.  I was awarded a distinction for this body of work that I submitted for this module.

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Monday 14 June 2010

CREEK FLOW

A sepia and selenium toned print.  A small creek flowing into the sea, on a winter's afternoon.

Gibraltar National Nature Reserve, Gibraltar Point near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.

From my Next Wave Project, 1996-97.

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Saturday 12 June 2010

NOTICE BOARD

Hello there,

Thank you all for visiting my blog, for posting comments and joining my blog followers list etc.  It is very much appreciated.

You will have not failed to have noticed that I have had a bit of a change round with regards my new layout and template.  If you have the time please tell me what you think about it.  Do you like it? Should I change back to the original layout?  Your thoughts and constructive comments are most welcome.

I am not too keen on the reactions section.  Interesting, well okay I suppose but funny and cool (no way, but it seems that I cannot do a great deal about these).

Once again it might mean a little pottering about until I get things right.

Yours sincerely

Trevor David Betts

Friday 11 June 2010

SPLIT TONED CAT

You all know who the cat is, in this photograph.  It is a selectively sepia split-toned image.  Done by painting the bleach toner (the first part) onto the required areas then putting it into the sepia (second part) chemical bath which restores the sepia.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From a City & Guilds 9231 Photography module, circa 1989.

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Wednesday 9 June 2010

PAINTING THE HULL II

Members of the RNLI Humber Lifeboat crew and workers from Leggott's Ship Yard repaint the boats hull and keel whilst it in dry dock.  It is suspended on a rig.  If at any time it is needed for a call out it will be lowered down the slipway into the water.  This cleaning and repainting is done on a bi-annual basis.

Queen Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.

From my In the Wake of the Bow Project, 1995-96.

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Tuesday 8 June 2010

TABLE AND CHAIRS

Shapes and shadows from a set of white garden table and chairs.  Taken for one of the first City & Guilds Photography modules that I did.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

For a City & Guilds 9231 Photography module, circa 1989.

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Tuesday 1 June 2010

LEST WE FORGET - 6 JUNE 1944


A small selection of images from my Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project.  From the top left to bottom right:  1. Cafe Gondree, close to Pegasus Bridge where elements of the British 6th Airborne Division landing in the early hours of D-Day. 2. A German Gun Bunker in the Coastal village of St.Aubin-sur-mer. 3. A Canadian DD (Duplex Drive) Sherman Tank in the Coastal village of Coursellues-sur-mer.  4. A Memorial to the 50th British Infantry Division is seen through the windows of this telephone box in the village of Asnelles.  Normandy, France June 1999.

LEST WE FORGET.  REST IN PEACE LADS.

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HELLO AND WELCOME

To my Photo Blog,

All my monochrome photography is darkroom produced. This portfolio consists of photographs from several of my projects, assignments, personal and course related work. Some of these monochrome photographic prints are then selectively toned.

Take a look at the slide show, or the popular posts. Click onto some of the many excellent blogs that I have listed in my blog roll. I welcome constructive feedback (post a comment).

Click onto the links in some of my posts which will then take you to the relevant website link where you will be able to find out more about that location, charity or organisation etc featured in the post and which is relevant to that specific image.

Also please click onto my links. Join my blog and my Google + followers. If you would like to know more about any particular photograph or project then please send me an email. My email address is at the foot of this page.

Also from time to time I will post videos that are of interest to me, mainly from my military background.

Yours sincerely

Trevor David Betts BA (Hons)

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All the photographs featured on this blog spot were taken on Canon analog 35mm SLR cameras which included: Canon A1, Canon AE1 (non-programme) and Canon T90. The Canon A1 was rendered useless after prolonged exposure to salt spray residue, and the AE1 suffered a malfunction, and one of my T90s just packed up on me during a photographic shoot.

Most of my camera equipment was initially purchased brand new, then as the years have past I have purchased second-hand equipment. But the vast majority of equipment I currently possess is well over twenty years old.

Canon FD lenses used were: 28, and 35mm wide angle, 50mm standard, 35-105mm short telephoto zoom and a 70-210mm large telephoto zoom lenses. Also used was a loaned Mamiya 645 with 50 and 80mm lenses. My favourite combination is a T90 fitted with the 35-105mm lens with an Hoya orange filter. I use Hoya orange, red, neutral density, and skylight filters. Hoya and Canon lens hoods. A Canon remote cable. I have used a great Metz 45 CT-4 flashgun for many years. I used this for the bounced and fill-in flash for some of the documentary and portraiture work.

Studio flash used was Courtenay brolly flash (just two heads fitted with soft boxes) at Hull Community Artworks studio (sadly this excellent local arts facility closed in 2001). Billingham and Tamrac camera bags (the Billingham is a old model that I have had for years - wonderful bags). The Tamrac one is a medium sized back pack type bag. Slik Black Diamond 88, and 500 DX Pro tripods. A Cullmann touring set (which consists of a light tripod, ball and swivel head, all-purpose clamp, suction cap, and a ground spike). I presently have three Canon T90 and one A1 SLR cameras.

Film used was mainly 35mm (with some 120mm). Ilford Delta monochrome negative print film, 100 asa (a few rolls of 400 asa as well). Ilford HP5 and FP4 (400 and 125 asa respectively). Fuji Neopan 400 asa. Various Fuji colour film. Photographic chemicals: Ilford ID-11 and Microphen film developers. Agfa Rodinal fine grain film developer, and Ilford Hypam fixer.

Photographic paper: Ilford Multigrade IV VC paper, Fibre based VC paper including warm and cool tone. Kentmere Velvet Stipple and Art Document papers. Kodak selenium toner. Barclay and Fotospeed sepia toners, and Colorvir blue toner. Durst M60 and Meopta 5 enlargers fitted with 50 and 80mm Schneider lenses. Kenro negative sheets and Jessops negative folders.

Most of my photography involves the use of the camera being securely mounted onto the tripod, with the shutter set to the 10 second delay. I bracket my exposures (relying on the excellent Canon in-camera meter). My aperture settings are usually between F5.6 and F22. In the vast majority of cases the very first exposure I take is usually the correctly exposed one.

Finished photographic prints (spotted if needed). At the 10 x 8 inch size are then scanned on an Epsom 1660 photo perfection scanner using Adope Photoshop CS2 at the 5.5 x 3.5 inch image or canvas size, 150 dpi and at the 750 x 550 pixels size, and saved as for the web. The only thing that is manipulated is the brightness balance and contrast levels.

DON'T FORGET

"It is the soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to fair protest.

It is the soldier, not the politician, who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

From: "Fighting for Queen and Country,
by Nigel 'Spud' Ely. Blake Publishing London, 2007.
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