MANY REFLECTIONS

Many reflections are depicted on the shiny paint work of this brand new car. The car showroom ceiling lights spatter the bonnet with their brightness.

Mercedes Car Showroom, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 1996.

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TACK TRADER

This mature gent is a Tack Trader selling saddles and all manner of horse related merchandise from the back of his Horse Box. Brigg Horse Fair has been held in this small market town since the 12th Century.

Brigg Horse Fair, Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England.

From no specific project as such, 2000.

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THAT LOGO AGAIN

Another example of a straight-forward darkroom produced monochrome photographic print. Then the very same print but with a blue tone chemical wet-process. The success of a blue toned print depends upon a number of factors.

Firstly the actual print itself, how it is printed (how deep the shadow details are etc). Then the strength of the toning solution, the temperature of the toning solution and how long or short the time the print is immersed in the toner. The blue toning takes place in the first tray which holds the actual blue toner solution. The second tray is basically just a salt water solution to halt the blue toner and wash the print. The print should then be properly washed and dried.

Mercedes Car Showroom, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 1997.

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CITY JUNCTION AT NIGHT

The road junction on Alfred Gelder Street and Lowgate. The winter evening rush hour is well under way.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 2007.

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IN SAFE HANDS

An injured Belgian deck hand from a Belgian trawler climbs up the steps to a waiting ambulance. He had been collected from the trawler which was 12 miles out from Spurn Point by the RNLI Humber Lifeboat.

Alexandra Dock, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.

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

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ST. PAUL'S AT NIGHT

As the title states, night-time near St. Paul's Cathedral. From the northern end of the Millennium Bridge. Plenty of bright street lights and well-lit shadows. If my memory serves me correctly a famous WWII photograph of this iconic building was taken from this very spot. To illustrate that it was still standing despite the constant enemy bombing (during the blitz). If I was honest with myself I feel that I should have perhaps printed this a little more darkly (and burned in more some of those lights).

St.Paul's Cathedral, London, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 2010.

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TREES CLOSE TO THE EDGE

The title says it all really. Fast eroding sandy cliffs on this part of the East Anglian Coast cause the woodland above to fall onto the beach.

Benacre, Suffolk, England.

From my Tree Stories Project, 2003-.

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HELTER SKELTER

A Helter Skelter Ride on the sea front, on a  fine sunny summer's day.

Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2002-.

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LIFE BLOOD

A fountain that falls into a lake. The water represents the blood of American youth who fought and fell in the battle for Normandy during the Second World War.

The Peace Museum, Caen, Normandy, France.

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

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FISHING VILLAGE

A French coastal village on the Normandy Coast. Nets, flags and buoys litter the quayside.

Coursellues-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. The location for "Juno" Beach, the Canadian Landing Beach/Zone on the morning of 6th June 1944.

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2002.

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ANOTHER MULTIPLE EXPOSURE

This is a zoomed multiple exposure of some flowers in a window box. I have found with experimentation that it is best if you keep you multiple exposures to a minimum of three or four, the more you do the more the final image becomes cluttered.

Hull Community Artworks, Kingston upon Hull, North Humberside, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 1992-93.

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OPERATION

The duty vet operates on a sick dog. In the operating room of the PDSA Animal Treatment Centre.

The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, Animal Treatment Centre, Brunswick Avenue, Kingston upon Hull, North Humberside, England.

From my For The Animals Project 2000-2002. This was the assignment for a City & Guilds 9231 Photography Certificate in the Social Documentary module, 1989.

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PEAT BOGS

A sepia toned monochrome photographic print. This photograph was taken at one of England's last remaining peat bog areas. Over a period of time these peatlands have been ravaged by the gardening industry providing peat/compost for gardener's.

The Humber Peatlands/Thorne & Hatfield Moors, South Yorshire, England.

From no specific project as such, circa 1993.

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NOTICE BOARD

Just to let you know that I have decided to remove my Networked blogs app from this blog spot. I was not getting many people sign up for it. I'm sorry for the few that did sign up to it.

From time-to-time I do remove or change various items on here, just to update things and keep the blog interesting. It's nothing personal.

Thank You.

Trevor David Betts.

GETTING READY TO LAUNCH

Members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute's only full-time crew prepare to lower a boat that takes them out to the moored up RNLI Humber Lifeboat.

The RNLI Humber Lifeboat Station, Spurn Point, Kilnsea, North Humberside, England.

From My In the Wake of the Bow Project, 1994-95.

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FINAL RESTING PLACE

Posting this image now is very appropriate. Seeing has six young British Army infantry soldiers were killed in Afghanistan just recently. The monochrome photographic print seen here is the final resting place of a young infantry soldier from The East Yorkshire Regiment who fell during the Normandy Campaign in WWII.

British Second World War Military Cemetery, Douvres-la-deliverandes, Normandy, France.

From my The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget Project, 1998-2001.

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TINY PATIENT

The duty vet examines one of his tiniest patients in the Treatment Room at the P.D.S.A. Animal Treatment Centre, which is located in Hull. I cannot remember what this little chap had wrong with him. If you have not figured it out by now, the little patient is a golden hamster.

The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, Kingston upon Hull, North Humberside, England.

From my For The Animals Project, 1989. Which was on display at the Artlink Exchange Gallery and the P.D.S.A Animal Treatment Centre, both situated in Hull. Then at Stephenson's Car Showroom in Brigg, Lincolnshire as part of the Brigg Live Arts Festival circa 1998-2000.

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MONOCHROME TO SEPIA

The same monochrome photographic print. But with two totally separate treatments. The first print is a straight-forward dark room developed print. The second is the same print but this time it has had the two bath sepia toning treatment. Sepia toning increases the tonal depth of the print and gives it an archival permanence.

Robin's Bay, North Yorkshire, England.

From my The Next Wave Project, 1996-98.

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FEATHER ON THE BEACH (THE BLUE VERSION)

You will find a straight-forward monochrome photographic print of this very scene in the 24 July 2009 posting on this blog. The above print was a monochrome photographic print that received the two bath blue toner chemical process. This consists of immersing the whole print in a tray of prepared blue toner solution (that had been mixed with water). Then once all the detail in the print is toned, it is placed into a separate second tray that contains a salt water solution (that cleans and stops the blue toning process).

It's fairly simple to do. Obviously with all other chemical toning techniques there is an element of experimentation. Also the final result depends on the actual print and how long (or short) the immersion time in the blue toner is.

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England.

From my The Next Wave Project, 1996-98.

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FLOWERS FOR THE FALLEN No.8

This is the final set of images in this series. As per all the previous images, the first one consists of a scanned acetate which includes a modern disruptive pattern mode British Army combat jacket. Then in red the actual service number of one of the fallen from the infantry unit that I once served in. The flowers photographed are red roses. The monochrome photographic print was then selenium toned. For further details please read the earlier posts.

Kingston upon Hull. East Yorkshire, England.

From an assignment that I did for a Photography Higher National Diploma (Design) Photography course at Bradford and Ilkley Community College, 1998-2001.

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BARRIERS NO.6

Security fencing surrounding some industrial premises on the West Bank of the River Hull.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From my Barriers Project, 1997-98.

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