Monday, August 25, 2008

old tins






































most of the victoria and albert's possessions are conserved in very low light conditions and it is hard to photograph them without a flash ( discouraged ) and/or a tripod ( forbidden )


flash makes everything look awfully cool with any icy blue sort of light so today i tried a method which is a bit like pressing your nose to the glass


i pressed the rim of the lens casing flat against the glass


this enabled me to hold the camera fairly ... but less than perfectly ... still for some very slow exposures ... but only where the objects were at a reasonably comfortable level above the floor and a suitable distance for focussing beyond the glass

file under "champagne: for the drinking of"


georgey boy


pomona lends a hand in plutarch's garden


lot ninety-nine, laydeys'an'gennermen ... as played by george formby




nothing like this old-fashioned clockwork in your argos catalogue