Going Manual

It’s true what all the film nerds say – there’s nothing quite like film, but then there’s nothing quite like doing it manual.

This is the first roll I’ve shot on a Nikon FM.   It’s so much more fun having a sense of control over the camera and having to think more about the technical aspects than shooting blindly, which is often what I do – especially with the 350D.

Anyway – all negscans, Delta 400 (first time I’ve used this), 24mm lens (mmm).

The first shot on the roll.. is of moi

The first shot I took!

Remember Nigel (or Angel Nigel as he likes to be known)? I bumped into him yet again near work.

Once again he was keen to show me his serving skills

.. and some footie

.. and his air guitar skills, wonderfully improvised using his racquet. (Yes, focusing is off.)

He was actually removed by a security guard from a nearby area which I had to cross as I left work. He remembered me from Wimbledon and started walking with me. I got a lot of funny stares from City workers as I walked down the road with him.

Exposure wasn’t the best on those shots.

Whoops:

East London is great for graffiti.  I can’t agree more with this one.

I work in the Square Mile which is a clean, sterile place full of people in suits where there’s no graffiti or rubbish on the streets - then you walk 5 minutes up the road into Shoreditch and you find things like this.

Minutes after I took this pic I had one very memorable experience.. in Ponti’s, of all places. It’s great how a seemingly meaningless picture to one person, can mean so much to another. Said experience shall remain undisclosed Â

I should work on alignment a little more.  Then again I was on the phone when I took the above which isn’t bad at all I think, but which explains the incorrect exposure.  It’s tough composing, focusing, changing the speed, setting the aperture, and clicking all with one hand!Â

There was a horse show  in Broadgate Circle close to where I work.

This is an Andalusian horse, a show-horse that has apparently won a number of contests in Europe.

Yummy contrast

Apparently this walk is really difficult for a horse to master, and we were ‘witnessing something rare’ according to the trainer.

Two of my lovely colleagues

This was really an experimental roll – I wasn’t expecting anything great from it, but I think the Nikon EM is going into retirement now.Â

Manual all the way baby.