Photographic print on fibre based paper. Shot with a Hasselblad 503cx and 80 mm Zeiss lens on expired Ilford FP4+ (2004) (I over developed and blew some highlight detail) I shoot a lot of 35mm on camera’s ranging from fairy cheap (Pentax SLR) to very expensive (Leica M3/50mm Summicron Lens)
Watched by a passer by, a father and son land a Pike from Derwent Water. Lake District, Cumbria, UK. April 2013
Leica M3, Tri-x, Rodinal 1+25 Unfortunately this little M3 is giving me a lot of trouble with light leaks. It’s already been to the shop for about 3 months and it’s going to have to go back again. St Bees, Cumbria, UK, April 2013
Long shadows creep up the head of Wasdale in the late afternoon. Cumbria, UK, February 2013
Recently discovered my sisters long forgotten Polaroid camera gathering dust in my parents cupboard. Bought some of The Impossible Project’s impossibly expensive film and love the fact that a camera which hasn’t been fired in 20 years worked first time. Great fun and for some reason seeing a polaroid picture always
Classic view of Glenfinnan monument and Loch Shiel in the late afternoon light. Scotland, UK, February 2013
Great Gable and Yewbarrow just catching the warm evening light coming down the Wasdale valley. Lake District, Cumbria, UK,March 2013
Photographic print on RC Paper Lake District, Cumbria, UK, March 2013
JOHN PICKLES 