Let it snow (part 1)…

As you all knew I would, I have been out and about photographing the snow - we had about 3 inches, although other bits of Bristol apparently had 6. Not sure how that works... On Friday the buses were buggered (as they always are when we get a couple of millimetres of snow) so I was working from home - the joys of being able to connect to my work PC from my laptop. Due to a lack of pre-planning I had to go into Westbury-on-Trym to get some food, so took the opportunity to take the camera out. The first couple are from the back garden, then some from Royal Victoria Park. After that, I wandered round Canford Cemetery and Canford Park. ...
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Pinholes at Westonbirt

I spent Saturday afternoon building myself a panoramic pinhole camera that I'd picked up from Photographique in Bristol. It's actually quite impressive - well engineered with good quality joins and all the bits of tape you need included. On Sunday, we met some friends at Westonbirt Arboretum (along with about half of the rest of the population of the south-west) and I gave it a go - along with shooting some Fuji Provia slide film in my dad's Contax G2. Unfortunately I've got to wait 10+ days for that roll to come back. Anyway, here are the photos from the pinhole - and they're really quite good. I shall experiment a bit more! ...
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