Urban Liverpool

Analogue practice using an SLR camera,it's been awhile since I used an analogue camera finding the settings and the perfect lighting is not easy than using digital viewing instant images after captured is getting some used too when using film cameras. The first film I captured was around the Liverpool docks and the surrounding areas, there was a small cafe in the style of Martin parr I try to capture the working conditions some people were not friendly and disliked me capturing them for this subject. I came across a small garage on the dock road were I found a delightful 86 year old bike-mechanic working away on some vintage bikes he seemed to be friendly enough to allow me capture him. I was not sure on the camera settings and it was some getting used too with the camera meter settings and changing the settings for the lighting. Also getting the feel of the camera too in a short space of time for the deadline. I was happy with the result the images of the-mechanic  and the tools of the trade in the images. The second film I captured urban Liverpool and people in the city centre at  the time Bold street market was on with different cultures and street performances and foreign markets I felt a bit more confident than the last photo shoot. I used my old.Nikromat  camera then I saw an old friend on his motor bike  Ken in Liverpool City
center looking quite smart in his bikers jacket
chatting away about photography and Bikes.
i like this image his emotions in his face he talks
about the travels on his bike around the Uk and the
captures of images along the way with his Camera. I feel that these images work well with my other images from the docks. Using an old camera as taught me more how to get the feel of using film again and it's not just about looking at the image it's getting the look and the set up right to create the perfect image. The dark room was not my strongest point of the assignment finding the settings and focusing on the images was a struggle even with a little help I had was a problem getting the negatives on the reel to be processed I needed help in the dark conditions and panicked. But I over came the fear with a little help from my class. 

 

                            

  

Bold Street Liverpool Street Performers and Bold Street 

markets, many Cultures and beautiful people, trades and food

from Countries Morocco, these street performers decided to do an act on

France and Spain. entertaining children.

 walking around the Liverpool Docks i came across a little Garage with an elderly guy still working away aged 86, he was a wonderful guy posed for some images for me.

tPhotogram takes the principles of photography right back to its roots using light to paint pictures. The principle is simple - you expose a sheet of light sensitive emulsion, in your example photographic paper to light and block its path with the subject to create silhouette shapes were the light is blocked. . I started to experiment with other objects exposing them first to light and calling the resulting photos rayographs.  objects used was a chopped up lemon and a lemon Squeezer, feathers, and string.

Day at the Liverpool Docks Urban Photography, subject people.

                                       
                                          My contact sheet produced after working in the dark room
                                          developing the negatives selecting the negatives and making
                                          contact sheets.

                                                                          photos captured with a large format camera

photograms

Ken on his Bike Liverpool City

center looking quite smart in his bikers jacket
chatting away about photography and Bikes.
i like this image his emotions in his face he talks
about the travels on his bike around the Uk and the-captures of images along the way with his Camera.

The Bluecoat Chambers and Bold Street Liverpool Street Performers and Bold Street 

markets, many Cultures and beautiful people, trades and food

from Countries Morocco, these street performers decided to do an act on

France and Spain. entertaining children.

location at the Liverpool Docks maintenance on a motorbike

this mechanic was 86 years old.

What I feel to be the most significant analogue technical photographic development

                          The 35mm Film Camera

The invention of the 35mm camera and its attendant film stock was so revolutionary its compact size made it compatible 35mm film. A German camera company Leitz began to start making prototypes of a 35mm camera. The company began marketing the first 35mm portable camera in 1925, calling it the Leica.

The designs incorporated the ability for a small area of the light-sensitive film to be exposed in capturing the image frame by frame, the negative from which a larger positive image could be produced in a darkroom. This is among the most important developments in photographic history, as cameras could be taken anywhere easily. It also made it more affordable, therefore allowing anyone to take up photography.

35mm cameras had a lot to offer more so than the cumbersome large format counter parts of the day. There portability meant they could go anywhere. Leitz remained the only producer of 35mm cameras for 10 years after the launch of the Leica. This meant that their equipment was still comparatively expensive.

 In 1936, the first American-made 35mm was produced by the Argus this company, enabled consumers to afford the new technology. It was after this development that Kodak, the biggest name in camera film and equipment, began producing their own 35mm cameras, having previously concentrated on medium-sized film formats. The lower cost of producing 35mm cameras combined with Kodak's reputation and national distribution accelerated the spread of the 35mm camera across the globe.

Over the years notable producers of 35mm cameras became very popular. These were mainly Japanese companies Nikon, Olympus, Canon and Pentax. All these companies along with its European and American counterparts have designed and manufactured some of the highest quality cameras over the passing decades.

Production of 35mm film cameras started phasing out due to the advent of the digital camera era. The development of the digital age made even easier for people to explore and produce photography. Yet despite this advancement the 35mm film camera lives on.