Creake Abbey Part III

Some little details that I spotted walking between the Cafe and the Abbey, including a friendly horse and even more coins.

I've only used my Zenit E twice so far but looking at these again is making me itch to take it out for some more photographic adventures together, I really love the photos I can take with it.

Camera: Zenit E
Film: West Yorkshire Cameras B&W Film
Location: Creake Abbey, Norfolk

Creake Abbey Part I

First, I have a new template on my blog - hurrah! I get bored fairly quickly of layouts I've found and it took me all of last week to realise that was why I didn't really feel like blogging at the moment - but now things are a bit cleaner and simpler I'm glad to be back. What do you think?

I'm excited to be sharing photos from Creake Abbey here today - we had some of our wedding photos taken here in September (you can see one here, I love it) and we went back again to visit with friends and family the week after the wedding as well and of course I took my cameras with me. 

The abbey isn't that big - especially compared to Kirkstall Abbey near us and definitely compared to Fountains Abbey which is huge but its charming and delightful and I'm glad I got a chance to capture that myself on film. I'm always going to be extra fond of it after having our photos taken there I think.

I'm really pleased with the results from my second roll of film taken with my new to me Zenit E as well - I think I'll be taking it out with some black and white film again very soon.

Camera: Zenit E
Film: West Yorkshire Cameras C41 B&W film
Location: Creake Abbey, Norfolk
 

LC-A quirky moments

Sometimes my LC-A has little moments where it doesn't quite work how it should - not often thankfully - and 4 photos out of all the ones I took in Porto isn't really a worry to me. I like to share them here because its a nice reminder that even though you can make the best plans possible and set all the right switches and buttons - things don't always happen the way you want them to. And thats not always a bad thing.

I like the reminder that sometimes you just have to go with the flow, look at the results from a different perspective and let things go - your expectations, your disappointment.... and see what you've got for what it is rather than what you wanted it to be. Sometimes it works out better than you really could have imagined... and sometimes it doesn't. But that's life - especially a life with film!

Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Camera: Refurb LC-A
Location: Porto, Portugal

Oh Kodak BW400CN

In August, Kodak announced that they were discontinuing their C41 black and white film - Kodak BW400CN and my heart sank. Other than Ilford XP2 - Ilford's C41 B&W film - this was the only other B&W film that I use.  I know purests love true black and white film over the C41 versions but it's just so much easier for me to develop rather than having to send films away. 

So my heart is sad that another film I love won't be around much longer - I'm going to try and buy as much as I can when I can afford it - but I guess I will have to consider other black and white films to get the contrasts that I like so much with Kodak BW400CN film.

Luckily, I still have photos left to share from 3 rolls of film on here - so this next week or so is going to be a mini celebration of Kodak's C41 BW400CN film - but before I share those photos, today I'm going to share my favourite ever photos I've taken with this film.

I'm still so sad to see this film go! Have you used it? Do you have any favourite photos taken with Kodak BW400CN?

If you want to see ALL my photos taken with this film that I've uploaded so far - you can see them on Flickr here.

p.s. I had a couple of weeks off to gather my thoughts and have a little break, but I'm back - thanks for sticking with me everyone who reads this - you're the best!