More Harewood House Details

I remember when I developed these photos I was completely thrilled with the results - and then I sat on them for a while and they lost their lustre. Well maybe it was me who lost my lustre - I can imagine most people are feeling like that at the moment. However after a little break away from them I’m back to being quite happy with them - hurrah!

I really miss going places and taking photos. I’ve seen some amazing people taking stunning photos during lockdown but between lockdown, learning how to balance my chronic illness and my job - photo taking for me has gone out of the window - along with leaving the house on a daily basis haha. I’ve gone through dry patches before, so I’m not worried about it as such - I just miss it. Its all very strange at the moment isn’t it. How are you doing?

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Kodak TMax P3200
Location: Harewood House, Leeds

St Georges Field, Leeds

Can you believe that before I was made aware of St Georges Field - or Woodhouse Cemetary - in Leeds that I had no idea it was there. The ‘field’ is an old cemetary dating from the 1800’s that is thought to have over 10,000 bodies buried there - though you wouldn’t think to look at it as all the monuments and graves are quietly sat in the corners.

Now part of the University of Leeds Campus, the field is a quiet sanctuary on the edge of the busy centre and if I’m walking that side of the city, I now take a detour to walk through. I’m a little sad that I no longer have to go to Uni every Thursday actually, because it was a nice little spot to stretch my legs before heading to the library.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
Location: St George’s Field, Leeds

2020 366 PROJECT 26-28

During my little experiment in developing my own film last year - I lost two films to expired chemicals. I should have stopped after the first film didn’t work but I assumed that I had done something wrong, rather than it being something wrong with the equipment. Unfortunately on one of those two films was numbers 29-41 of this series.

2020 - the year where if something could go wrong - it likely did haha. I guess its a risk you take with using film , especially if you then develop it yourself - and honestly, after the project came to a stop during the first lockdown we experienced here in the UK, I wasn’t too upset at having lost a few photos . Definitely not as upset as I would have felt if it had happened in 2016!

So here are 26-28 and the next post I share for this project will be starting at day 42.

26/366/2020 - A random door knocker in Leeds that I’m pretty sure I’ll never take for granted again haha

27/366/2020 - I took a version of this photo in 2016 which didn’t turn out very well due to a faulty camera, so I thought I’d give it another shot with my trusty Canon EOS 750.

28/366/2020 - In my enthusiasm at the beginning of last year, I decided to start looking for little details near my work office that I might have comepletely overlooked - this was a rather juicy one I thought.

Film: Kodak T-Max 400- sent to me by Kodak Alaris and developed and scanned by myself (hence the water stains - such an amateur ha)
Camera: Canon EOS 750

2020 366 Project 10-12

10/366 - my favourite thing about 366 projects is that it makes you take notice of places that you walk past every day. I walked past this everyday for, probably years, and this was the first time I took a picture. Madness. Look at that texture, urgh, I love it.

11/366 - I don’t know anything about this club but I liked the idea of it because I don’t drink alcohol now, which pretty much makes me happily anti-social ha. Also I enjoyed sneaking in more reflection photos this year - because why not!

12/366 - When I took this photo, it felt like a real cop out - because I saw this view every day from the office. Now that I havent sat in that office since March, I’m really glad I have this photo.

I think looking back on these photos as the years go by, its going to feel as emotional as it does now. I hope that one thing positive that comes from this covid-19 experience is that I start to truly appreciate every moment as it is - because you can’t take anything for granted now.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Kodak T-Max 400- sent to me by Kodak Alaris and developed and scanned by myself (oh yeah!)