John Sandell photography

Image of the Month Archive #3

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Out of Season

Out of Season. A nice arrangement of punts on the river Cam in Cambridge, England, during the winter when no-one wants to hire them. Shot on transparency film, but the picture actually works better as a print than a slide.

Brie

Brie. A different style of photo this month, this was shot for a camera club set-subject competition with the title of 'Soft'. A very sharp knife, and what turned out to be a very tasty piece of French brie! Strongly top lit with a lot of fill from a reflector just to the left of the lens. Negtive film (not my first choice but it was convenient for processing). The A3 print is retitled "The Big Cheese".

Ullswater Reflection

Ullswater Reflection. I caught sight of this rather nice reflection as I arrived in the Lake District in October 2000, and just had to jump out of the car and record it. I particularly liked the way the tree limits its growth to within a few millimetres of the surface of the lake. Minox 35ML and colour negative film.

Stone Wall

Stone Wall. Warm colours on the old stone wall and sheep fold, looking back up the hill just north of Place Fell in the Lake District (over Patterdale village). Taken with a 20mm lens to emphasise the perspective and make the closest stone really prominent.

Eye Bug

Eye Bug. On a ride on the British Airways London Eye – the 135 metre high Ferris Wheel hanging out over the River Thames in London – I took this shot of three of the pods with an 85mm lens on the F3, looking almost straight down to the Thames, as we came in to 'land' in the evening sun.

Later, this photo won the amateur 'Best Daytime Picture from the Eye' category in the 2001 Fuji/British Airways London Eye competition, March 2001, and was accepted for the RPS International later the same year :-)

Southbank

HCB at the South Bank. I was on my way to the 'Europeans' exhibition of Henri Cartier- Bresson – one of my all- time photo heroes – at the Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank. As I waited under the walkway lining up the shapes of the concrete, a few people obligingly walked past. I took several shots on colour negative film in the Minox, of which I think this is the best. I like to think HCB himself provided the inspiration!

Calm

Calm. Taken at Orford, on the Suffolk coast in the east of England, on New Year's Day 2000. This is the river Orr – the sea is beyond the small land mass at the top of the picture.

Ahead Only

Ahead Only. The London Marathon 2000 (the best city marathon in the world!). Tightly packed and still going strong at 17 miles, these runners will finish in around 4 hours 15 minutes. I couldn't resist the words on the road: 'Ahead Only' perfectly sums up the determination and commitment of every one of the 32,000 runners taking part, encouraged as they are by huge support from the spectators who line the entire length of the course.

Departure

Departure. The bustle at the harbourside on my favourite Greek island of Symi, as the Triton sets sail for the day trip to Turkey. 135mm lens and Kodak Ektachrome 100 film. [Many more Symi photos in the 'Postcards' section of the site.]

Christmas Time, 1999

Christmas Time, 1999. A digital montage for the change of year, based on the same images as Autumn Time. Some Christmassy colours in the leaves on either side, and a more erie feel to the clock face; the hand of the clock is stronger. In fact, this treatment of the source images was my original intention. This image printed and sent to close friends and colleagues as the 1999 Christmas card. Happy New Year!

   
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