John Sheldon's photos

The entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Rooms in 1982. An addition to the South Bank Arts Centre of 1951, this structure was opened in 1967. Mamiya C220, 65mm f3.6 Sekor lens. Kodak negative film. This picture copyright, all rights reserved.

One young and full of life, the other not so. Ah, those civilised days when it was not necessary to build a barrier around everything! Mamiya C220 TLR 120 film camera. 65mm semi wide angle lens, aperture fully open. Kodak 400 ISO colour negative film. Negative scanned using Canoscan 8800F flatbed scanner. This picture copyright, all rights reserved.

Mamiya C220 TLR, 65mm Sekor lenses, Kodak 400ASA (ISO) 120 size colour negative film. Negative scanned using Canoscan 8800F flatbed scanner using home-made negative frame. Post processing comprised spotting and some very small adjustments to saturation, grain and sharpness. This picture copyright, all rights reserved.

General reflected light reading (Gossen Sixtomat) agreed with the Bronica EA II prism finder, so it was followed. Up-close readings suggested (roughly) that the pillows were going to be 1 stop under exposed and the lamp area 3 stops over exposed, and I guessed that the shadows would just fade-out to black somewhere. This is the last frame of my Bronica ETRS Project test film 2, shot mainly to check the 'spare' ETR style film back. Before winding on the film back was removed (with its dark slide) and waved around in the light to check for light leaks; none in evidence, so now there is much rejoicing, the whole kit works well!

Montage created using a 120 film negative (the bottle - Zenza Bronica ETRS) and a digital 'DNG' (John Tenniel's illustration - Pentax K5). Processed using SilkyPix Developer Studio Pro 8 and Serif PhotoPlus X8. Part of my Bronica test project, film number 2 (Ilford FP4+).

Title plagiarised from Franz Liszt. (His wild, avant garde, experimental piano piece of 1885). The title translates from the German/French/ Italian: Unlucky! Sinister, Disaster! He wanted to 'cast a lance into the future' and anticipate what future piano music might be like. You have only to hear 20th century music by Prokofiev and Bartok to realise how near to the mark Liszt was. Part of my Bronica test project, film number 2 (Ilford FP4+).

Zenza Bronica ETRS with 75mm standard lens. Ilford FP4+.

Bronica test project, film number 2. Manfrotto 486 ball type tripod head (made in Italy). Close focussing plane is clearly accurate on my Zenza Bronica ETRS. Used 75mm standard lens and 14mm extension tube. Ilford FP4+ film, CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner.

On the Lyme Park Estate, Cheshire. Bronica ETRS with Ilford FP4+