Loretto by Pete, on Flickr
I can't remember how I arranged to do this series - I think it must have been through my old Art teacher, there was no sort of vetting or rules imposed. The major change since '79 had been the introduction of girls to the sixth form and I think their boarding house might have been out of bounds. Otherwise I could come and go as I pleased for the week I spent on this. I don't think I had thought through an approach to take.
The above reminds me of a day in 1977. At the end of the Summer term it had been a thing to drink on the last nights. Someone had been caught bringing alcohol into school the previous day and it was announced that there would be an amnesty for anyone that handed in any alcohol by 6 that evening after that the penalty would be expulsion. Instead bottles and cans appeared from under floorboards and other hiding places and were consumed, by mid-afternoon half the school were smashed.
there's an album of the school shots here
Loretto by Pete, on Flickr
I can't remember how I arranged to do this series - I think it must have been through my old Art teacher, there was no sort of vetting or rules imposed. The major change since '79 had been the introduction of girls to the sixth form and I think their boarding house might have been out of bounds. Otherwise I could come and go as I pleased for the week I spent on this. I don't think I had thought through an approach to take.
The above reminds me of a day in 1977. At the end of the Summer term it had been a thing to drink on the last nights. Someone had been caught bringing alcohol into school the previous day and it was announced that there would be an amnesty for anyone that handed in any alcohol by 6 that evening after that the penalty would be expulsion. Instead bottles and cans appeared from under floorboards and other hiding places and were consumed, by mid-afternoon half the school were smashed.
there's an album of the school shots here
bingo
First light, Torridon by Mark Littlejohn, on Flickr
A first play with the Leica SL3 and the 75mm f2 lens
Wow, really great images. Perhaps especially First Light… I am now wondering how much is the Leica effect? I’d like to think limited! Anyway, love these.
The light was pretty spectacular for a few minutes. The Nikon would have done just as as well. But that's why I chose to wander down there at that time of day. It was worth a 4.30am alarm just for that one shot.Wow, really great images. Perhaps especially First Light… I am now wondering how much is the Leica effect? I’d like to think limited! Anyway, love these.