During a recent trip to Brno in the Czech Republic, I went for a wander with my Speed Graphic during late afternoon on my last day.
I was heading for what looked like the abandoned old railway station, when I saw this view across to the city.
Brother and sister shot with the same setup and crop.
A simple shot in my studio with a white background and a single light for the subject. I sometimes like to use a plain white background – it’s important to set it up so the lighting for the background doesn’t spill on to the subject.
The Optar lens has a bipost connector to trigger the flash – which seemed to be synching up correctly. An old favourite, HP5 film – and the first time in 5×4″ since I was a student! … drum scanned.
‘Time for Teas’ run a lovely burlesque show while serving delicious afternoon tea. During their residence at Bestival 2011, some of the performers were good enough to pose for portraits.
Part of the Time For Teas experience is the wonderfully attentive waitress service during the show; and two of the waitresses were so stunning that I also asked them to pose for photographs.
“The Ken Fox” Hell Riders at Bestival 2011.
‘Amazing’ is a much overused term in these days of hyperbole and awesomeness … but the Wall of Death show is absolutely amazing. I was amazed, thrilled and a little scared by the show … it’s very compulsive and something you should see!
Ken and the other riders were extremely gracious and politely accepted my request to pose for these portraits.
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‘Time for Teas’ run a lovely burlesque show while serving delicious afternoon tea. During their residence at Bestival 2011, I asked some of the performers if they would pose for portraits.
Several members of the troupe were good enough to spend some time with me in between performances to create these photographs.
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I shot this at the Tate St Ives a number of years ago. Someone had put some of the orangy-red “sold” stickers on the window – I assume in an act of ironic commentary about the value of art.
When I took this, there was a lovely stormy sky rolling in over the sea – how much is a view like that worth?
Anyway, I had my Hasselblad with me and I took this photograph from the balcony, which subsequently made its way into the AOP Gallery, London – even though I didn’t tell anyone what the subject was at the time 
Shot on Fujichrome Astia 100 Professional – a favourite of mine.
This is pretty much the first and last photo I took on what is now my ‘first’ Speed Graphic. I shot this on Fujichrome Provia 100 – light was from a north window on a cloudy day – wide open at f4.7 with a shutter time of about a 1/10 second.
I think there was an issue with the faster shutter speeds, so I sent the lens away for a service – unfortunately the camera and lens were completely destroyed in transit … It amazes me that the camera and lens were taking pictures before I was born – but I feel really bad that the camera lasted so long until it came into my possession – but I’m pleased that it’s last photo is so beautiful – more to do with the model and the camera than the photographer I think.
I’m waiting for delivery of a new Speed Graphic from the states, *and* an Aero Ektar I found in the UK!
I took this photo during a recent trip to Billycan Camping in Arundel.
Strong winds from the South changed a clear blue sky to this dark and stormy scene within a few minutes and the rain was just starting to fall as I lay in the grass to take this shot.
The field is left to grow as wild meadow, with patches and paths mown out for the pitches and for the kids to run around in.
While I was finishing some commercial portraits for a client, I accidentally cropped an image just above the eyes. I found the resulting photo to be quite disconcerting.
This got me thinking that it would be interesting to shoot a nude and by using the crop and the models expression – get a feeling of ambivalence in the picture – the body says yes, but the face says no!
In this shot, I like the way model’s body appears to be posed like a mannequin – again a contrivance for the pleasure of the viewer.
Shot in the studio with two flash heads, both with honeycombs.
The film rebate on this shot is genuine, I cropped it like that in the camera!