A few portraits of folk at Barley Saturday, the annual horse show in Cardigan. Unfortunately I had to rush off so wasn’t able to hang around for the horses so I snapped a few shots of the vintage car owners instead. Fun with the Mamiya but the Fomopan film wasn’t perfect. This could be down to the film itself or errors in the development so I’m waiting to see what the next film comes out like. A lesson in patience as it’s obviously not possible to get immediate feedback. I was pleased with these shots and managed to break through a block I’ve always had on shooting strangers. The clunky old Mamiya was a good ice breaker and after explaining I was using film and fiddling around with the light meter for a few seconds I found people had no problem with me taking their picture. Making images with a digital camera has a different feeling for some reason, maybe it feels more exploitative than the gentle process of taking one or two frames accompanied by the reassuring clunk of the Mamiya’s shutter.
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