Personal Work - Dovedale

Early this month, I managed to escape for the day to Dovedale. I have been working around a few new ideas for my next project and decided to use the opportunity to do a few test shots with an old Hasselblad and some Tri-x. Unfortunately, the weather conditions were far from brilliant and the light was of a particularly poor quality.
I ended up re-rating the Tri-x at 320iso and using a small Gorilla pod of had brought along with me. My original intention had been to process the films in Rodinal but I let my locally processor loose with them instead (ID11). In retrospect, this was probably a mistake and I should have done the processing myself. The Rodinal would have given the images a little more 'punch' in the blacks and brought up a touch more shadow detail.

We live and learn :)

Richard
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Henleys - Bury

An interesting assignment from the early part of this week. This particular job presented several problems with mixed lighting from 2 varied sources (daylight & a range of varying colour temperature tungsten bulbs). A combination of filtration and post production overcame the problem but yet again a good quality Macbeth reference card saved the day:)

Well done to the guys at Design LSM for another strong design solution and good luck with the awards submission.

Richard
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www.richardsouthall.co.uk

Book Update - Smethwick

Yesterday, I managed to get out again to do some more images for this project. I think that this project is almost a 'wrap' with only one more shoot required. The aim is to produce a short book of approximately 25/30 images that encapsulate my reactions to this area's slow and painful industrial decline. Most of the buildings to be featured in the book were photographed by myself over 20 years ago at the beginning of my career when the area was vibrant and relatively prosperous. A full update including a final publishing date will be announced soon.

Chaobaby - Trafford Centre, Manchester

Congratulations to the Chaopraya Restaurant team on their latest venue, Chaobaby, at the Trafford Centre, Manchester. Many thanks to the staff for all their help and assistance during the shoot last week. Love the new fish tank :)

Richard
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Historic buildings - Birmingham

Yesterday was a little bit different, I shot the former central Birmingham synagogue which is now the home of Athol Masonic Lodge. One of the interesting features of the main lodge room is the organ which dates back to the time of the original synagogue, 200 years ago. This was supposedly played by Mendelssohn during his visits to Birmingham. A truly unique building which should be treasured as part of Birmingham's history.