From Cleethorpes to Clacton...

[Shaun Haselden]

Photos taken back around 2000/2001 during a visit to Clacton for an RPS workshop. Ilford Pan F+ film. The Cleethorpes shot was taken on Kodak Tri-X film. All taken using Nikon cameras.

 

[Pete Askew]

A very fine set there, Shaun. What brought you back to them?

 

[Shaun Haselden]

I don't really know Pete. I have been playing with the idea of moving back to film again as a serious hobby but can't really justify the expense involved. The Clacton photos have never actually seen the light of day since I filed them away all those years ago.I guess I'll maybe sign my life away to Adobe for Photoshop and stay with digital.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

but can't really justify the expense involved.

The expensive is steep. All things considered each of the shot out of the new-to-me Rollei ended up costing me about $3 per click. Then there's the whole lag between shooting and experiencing your shots (even if you do your own developing - which I did not this time, hence the $3/shot).

 

[Gianluca Drago]

The expensive is steep. All things considered each of the shot out of the new-to-me Rollei ended up costing me about $3 per click. Then there's the whole lag between shooting and experiencing your shots (even if you do your own developing - which I did not this time, hence the $3/shot).

The cost is what keeps me away from film. I always think that my countless digital shots today are a learning experience and that, when I have learned enough to be satisfied, I will be able to afford to have the negatives developed in a lab. As for the delay between taking the shots and viewing my photos, I no longer care; in any case, I no longer look at them immediately because I know it's not worth it.

 

[Beth Anthony]

beautiful shots, i can see your signature style in these, despite being a quarter of a century old.