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fishing - an integral part of Cornish life

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If you live by the Cornish coast, then you’ll know how fishing forms an integral part of our Cornish lives. From the commercial crab fisherman lifting their catch 10 miles off shore, to the sardine ring net fisherman circling Mounts Bay. Thens there the one or two crewed independent small boat fishermen who line catch Bass and Mackerel. Don’t forget those shoreside support guys too.
The skilled net makers. Sadly this has become a dying skill but there are still a few of them out there. You’ll also find a whole team of guys and girls who support are fishermen once on shore. They too form an integral part of the industry.

Ive been fortunate enough to of been allowed aboard these commercial vessels and the captains and crew have aloud me to capture all that I see. This is a dangerous industry but the fishermen that work these waters are well trained in order to help them along the way. Commercial fishing is a super tough industry to work in and only tough men and women need apply. Below are just a few of the shots Ive taken overtime. All on film and all real. A big thank you once again to all of those who allowed me to capture them

Simple can also be effective

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Im a great believe that us photographers see things thats others don’t and we then capture the most basic of images. Having said that, the production of an image is all about what works for us. In this first example below, the light was the first element that drew me to it, then the colour and then the whole balance of the shot. Basic but, its works for me

Within this gallery below are a series of images that all work for me on the simple and basic front. I saw some element of interest in the first instance that attracted me to the content. All shot on film as always - no digi here thank you very much, and all shot on a series of formats and film stocks

Shooting Kodak Vision 250 3 D

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For those of you who are uncertain as to what Kodak Vision 3 is, its a 35mm colour negative film originally made for motion pictures. The film's standard development process is ECN2 and Im told it can also be processed using the C-41 process. Double check that. I chose to go down the ECN2 route which is more costly one and you’ll need to search out someone in the UK who does specialist processing. I used Nik & Trick ( www.ntphotoworks.com), excellent service I might add. You’ll need to wait a little longer than the standard 2/3 days turn around time on this stock though. Factor in say 2/3 weeks to get your shots back.

So, the first set of images here are from the first roll I shot. I had no real subject matter in mind at the time other than to just roll off the film at whatever

Camera: Konica Hexar

Roll 2
On this occasion, i looked for more variety and colour to further test this stock and I found subjects that it suits, and perhaps others that it doesn’t. For me, the portrait shot below is fine in its composition but I can see yellow and slight green ish tones to it.
Given I know the subject well, the skin tones and studio walls colours, are not correct.

Further evidence of those yellow and green ish tones are highlighted here when I shot this image in low light conditions. The film was shot at stock and the light reading was fine, its just Vision3 that gives it these tones especially in low light

So, is it a stock Id shoot again? Hell yes! I like the fact that Vision3 for me seems to offer colours and tones that other stocks don’t as such. It’s never going to be one of my top 5 stocks but I will continue to shoot it

Please note: All of the images contained within this post and other posts, and on my site are free from Photoshop, Lightroom and presets. All my imaging is real

Kiro 400 review

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Id never heard of Kiro 400 film stock before until a friend of mine sent me a roll, free of charge I might add - cheers Jonatas. I reviewed it on line as that what I do with most stocks I’ve not shot before and thought Id give it a go. I did have one narrative in mind at the time but the French buggered that up for me. That was snow! Dam, I still cant forgive those French fops.

Anyhow, Enclosed are a selection of images of different subject matters colour values and different lighting conditions.

Camera of choice: Konica Hexar AF

For me, the colours do stack up and there are some elements of other films stocks to Kiro too. I did read somewhere that Kiro might be a Fuji C200 rebranded stock. Im not convinced of that if im honest.

To summerise then, Kiro 400 is a solid colourful 35mm stock, not of the finest grain of course but it works under variable light and conditions. Would I shoot it again? of course. Remember, shooting film is all about grain and loving the grain, not those dreadful pixels things - #embracethegrain

Please note: All of the images contained within this post and other posts, and on my site are free from Photoshop, Lightroom and presets. All my imaging is real .

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