Malaga Sugar Factory, More Photos

The abandoned factory is surrounded by a field with grazing horses. On my second visit to the building I was joined in the vast machine hall by about 15 of the fine beasts.

Manger

Most of the windows and doors are bricked up, ideal canvases for graffitti artists.

Abandoned Sugar Factory, El Tarajal, Malaga, April 2010

The following photos were taken using a Bronica SQ-Ai camera with 50mm lens and tripod. Photos shot at F22 with Ilford HP5 400 ASA film developed in Ilford Perceptol.

Many thanks to Vincent de Vries (http://www.holandaluz.com/) for the loan of the camera!

Inside the main machine hall. Horses graze inside and outside the building, this gives it a really special atmosphere.

Inside the main machine hall.

Inside the main machine hall.

Inside one of the houses on the factory grounds.

Inside one of the houses on the factory grounds.

Inside the old office wing.

Another abandoned building close to the factory now used as a garbage dump.

Dried Rose With Grey Background

Digital test shots, Nikon D50, f32, zoom lens set to 36mm, flash above and just in front of rose, side reflector, flash on grey background.
Now the lighting is fixed I will re-shoot using the Mamiya C330f with Kodak T Max 100 film pulled to 50 ASA to make 50cm x 50cm prints............results to follow soon, I hope.

Malaga Walls

Abandoned Coke Machine, Malaga, Jan 2010
Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5 400ASA, f16

Blocked Door, Malaga, Jan 2010
Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5 400ASA, f16

Malaga Details, February 2010

Broken Window

Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5, F22

Metal Door with Posters

Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5, F22

 

Restaurant Window

Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5, F11

Remains of Poster on Window
Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5, F22

More Forest Photos

Above 2 more shots taken on a cold a dark January afternoon in a forest in Germany.
Mamiya C330f, 55mm, Ilford HP5 400ASA

Malaga 'Backs'

Stone Stair, Port of Malaga

Construction Site, Calle Granada, Malaga

These are older photos taken in 2008 but are the start of a series of photos to show the 'backside' of Malaga. Abandoned buildings, construction sites, etc. If it works out the idea is to make an exhibition together with Phil Magee who has fantastic street photos, in colour, of Malaga. The contrast of two styles but one city could make a great show.

Malaga Cathederal through fisheye lens

'Lomo' fisheye lens camera, 35mm, Ilford Delta 400 ASA
Guess what I got for Christmas this year! It maybe all plastic, fixed focus, fixed speed and fixed aperture but the result are great.

Germany, January 2010

Moss and leaves

Water drops

Cut Flowers, December 2009

Mamiya C330f, 80mm, Kodak T Max 100, side flash + side reflector to fill shadows

Mamiya C330f, 80mm, Kodak T Max 100, ring flash (self made ring flash for TLR camera)

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Mamiya C330f, 80mm, Kodak T Max 100, light box

Mamiya C330f, 80mm, Kodak T Max 100, ring flash (self made ring flash for TLR camera)

Mamiya C330f, 80mm, Kodak T Max 100, side flash

Gordon Haslett 2009

Scanner Photo of Dead Lilly

An experiment inspired by 'scanner photos' by Diane Kaye as shown in the December issue of Black and White Photography magazine.
Epson Perfection 1240U scanner.
Gordon Haslett, Dec 2009

Lilly, Closed, Open, Dead

Flash from behind lilly

Light box behind lilly, no other lighting

Light box behind lilly with low power flash from the front.

Alex at 9 Months

Mamiya C330f, Ilford HP5, 135mm F16
Flash with white brolly diffuser and silver reflector to fill shadows

Cut Flower, White Rose, Nov 2009

White rose, 2 weeks old.
From a series I am working on called Cut Flowers.
Mamiya C330f, 65mm, F32, Ilford FP4, daylight from a south-east facing window and cloudy sky.

'Chupeta' Re-Shoot, Nov 2009

This is a re-shoot of the same 'chupeta' as shown earlier in the blog.
This time the light is from a flash from above.
Metz Flash, Mamiya C330f, 80mm, F22, Ilford FP4

Dying Flowers, Nov 2009

Both photos taken with side flash and white umbrella on flower and flash on grey background

Digital test shots, Nikon D50, 200 ASA, 55mm

Experiments with Flowers, Nov 2009

These photos are the start of a series that will combine different types of lighting with flowers in different states of freshness. I guess it is going to be a sort of 'wilting under the spotlight' kind of thing.
Above: white rose, taken with a horizontal back-light (flash).
Below: white lilly, taken with a horizontal back-light (flash) and another flash on the grey background.

Digital test shots, Nikon D50, 200 ASA, 55mm

Still Life Photos, 2008 & 2009

More Milk Bottles

3 of Alex's bottles accidentally melted in the microwave oven.
Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009

3 of Alex's bottles accidentally melted in the microwave oven. Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009

3 of Alex's bottles accidentally melted in the microwave oven. Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009

Alex's bottle just after feeding. Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009

Alex's bottle just after feeding. Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009

Alex's bottle just after feeding. Gordon Haslett, Oct 2009