Another ‘Roid Week has come and gone. It was a hot one, in fact too hot for this Englishman’s sensibilities, so I didn’t wander in my lunch breaks after getting a bit pink and shiny on Tuesday. My brain felt a bit sautéed all week, not sure I played my A game (or similar sporting analogy I don’t fully understand).

Anyway, here they are:

Monday

Wellington arch is on my way to and from work. The Black frame was beautifully shielded with a darkslide, which fell out as I pressed the shutter. Result: horses rising from the mists. The Spectra shot of the corner shows what temperatures in the high 20’s (mid 80’s fahrenheit) do with Impossible colour film: they scare away the blues!

Tuesday

These two shots were taken on Monday, using my untrusty Automatic 250. It’s had problems firing blank shots, the shutter not going off properly, so I recently replaced the battery holder with one which takes 3 AAAs, and re-soldered various bits. Doesn’t seem to have helped – of the five shots I took, only these two appeared, the others being almost nothing except a dark ghost of the subject. Grrr.

Incidentally, these are two different packs of Chocolate film – the building has grey backing and curls in around the image, the wildebeest has white backing, and curls away from the image. The first one has much better contrast. Interesting…

Wednesday

St-Mary-le-Strand church, in the middle of The Strand, near the river. This was the boiling hot Tuesday, and when I got back to work, it was like someone emptied a bottle of warm salty water on my head. Very attractive.

I’d not been to this church before, and it’s very near where I’ve been working for nearly three years. Must explore more on my lunch hours.

Thursday

Keeping with images taken the day before posting, these two of Green Park were on my ride to work at 7.30 in the morning. The film and I are more appreciative of the cooler temperatures. Cycling through the dappled light of the plane trees, looking through the haze of the park is a pleasure.

Also, I appear to have deliberately allowed a person into one of my images. Must be the heat.

Friday

Columns. The Royal Society’s building is very smart, and the golden morning light is lovely.

And I thought I’d better get the Holgaroid out. St-Martins-in-the-Fields looks like it could have been taken any time since the dawn of photography (except that until about 30-40 years ago, it would have been thick with the black soot that covered all the old buildings).

So there it is. Do visit the ‘Roid Week pool of over 3000 images, and thanks again to the amazing * cate * and gardengal for organising it.