Portfolio on Sam Smith

Portfolio V - 2020

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This year was, unlike the previous few, without any major travel. Although I did move from the UK to Switzerland, which did give me a new place to explore and photograph. Even with that I took a fraction of the number of photos I usually take in a year in 2020, which left me with not much to choose from for this selection. I chose to still put it together though because I like that this has become somewhat of a yearly reflection (even if it does take me the better part of the next year to put them together) and I thought that given it was somewhat of an interesting year it could be nice to have this record.

Along with the reduced number of photos taken came a complete lack of work towards any larger serious projects, although I have started a couple of collections of images taken with my phone that could become something eventually.

Grand Union Canal

Worcester & Birmingham Canal I

Worcester & Birmingham Canal II

Sihl

Stockwald

Melchsee

Bettenalp

Balconies I

Balconies II

Siedlung Langgrüt

Fernsehturm Üetliburg

Schlittelweg Üetliberg

This year actually came with a change in equipment. I swapped out my Hasselblad 500C/M for a newer 501C, and with the change gained an 80mm CB lens, which which all but one of the above images were taken. I did however stick with the trusty Ilford HP5+ throughout, all shot at 400 except the last two which were at 800.

Portfolio IV - 2019

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

2019 was another active year for me, with a trip to Venice in July and then a long trip to Barcelona, the U.S, Vietnam, Thailand but mostly Taiwan. I only shot colour film in Vietnam and Thailand so those won’t appear here, and my film from Thailand was actually the first film I’ve posted to a lab due to running out of chems and Corona, and they were annoyingly lost before they made it there.

I didn’t do as much towards photo series in 2019 as I would’ve liked to. I did make together my New York Architecture post and put together a series of images I shot in Nottingham since I started studying there. I did think about starting a series many times throughout the year but I left Nottingham in June and didn’t know where I was going to be in the longer term so I didn’t want to start anything big that I wouldn’t be able to finish.

Brinklow Tower

Wollaton Oak

Llangrannog Beach

Talley Woodland

Wollaton Deer

Nordic Pavilion

Chatham Green

Americana Submarine

Hilliard Towers

Hualien Breakwater

Huajiang Riverside Park

Power Lines

As usual all of these images were, again, shot with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 60mm CF and 150mm CF lenses on Ilford film. Mostly HP5+ at 400 or 800, but the last shot is at 3200, and two in the middle are Pan F+.

Portfolio III - 2018

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Having finished my last portfolio at the end of 2017 I can now start doing them yearly, so this one covers 2018. This includes two trips to the Canary islands, one to Gran Canaria in March and another to Fuerteventura in December as well as another long trip around Asia in the summer.

2018 is also the year during which I started to become more interested in collections of images rather than just single photos. I shot two rather short projects over the year, Subways and Campus Lights. I also attended a photo sequencing workshop at The Photo Parlour in Nottingham as part of the Off-Centre photo festival during which we looked at a selection of prints of my photos taken in China, which I have continued to work on.

Clifton Bridge

Barranco de los Mocanes

Two Leaves

Subways 01

Cascade Cavern

Macaque

Scrap Collectors

Victoria Harbour

Queen's Road Central

Ronghu Lake

Yuzhong

Towards Triquivijate

As usual all of these images were shot with my Hasselblad 500C/M and 60mm CF and 150mm CF lenses on Ilford film, although with a bit more variation that last year as I have included one shot taken on Delta 100 and one on Pan F+ but the rest are my usual HP5+. There’s also more photos taken with my 60mm lens included this year than there was last year.

Portfolio II

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This set of images begins where the last portfolio leaves off and primarily shows my travels during the summer of 2017, with the last image being the only one outside of that. I have again chosen to stick to black and white images taken with my Hasselblad for consistency, and because it’s what I primarily use. I am planning on doing one of these with the colour photos that I’ve taken since I started shooting square format.

蒙自西路 West Mengzi Road

West Lake

Great Wall

Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden

Tensouchi

Red Gum

Tasman Island

Lake Gordon

Adelaide Palm House

Escalators

Ulsanbawi

Clifton Boulevard

All of these images were shot on Ilford HP5+, and all but the last one pushed to ISO 800, which has become something of a default for me. Also, all but one of these images were shot with the 150mm lens, which I bought in March of 2017 and also used for the last four images in Portfolio I. I seem to use both of the lenses I own for my Hasselblad (the 60mm and 150mm) pretty evenly but I find most of the images that I take that I really like have been with the 150mm.

Portfolio I

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This series of photographs represents approximately a years worth of work, starting in April 2016 when I got my Hasselblad. I chose to start then not because I feel that the change of camera increased the quality of images that I was producing but rather I wanted to keep the format consistent throughout. Also it was about a year after I started shooting film, and when I started pursuing photography as a hobby.

Under the Bridge

Ruined House

Llyn Cau

Mauerpark Karaoke

Wetzsteinhorn

Matterhorn

Rocks

Wye

Fire Exit

Bickenhill Plantation

Nyhavn

Tarn Hows Road

Between taking these photos at least a year and a half ago, compiling this series 6 months ago and now, my opinion of these images doesn’t seem to have changed too much. I think I can put this down to the memories I have attached to these photos and the fact that I didn’t take a whole lot else that was any good.