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a week in art // 17-23feb25 // trip 2 llandudno

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tuesday 18th drove to llandudno. got to the hotel. had some chips n watched TV .did a sketch of chair in hotel room wednesday 19th had breakfast at a cafe.  Conwy water gardens. fed the mallards. pancake, sketched.  hotel room. italian restaurant. wine, grabber machines and 2p machines watched bridget jones lol thursday 20th hotel breakfast. walked around, bought things, took photos on film camera. walked along the pier came home. friday 21st substack post i finished b4 trip- read over it & posted.  p tired so just chilling. thinking about ducks to paint? vertical n quite big triptych like got rejected from a fluxus application, might make the video anyway at some point https://naturalenquiry.substack.com/p/the-monobloc-chairs?r=2lpyzx sat 22nd work sunday 23rd chilled. watched sense and sensibility. did some drawing

jan2025 // 35mm film // delta3200 //

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  I shot this roll of film fairly quickly. A lot of the photos arent great, but ive been trying to see what i can get away with. especially as this film is 3200 i wanted to see how far i could push my luck and some are shot at 1/30 of a second, when my light meter said a slower shutter. I really need to start writing down the settings on photos, especially on rolls where im just trying stuff out. All the photos were took in 2 sessions. Some of the photos have really good contrast, while others are a bit flatter which im guessing is bc theyre underexposed. Im still trying to work out How i want to take photos at night, as i think there are some interesting effects u can get, however I want to get the contrast of lighting and finding sometimes the highlights are too light and at the same time the shadows are extremely dark, so i still need to find the right balance, which im guessing will come with practice as i get more used to the best light settings in these darker environments. w...