Chuffed: my first interview as a photographer

Just saw that the folks at Contactless Intelligence have published an interview with me about my photography. Thanks guys, its great to have a chance to talk about my love for film.

In case you are visiting from the link, I must apologise that the blog is not very up to date -- busy as always, but I do invite you to check out the gallery -- its the easiest way to see my photos.

In Memoriam

Vicente Pascual Rodrigo
1955 - 25.IX.2008

Tributes:

• El Pais
  
• Ultima Hora
  
• Heraldo de Soria
• Heraldo
• La Vanguardia
  
• Ulises
• Antón Castro
  
• Antonio Pérez Morte
• Matamala
• Pepe Cerda
• lafan_tastica
  

Zaragoza

Yashica Mat, Ilford Delta 100

Yashica Mat, Ilford Delta 100

San Sebastian

Sunset view from our hotel balcony
(Rolleiflex, Ilford Delta 100)

I was very pleased to find that the lab made a mistake and in fact did not lose my films, but they simply have an internal disconnect between their customer service and accounts departments... Turns out the credit card I have on file with them was expired, but instead of telling me this when I contacted them on several occasions, they just told me it was sent out and presumably lost in the post.

This is one of the added bonuses you get with film, the joy of finally getting your shots back!

These shots are from our road trip to Mallorca. We spent a night in San Sebastian. It was a really beautiful place. So will be posting a selection from the trip.

Sea side in December (with swimmer!)
Yashica fx-3, 50mm, Illford Delta 100

It was just before Christmas, but we were shocked to find the locals comfortably swimming in the Atlantic water. (If you look closely you can see one confidently striding towards the water in the shot above). Old and young they went out every day in droves. The Basques are indeed a hardy race!!

We weaker mortals remained bundled in our winter coats on dry land.

Paula on the beach
Yashica fx3, 50mm, Illford Delta 100

Two thumbs up for San Sebastian: great food, beautiful views and a lively, vigorous people!

Hacked Off

I would have liked to have posted some photos over the past few weeks, but my last 6 rolls of film seem to have gone missing in the post.

Apparently my lab received them and return posted them to me on March 4, over a month ago. They said they can try to make a claim to the post office which might get me some money back, but can't get my images back!

The films included the Rollei shots from San Francisco and also the films I finally found from my trip to Zaragoza over Christmas. These shots were quite valuable to me and it was a double disappointment to have finally found the films only to lose them in the post.

The lab assured me that things only get lost in the post on extremely rare occasions and they think it will turn up sooner or later. Who knows....

If anybody out there received a package in error please send it back to me!