It is slightly ironic that when I started taking my photography almost as a full time job, about 6 / 7 years ago, I thought that the area that I was lacking was portrait work. And, by that, I meant candids, on the street. Mick Yates. Streets of Aswan. 1975. Yet, as I work my way through scanning my slides …
The old debate …
It was Mum’s 93rd birthday last weekend, and the obligatory photographs were taken. I had the Leica M10 and the Bronica SQ-A with me – the latter loaded with Kodak Portra 400. When I looked at the digital photos, whilst thinking they were not my best, they seemed to do a reasonable job. Full frame, only adjusted for contrast etc. …