Scotty H.

There you go, you definitely win! 😄

Maybe next year’s Nobel litterricher prize for his autobigotory?

Yes, I know that feeling!

(Sorry so long to acknowledge your attention to my photos here, have been away!)

photo from Shanghai featuring multiple electric scooters crossing a pedestrianised street

Every one an electric scooter, crossing Nanjing Road East, Shanghai

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #streetscene #travel #scooters #greenenergy

A photo taken at sunrise on the Bund in Shanghai with the skyscrapers of Pudong and in the foreground a group practising a dance with dragon kites

Chinese dragon dance
Given my extremely limited time in Shanghai that morning, how fortunate was I to encounter this group out practising on The Bund?

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #sunrise #travel #dawn #kites

The Fairmont Peace Hotel
An landmark on The Bund and a magnet for posing tourists in Shanghai even at 7am in the morning.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #streetphoto #travel #tourism #architecture #artdeco

Photo of an electric car on a road in Shanghai with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the background.

Electric Dreams
It took me a while but slowly I realised that to my surprise practically every scooter, bike and car in Shanghai was electric.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #sunrise #travel

Rather lovely!

Thank you!

With the skyscrapers of Pudong in the background, the sun rises over the river in Shanghai.

Shanghai Dawn.
Could be an action movie title, but the Bund just before 7am it was all quiet. And sunrise over the Pudong skyline & the Huangpu River was special.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #sunrise #travel

Photo of a bus on a broad street otherwise devoid of traffic in the early morning.

It's 6.50am and I have three hours to see Shanghai - and have breakfast! First thing I headed down to the on the Bund - still deserted but for this bus.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#photography #china #documentary #travel

A photo of a stationary red trolleybus at night.

Trolleybus.
Remembering them in Cardiff, I was delighted to discover that these are a modern electric thing on the streets of Shanghai.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#streetphotography #china #streetphoto #nightphotography

A colour photo at night from Shanghai, China. A few people are on the riverbank with the unlit towers of Pudong in the background.

11pm - Shanghai
A few people on the Bund, lights out in Pudong. It would have been a different backdrop had I flown in earlier.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in Shanghai in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#streetphotography #china #streetphoto #nightphotography

A couple are sitting on a bench at night in front of a hotel.

Fairmont Peace Hotel, romance, and CCTV.

I'm posting some photos from my layover in Shanghai in November. All are at www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...

#streetphotography #china #streetphoto #nightphotography

But a fake Christian

I was in Japan, mainly Tokyo, for nine days last October/November. I have a strong desire to return and always good to see photography from Japan to encourage me back.

Thanks. I had a 6x6 TLR once and the much bigger screen was appreciated!

The US is utter chaos. Complete and utter chaos, for at least another four years and probably long into the future. Any British government working in the national interest will be investigating how to quickly reduce our exposure to it.

Lucky number 3?

Probably not.

That one was definitely not usable! One thing I learned with the Zeiss was not to touch the aged self timer which can often seize up and render the camera only useful for display. 😔

You may have noticed a shot up in Clerkenwell. I had stopped off in a pub there to meet up with Jeremy. The landlord interrupted our conversation as I was showing Jeremy the camera and pointed to a very similar camera mounted in a frame on the wall. I would not know but could have been an Ansco.

B&W photo which is incorrectly exposed & severe camera shake.

At Black Rock, Brighton. Final photo taken testing my father's 1930's Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510/2, Ilford FP4 film.
I had not properly depressed the shutter button but something emerged...
#vintagecamera #zeiss #zeissikon #6x9cm #mediumformat #IlfordFP4 #vintagefilm #filmphotography

B&W photo of a Park Cafe with smiling customer and barista.

Jeremy and Rosie at the Park Cafe, Clerkenwell, London.
#vintagecamera #zeiss #zeissikon #6x9cm #mediumformat #IlfordFP4 #streetphoto #vintagefilm #filmphotography

B&W photo of an apartment tower, Blackman Street, Brighton.

B&W photo of the Bystander Cafe, Brighton.

B&W photo of Brighton Station architecture.

I noticed how it was much easier to take a photo holding the camera at waist level and use the tiny right angle prism finder. The unsharp Brighton station shot was taken overhead at 1/25 sec.
#vintagecamera #zeiss #zeissikon #6x9cm #mediumformat #IlfordFP4 #streetphoto #vintagefilm #filmphotography

Black and white street scene from Brighton North Laine.

Standing on Sydney Street, Brighton North Laine, this was the second time that I depressed the shutter but the first when anything emerged on the FP4 film roll.
#vintagecamera #zeiss #zeissikon #6x9cm #mediumformat #IlfordFP4 #streetphoto #vintagefilm #filmphotography

Photo of a folding media format camera from the 1930s.

Photo of a folding media format camera from the 1930s.

This was my father‘s Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510/2 which was probably manufactured in Germany in the early 1930s. He owned it from new and it’s taken me no less than 17 years to get around to try it out…
#VintageCamera #Zeiss #ZeissIkon #MediumFormat #Bellows

It's uncanny how much Donald Trump resembles Old Biff Tannon

Farage Celebrates Securing Clacton 'Free Port' Coup as Part of US-UK Trade Deal True purpose of the Reform Leader's visits to Washington revealed as Trump-backed plans to transform the Essex coastline into the '51st State' are unveiled

Seems that all Farage’s trips to US had an actual purpose.

Clacton to all intents and purposes is - in the words of one local "about to become the 51st state" of America.

Incredible story

bylinetimes.com/2025/04/01/f...

Trump Demands Harsh Treatment for Suspects in Turnberry Vandalism In the incident earlier this month, the Scottish club’s main building was sprayed with red paint and a pro-Palestinian message was painted on the ground next to a green.

Hey Donnie, we have an independent judiciary, a bit like your own as I understand you are finding out!

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...

Spain - February 2025 - Scotty H. Editorial photography and more; from Brighton UK

It starts off the coast of France and finishes with a sunset somewhere in the English Channel but there’s over 300 photos from last month in Spain along the way…
I normally do a lot more annotation and processing but I’d be posting this in Autumn if I did that!

www.scottyh.com/Photo-archiv...