1989

I’ve been reflective of late. I was thinking about an old friend today who was the receiver of my very first gift print.

Back in the late 80’s, when I was around 22, I made the shot below on my first camera.

In the late 80’s, we were film only. And 35mm mostly. Medium format was something for rich people to play with. I made the above shot on a Canon EOS 650 with some out of date Agfa slide film and a cheap Cokin filter.

It was one of the first times I’d used a grad filter, and the strength of the filter was clearly too much. It turned the blue sky black. But it did however, allow my slide film to record the detail in the clouds that afternoon.

This image was one of my ‘best’ for a long while. It was also the first image that I gifted to a friend. a friend that i lost touch with her many decades ago. I sometimes wonder where they are, and if they are happy.