Phil Walker

@philwalker.bsky.social

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Hobby BnW analogue photographer. Home film dev and #darkroom printing. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #monochrome Most images posted are phone snaps of silver halide prints; often small, straight test ones. No permissions for AI use given.

BnW print. A white painted wall with windows and dark glass. There is a large climbing plant, in flower.
A BnW image of a metal contraption next to a tree on the edge of woodland. It seems to be mounted on a standing water pipe, has a wheel (for controlling flow?) and a spout.
A simple BnW image. Light ferns on the bank of a pond sit in the centre of the image, illuminated more due to a gap in the out of frame tree canopy. A dary pond is at the base and other shrubbery surrounds the edge.
BnW. A gravel path leads away towards a boundary wall, edged by low, box hedging. A damson tree overhangs and fills the top of the frame.
BnW. Foxgloves ...... in a border, with a brick wall behind.
An oak tree set in a field / parkland situation. The tree has suffered .... with a large, long section of the trunk having split off. There are grass and trees in the background on the right.
A single carriageway track / Road runs from base of frame to a right middle vanishing point. There are wooden fences both left and right of the track. On the left are a row of 4 oak trees, their leaf canopies causing shadows ..... with a high June sun illuminating from the left.
A young, curious bovine stands behind a wooden fence, in a lush, grass field.
A BnW print ..... two men facing away from my camera ..... the left one pointing his camera and attempting to make portraits of a 3 person family group as they squeeze their heads and shoulders into a very small window in a castle wall.
A BnW image of some detail of an ancient oak framed barn. Centre are two half doors. The remainder of the wall is a patchwork of frame plus brick or wood infill. Many different textures.
A BnW image. A lake, with an oak branch hanging at the top of the frame, reflected at the base.
A BnW image of water lillies in a pond, with large gunnera leaves behind.
A bank of longer grasses (reeds?) near the edge of a lake.
A BnW image of a stand of (the trunks) pine trees. They sit in grass, and are lit from the left.
3 children, in a 1930's photo, stood against a stone wall, with "day at the seaside" accoutrements.
A picture of a woman wearing a hat and and dress sitting on a light coloured donkey on a sandy beach. In the background are some large, stone buildings.
A phone snap of a 645 contact print showing a stand of trees on the bank of a small lake. Semi backlit.
A BnW photo, taken 1930's, of two children running toward the camera on an empty sandy beach.
A BnW image of an older man, stood in front of a stone wall. He looks directly into the camera lens.
A BnW darkroom print. Two children, sat on donkeys at the beach. 1930' UK.
Some cafe tables and chairs sit on a mowed lawn area in a garden setting, with border shrubs in the background.
A BnW image of oxeye Daisies in a stand - caught in the early morning, breaking light. It is dark, near the roots of the flowers, and also on the hedge at the top. The light is yet to illuminate here.
An image of a Hosta plant in a garden border. The two tone leaves stand out in BnW.
A BnW image of a lake / pond at a parkland gardens. On the left is a tree on the bank and leaning subtly over the water. There are reflections of the trees and shrubs at the far end of the water.
Plants in a border. There are dark, stronger, sculpted leaves in the foreground, and lighter grasses and plants behind.
A pic of a plastic envelope-used for sending exposed film for processing.
An old house, in stone and finished in off white. The photo is near symetrical, with a dark coloured door and porch / surrounds in the centre. The pavement outside slopes from R to L.
An oak tree, stood alone in parkland.
A window with a white painted frame sits in the stone wall of a cottage. There is a dark, folded back shutter on the right and cut back / pruned climbing plants clinging on to bits of the wall.
A street scene of older houses and buildings. They surround a road leading away from the camera and going downhill to an arch - where the road goes under a building. Most buildings are of brick, with white painted sash style windows. Pavement on the right. Road on the left .... both leading to the vanishing type point.
A BnW portrait of an older man. He sits calmly, "smiling with his eyes", looking directly into the lens.
A simple BnW image of 5 young trees in a small plantation - all covered in rampant and fairly new growth Ivy. Light ground cover foliage is at the base of the frame.
A kitchen garden. Gravel path, lined with low box hedging. Some fruit trees.
A BnW image of plant foliage .... with strong, direct sunlight from the right of frame, highlighting the ridges and texture on the leaves.
A photo drying book. Basically blotting paper.
Some tree trunks with semi backlit young leaves glittering. They sit in a bed of grasses and past their best spring flowers - partially in shadow.
A stand of pine trees, set in a lawned area. The sun illuminates from the left front .... causing dappled and strong shadows. There are dark shrubs in the background.
A BnW image of a brick house frontage. On the right is a large, well maintained and painted old carriage door. To the left, a front door and window. All have arched tops and white painted frames. There are plants in stone planters either side of the front door.
A BnW image of a sunlit courtyard. There are tables and chairs on flagstone style paving. Behind is a wall with dark, arched windows. There is some planting in boxes and hanging baskets, plus some strung lights.
A "shapely" tree in the foreground with a wall to the right, a road junction and large shrubs behind and left.
A BnW image of a pathway leading to the door of a church. There are grassy banks either side, topped by small trees and bushes.
A BnW street view. There is a toll house on the left. There are pedestrians walking to and fro ... and the street leading to the peak of the bridge runs away from the camera. In the background is a church and houses on a wooded hillside.
A row of empty white cafe chairs and wood slatted tables, outside on the pavement, receding away from the camera, 5 o'clock to 11 o'clock diagonally. They sit next to a low wall, with an attempt at a small garden atop of it.
A BnW print of a UK old style red telephone box on the left of frame. There is brickwork / walls - with a smidgen of it white painted to the right.
A BnW street scene featuring an old hotel with a church in the background. People are stood on the street, others are sat at tables on the pavement.
A picture of the bridge at Ironbridge, taken from below and looking up at the arch and underside. There is a wooded hillside in the background and some light foliage at the base of the frame.
A Harley Davison motorcycle parked. There is a similar model behind. In the background is a brick built, Victoria era building.
BnW image. A street scene of a wide pavement with people sitting in the sun at tables whilst consuming coffee, tea and snacks. Behing them (on the left) are Victorian era frontages of a pie shop and a hotel.
A BnW image of Ironbridge gorge taken from the bridge. There is a river bottom right, walled and rocky banks, then terraced gardens and trees leading up to buildings.
12 negative film images, now sleeved in an acetate print through sleeve.
A photo of a folding camera in a leather case, a light meter, a roll of film.
A stumpy trunk of an ancient, leaning oak.
Trees, in a parkland setting.
A stand of bog loving trees, in a small nature reserve. Behind them .... a sort of swamp.
A BnW print of an oak tree in our village parkland. A path winds past the tree. Other trees and scrubland is in the distance. The sky is near clear - a hint of cloud.
In the foreground is a stone pillar and border plants, then lawn behind that has a group of conifers - mostly just their trunks. The scene is semi backlit from the left, causing shadows to fall, 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock .... as a direction from camera viewpoint.
A 10x8 BnW darkroom print. Main feature: light beech branches carrying tight bud, hanging down. There is a simple fence at the base, with a field beyond and sky above.