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At the weekend we were invited to a ‘reunion party’ in Aberdeen, where
decades ago I went to the School of Architecture. How amazingly pleasant to
meet people, both contemporary architecture and art school students, from so
long ago! Chuck Berry, blues, pretty lights and crates of beer and wines in
the garage, and suddenly 9 hours had gone by!
This shot was taken when we went for a walk along the beach on Sunday
morning….
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This is my first attempt at using Peter’s Nikon Coolscan V ED to scan some
Leica M2 shots I took at Anna’s play ( I mean Charles Nowosielski’s, or even
George Bernard Shaw’s play) on it’s opening night. The results look pretty
rubbish so far, but as the negs look good, I’m tempted to haul my ancient
Leitz Focomat 1C enlarger out the cupboard. Anyway, I’ve 2 more Tri-X films
to develop ( and what a fiddle to load the developing tank in the darkness),
so perhaps things will improve. It’s a bit of a hassle, but definitely fun!
And perhaps most important of all, I’ve got some images, thanks to the
whisper quiet shutter of the Leica, that would have been impossible to take
in such a setting with the clattering noise of an SLR. And by the way, the
play was really magnificent! So emotional! Sunday 24th is the last open
air performance at Duddingston Old Kirk, but then it will be on Friday 29th
and Saturday 30th August at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh, just outside
Edinburgh.
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Not had time to pick up a camera much over the last few weeks. So feeling
rather deprived. However, here’s a quickly grabbed shot of our neighbour’s
garden. Pity the dramatic light hadn’t illuminated something more special.
As you’ll see, I’m still going through a black and white phase.
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Anna’s had her hair cut short for her role of St Joan in Theatre Alba’s
production, directed by Charles Nowosielski, currently performing outdoors
at Duddingston Old Kirk gardens, Edinburgh.
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Yes, at last they’ve recognised Marcus’s contribution to the world and put
up a statue to him!
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This is a beautiful walled garden just outside Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries
& Galloway. Unfortunately the light was harsh, early afternoon sunshine, so
I looked for softer light.
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This is the old guy himself, standing next to what will be the front door of
our log cabin. It’s being built by Timmerman (timberman as opposed to
carpenter/joiner), Bengt-Erik Danielsson in a little hamlet above Bjursås,
in central Sweden. He’s building it in his yard, then he numbers all the
individual logs, takes it apart and re-assemblies it on site. Most of the
work is done by hand, using a chainsaw, sledgehammer (to drive in the
vertical dowel pegs between logs at windows and door openings), circular saw
etc. Then he will strart putting it together on site at Fjällgrycksbo in
October + provided there isn’t too much early snow!
Photo: Andrew Guthrie.
The next post shows a render by our other son, Peter Guthrie (
www.peterguthrie.net) of how the finished cabin might look on site.
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