{"id":16717,"date":"2022-11-05T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/?p=16717"},"modified":"2022-11-05T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T13:47:51","slug":"sofia-2022-render-unto-caesar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/archives\/16717","title":{"rendered":"Sofia 2022 – Render Unto Caesar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had a week long work trip to Sofia, Bulgaria to attend the TDWG 2022 Conference<\/a>. Most of the time was spent with colleagues in a conference room or on a trip to Rila Monastery<\/a>. There wasn’t much opportunity for photography but I took a little Olympus XA2<\/a> for day to day use and my Canon T90<\/a> (plus 50mm f\/1.4) to use on the one day I had to myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pile of small prints from Sofia trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have a “Render unto Caesar<\/a>” approach. If it is born analogue it mainly stays analogue. I don’t routinely scan negs. I make little 3.5″x5″ prints in the darkroom instead. If I like a shot I may go to 5″x7″ or even 8″x10″. This means that my trip to Sofia has resulted in just over two rolls of Ilford Delta 400, a few evenings messing in the darkroom and a small pile of prints. I still have some negs I might print so the fun continues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pinboard in the office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One print made it as far as the pinboard above my desk at the office. Only when I went to stick it up did I notice the similarity to the Hiroshige<\/a> woodblock print already there. Did the Hiroshige inspire me to take the photograph or do trees just look like that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could have taken my Fujifilm X100V<\/a> (lovely camera) but then I’d have taken a gazillion photos and shared a bunch online and probably not been as satisfied. But then I kind of wish I’d done that anyhow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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