Peter Goldfield

Peter Goldfield 1998 - Photo by Pradip Malde

I have today sadly discovered that Peter Goldfield who ran photographic workshops at Duckspool in Somerset has died.

http://www.duckspool.com/

I attended two workshops at Duckspool the first when I was very fortunate to get a place on a Paul Caponigro workshop, and I was there again in 2000 for a Pradip Malde workshop.

The last time I saw Peter was in 2004 when I bought his remaining stock of Agfa’s long discontinued Record Rapid. Before Peter set up Duckspool he had made a comfortable living importing and selling Agfa B/W papers when Agfa withdrew from the UK market in the mid 1970’s. Peter was an early convert to digital and so he no longer had a use for the paper.

I have fond memories of my times with Peter at Duckspool and I extend my sympathy to his family and friends.

My First Platinum Print

Duckspool 2000

This is my first ever Platinum and Palladium print which I made at the Pradip Malde workshop held at Duckpool in July of 2000. The cold / neutral tone of the print shows that it is in fact a Platinum print with no Palladium.

Caught my Attention - Pradip Malde

 Where are you now Fay Godwin 2008

Going 2008

 Trees Shadow Fog

I attended a workshop on Platinum and Palladium printing given by Pradip Malde back in the Summer of 2000. At the time I was investigating various alternative printing methods for my large format negatives. Pradip teaches the print out version of PT/PD process developed by Mike Ware in the late 20th century. Although at the end of the workshop I had a couple of prints I was pleased with, I decided the process was not for me, even though I find the prints from the print out method of PT/PD to be unique and superior to the prints from the traditional develop out PT/PD printing process.

Here is a link to a large amount of Pradip’s work. http://malde.sewanee.edu/

Snow

Hartsholme Park January 2009

Last night there was a warning on the local news of a strong possibility of heavy snowfall today. The recent winters have been so mild and snow free that I was excited about the prospect of getting out into the white stuff with a camera. Overnight I recharged my camera battery in preparation for lunchtime and after work photography excursions, and as if by divine intervention it started to snow as I set off to drive to work.

By the time I arrived at work I was in the middle of a full blown blizzard. Today parts of Britain have experienced the heaviest snowfall in 18 years, but sadly not in Grimsby. Within an hour of arriving at my office desk, the snow had stopped falling and by lunchtime the settled snow had vanished.

As I sit typing this I can hear the rain pounding on my window, yet only a few miles away snow is falling. I suppose there are benefits of living at sea level!