_P4A0027RCEAW [1] Holland Park Gang, © Jon Perry, c1971 zcj

            A photograph of an old print, from the days when I first started photography. I was lucky to have photography as a subject from the age of 12, only three Comprehensive schools in the country had photography as a study subject rather than just a club.We had a darkroom and studio and some wonderful cameras. This picture was taken on an MPP, a bellows camera that took a film holder. The holder was two sided, you could load two sheets of film - one each side. I think the film was 5" x 4", it was pretty large and gave amazing definition. That large size also gave wonderful shallow depth-of-field too. You had to compose the picture on the ground glass screen (image upside-down). This was normally kept for studio work, but each of us had a chance to take it out once on our own. I entered the park next to school and was almost immediately approached by this gang who were all older and bigger than me... I thought I was going to have a hard time, but a little idea came to me, to ask the gang if they would like their picture taken. I'll always be grateful for that idea because suddenly the menacing looks changed and they took up a pose right away, seemingly very happy to be asked! 
   

Taken on: May 6, 2023

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Sets appears in: • September 2023 Collection • Black and White no3

Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/5.6, 1/40 sec, 47mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	47mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows
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