Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Doris, some studebaker influence by the Raymond Loewy design team, apparently. 280
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 15/06/2026In fact, I photographed it using really long exposure, for Fp4Party years ago. 030
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 15/06/2026That's cool! I acquired a bunch 20/30s in an auction lot. 120
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Cool! Bigger cameras, bigger film meant bigger prints. They even had postcard size ones. 130
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Likely the original prints then were contact size, the vast majority were. Enlarging was costly for consumers back then. Looked good in an album. I did a liitle project back along. 150
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Wifely rescued one of them from the "free to good home" shelf at B&Q. Chopped it right back, it's recovering. 050
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Wasn't for Cyanotype type day but my 7yr old experimented creating samples for her textile and design course. Had to get them to greens and browns for the remit. 140
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 18/06/2025We don't really have a garden, more a steep terraced yard. Climbing/hanging is a required ingredient. 341
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 27/05/2025She used different ways of applying, bottle spray, pouring, dripping etc 162
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Some have screen printed etc. She went for cyanotype to use my stuff. Toned with green tea for brown, fenugreek for green, the latter took 24 hours. 250
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Nothing wrong with a tree! River and woodland combos are bread and butter down here, or the sea. 2212
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Chilled evening catching up on contact sheets. Had a play at the end with a negative from several years back, I fondly refer to him as the barbican cowboy. #plymouthdarkroom #printyourwork #believeinfilm 2270
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025If you see this post, post a bridge from your gallery. My Bridge. (s) 1181
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It's better than the snap, and while there are shaded tops to some of the distant buildings, I know I clipped a few while tweaking the sky. Heyho. Scan👇 381
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I got on an visiter pass from Sandeep, must be his then, right? NOT MY BRIDGE 370
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Not sure if this is a safety practice, or how they disembarked for shore time at certain places. It looks fun anyway. #DMRArmitage 270
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Fun and games were obviously had on what I guess was a trip measured in weeks. Some of the negatives have significant damage, and the photographer was prone to all the errors we know so well. #DMRArmitage 290
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Of the moored ships, I am leaning toward the nearer, the funnel is not unlike the one pictured here while at sea. There may be other clues throughout the thread. #DMRArmitage 140
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 13/03/2025It was fun watching you folks interact last week. I think we confirmed - Doris Mary Rhodes Armitage. b1901 d1979 a spinster in Ireland. I figured the on ship time next, attempt at a timeline but could be going or coming back. #DMRArmitage 1210
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Posted this before, but imagine my world of guesswork. How many strengths of yellow can you see 😵💫 230
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Never been a football follower. however, if I was to pick a team to get behind... 0100
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025For scale, 2½x4¼ v 2¼x3¼. Interesting times back then. Stupid amount of sizes. 010
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Kodak of the type are chunky beasts, I have several (left!) my 3a is a wooden monster. 020
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I will end the thread here. What I guess is near the start of her India journey. I will post others periodically, I have no timeline order. If by the slimmest of chances anyone can add any morsel to what I know, feel free. #DMRArmitage 9274
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025So what do I know! An envelope containing some of the negatives was addressed to Tipperary Ireland, it was forwarded to Loughrigg Ambleside. Post marked from Abbottabad India August 1928. Other negative envelopes connected to NZ, Chester and London. Other than that, I know little. #DMRArmitage 2284
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I acquired a box of old negatives, some glass plates and contact prints. Also some postcards and envelopes. They belonged to a Miss DMR Armitage, most are filed under "The India Trip". Some are printable, most are damaged but scannable. I will share the little info I have as I go. #DMRArmitage 88113
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I had to go look elsewhere to see it properly. Did he stage tge scene, I don't think so. Did hand around waiting for someone, probably. Did he ask someone to do it, possibly. I like the comp. 110
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 24/02/2025So my kodak 3a has a format size of 3¼x5½", (postcard size) it can use roll film or sheet film as a straight from the factory unit. Almost 4x5 but a pocket camera. Now there is a can of worms. 🤣 140
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 23/02/2025From the same roll, the one of my daughter still drives me nuts. Her shirt and hat are green. 010
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Most used sizes for my cameras, also sets of 46/48/49/52/55/58mm and a box of weird shit you never know when they'll come in use. 250
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I have 2 or 3, some of the shutter mechs are fascinating. 130
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 18/01/2025One day, when life slows down! I would like to use a Thornton Pickard Imperial I acquired, I need to construct a holder for it though. 010
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Yep, 405 is big brother to the 203 De Vere, an LPL colour head and a hand full of various down in the workshop. Just gifted one to a community workshop near Exeter. 220
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 10/01/2025🤣 Hyde baths, men change upstairs, ladies below, bath houses to the side. Ever inch of wall had fired tiles all fancy like. 120
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I have printed measles negs. 1 roll was affected in Dunkirk, I couldn't leave them. (just the scan) 1101
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Well, feck knows how that happened, I've been hiding in the background. 230
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Bleach and tone has lifted it, still going to chase this composition, hopefully I might get squared on to it for straight horizontals. 090
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 28/12/2024I should have taken a few seconds to correct the WB on my phone, I am lazy with technology. 2100
Ashley @grumpyfck.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Interestingly, the earliest photograph of it was done by Fox Talbot. 120
