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Always nice to see my work in print.

One from 1993, taken at Smallwood village may day.
I saw him playing with his sword whilst he was in the carriage on the way to the church, patience paid off and I captured probably what most boys would be doing, with mum out of sight.
(Fuji Neopan 400, silver gelatine print.)

The final move to the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is nearly completed.
I was commissioned by the NHS to document the building and move into the new hospital.
Below are are few of my favourite images from the past 4 years.
I will in the future be supplying marketing and PR images for the QE hospital and associated industries.

Commission for Royal Sun Alliance who had recently invested in a new distribution warehouse and also sponsored the Tour of Britain sprinters Jersey.
Brief was to get a front page picture for the staff magazine of professional cyclists Dan Fleeman and Liam Holohan and to also illustrate how well the new sort centre was working.

Lingerie buyer asked me to attend the recent MODA show at the NEC.
Brief was to shoot a picture special of all the new designs and 2012 fashions at the show.

Mark Walker (17 months) tries out some the high chairs at the Baby Show in 2003.
A slightly different PR image taken for the launch of the show. The picture made the front page of the Birmingham Post the next morning.

I’ll be exhibiting one of my images in this years Film and darkroom user exhibition.
The exhibition is on at Wellingborough Castle, near Northampton, until the end of September and showcases prints and images using traditional darkroom techniques.

Fuji Neopan 400, 12"x16” Silver gelatin fibre based print, Selenium toned.

Few pics used in this weeks Auto Express.

The Jaguar XF was awarded the Auto Express car of the decade.

Pictures from 2003, taken during the building of the Bullring shopping centre and Selfridges in Birmingham.
The shopping centre opened 8 years ago this month.

Kodak Portra 160VC 5x4 Exp 08/2005, 3 boxes, 30 sheets, still sealed.
£30 inc UK P+P
Now sold 30/08/11

First time I’ve photographed the new Birmingham central library, due for completion in 2013.

Selected images looking at the aftermath of the Birmingham 2011 riots.

Jack Wills, New Street.

Evans Cycles.

H+M New Street.

Boots, New Street

adidas, New Street

T-Mobile, High Street

Police appeal for witnesses, Bullring

Silver gelatin prints, 5x4 Ilford FP4+

Dry stone wall competition, picture taken in Rainow, Macclesfield 1992. Siver gelatin print.
I’ve been revisiting some of my old negatives and came across this one which I didn’t print at the time.
Slight crop of the original print, 35mm Fuji Neopan 400.

Really pleased to find out today I’ve been awarded a new contract with Bupa.
I’ll be supplying images of their care homes for corporate brochures, the Bupa website and general marketing material.

Well there are 2 words I thought I’d never write.
My new darkroom is finally finished, and like all darkrooms it’s already well used, and smells of fixer.
You may ask why, after all, 99% of my commercial work is shot digitally, processed and delivered, usually same day.

I was scanning my black and white negatives, using an Epson V700 scanner, which produces brilliant on screen results, but I was finding the whole process a bit, clinical.
I spent a great deal of my early career in the darkroom and was missing the emotional process of printing my own work, up to exhibition standard, there are processes using film and darkroom which digital just cannot replicate.
I’ll be shooting a new series of Birmingham images over the next year, which will be available from my shop as original prints.

For the technically interested here is how I’m doing it.
Black and White images are shot on Ilford FP4+ or Kodak Tri-X and developed in XTOL 1+1 using a Jobo CPP and expert drum.
The negatives are then contact printed. After deciding which negative to print, I use an ex British Aerospace De Vere 507 bench enlarger with Ilford 500 multigrade head, which is very well used, but will last forever. Lenses are either Nikon, Rodenstock or Schneider.
Exposure is determined using a RH designs analyser pro. I’ve only been using it a few weeks and already those epic printing sessions trying to get the print right have gone, the meter works really well, giving me a near perfect starting point.
Dodging and burning is also a lot quicker and easier.
I’m printing on Adox MCC fibre based paper (as good as the old Agfa multi contrast classic) using Ethol LPD, a wonderful print developer which is kinder to the environment and you can alter the print tone by dilution.
Final step is usually a 2 minute selenium tone, depending on the tone I want.

I’m also developing my own colour negatives using the digibase C-41 kit, really easy, once you get the hang of it.

Added a few new images to my personal portfolio
http://www.edwardmoss.co.uk/personal_portfolio/