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Bill Jay Photography Historian .

Bill Jay  History Photographer  Documentary film . For my contextual studies assignment on  Vi ctorian photographers in Llandudno I came across the name Bill Jay in his attempts to save the Francis Frith archives. Having a quiet afternoon to so some research for my dissertation came across this film on Bill Jay himself. To my disgrace after nearly 6 years of studying I had never heard of him. This film even though 90 minutes or so long it is a real insight of a man who valued the history of photography and names I have heard and studied some of their work over my last 6 years.  So if you have some time to spare I recommend you take time to watch this film.  https://youtu.be/wd47549knOU

Modern photography or 19th C Pictorialism ?

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  DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY OR PICTORIAL  A  QUESTIONNAIR.  Due to needing to create a questionnaire/survey for my contextual studies BA Photography course work module at Llandrillo college, an impossible task face to face due to covid-19 I came up with the idea of sending an appeal to the LLANDUDNO IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS for any willing participants. With a good response this is my selection of questions . All replies to be made per comment section , this way I will be able to copy and paste my results and analysis for the module as a word document. Thanks you in advance those of you willing to participate.  My theme is the work of Victorian photographers in Llandudno. My work based on the work of Thomas Edge, La Roche photo studio, Francis Frith and Francis Bedford and Alvin Langdon Coburn ( American photographer who lived in Rhos On Sea for his final 18 years) The images taken during the 19th C era was pictorialism and my final images and theme recreating the same imag...

Happy Valley Llandudno

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 Faint o honom sydd angen gwneud sialens sydd yn angenrheidiol i gynllun ond ddim hefo'r cymhelliad i neud. Dim byd fel esiampl yma i fod angen cerdded i Happy Valley yn Llandudno i dynnu lluniau wedi cael eu tynnu gan ffotofgraffwyr yr wyf yn astudio i fy ngwaith cwrs eleni. Ar ol cael cyfle yn mis Hydref i dynnu lluniau hefo'r ffon symydol ond ddim yr un ansawdd ar camera DLSR. Felly sgidia braf dillad cynnes a dechrau taith ar droed i Happy Valley. Un peth am allu cerdded ar hyd lan y mor Llandudno mae o ar wastaddir felly dim elltydd serth ddim ond ar a rhan olaf sydd yn mymryn o ymdrech ond yn talu am yn ail am yr ymdrech. Wrth gerddad mae'r camera obscura yn edrych yn fach iawn a bron yn amhosib i gyrraedd ond gwerth bob cam at fy sialens 10k cam y dydd. Ar ol cymeryd tua 45 munud ar hyd lan y mor Llandudno ac ambell o luniau ar y ffon symydol ar DLSR cyrraedd Happy Valley. Un llun nesi dynnu ddim at fy ngwaith oedd y llun yma o ffiniau gwesty Grand yn edrych dros oli...