Phototoasty
PhotoToasty aka Chris Tostevin-Hall LRPS CPAGB AFIAP is a photographer based in Guernsey.
23/07/2024
My first SLR Camera was a Zenith EM. It came with a Helios 44-M 58mm f/2 lens. The Helios 44 were Russian copies of the Carl Zeiss Jena 58mm f/2 Biotar and were manufactured in vast numbers over several decades. I thought it would be fun to adapt this lens to my Fuji GFX 100s - it was! These vintage lenses have a wonderful character, not clinically sharp especially wide open, but they allow for the creation of some beautiful images. Here are a few from the garden this evening. Enjoy!
29/05/2024
A few orchid meadow shots - Les Vicheries, Guernsey.
16/02/2024
14/02/2024
Some photos taken last weekend in Cambridge.
06/02/2024
Feeling pretty chuffed with my success in this year's Guernsey Eisteddfod. 2 Commended, 3 Merits, 1 Honours and a Class Winner. Our Judge Ann McDonald ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/p really loved the portrait of Jack.
05/11/2023
November moods at Petit Port.
22/09/2023
Pre-Uni Portraits. A friend wanted to have some portraits of his daughter Ellie, before she embarks on the next chapter of her life at Manchester Uni. The brief was "Edgy"... this is what I came up with. The thundery skies helped.
17/09/2023
A quick visit to Port Soif this afternoon.
25/06/2023
Another fly!
25/06/2023
Fly on Bracken... Cute!
18/06/2023
Blue-tailed Damselfly setting down for the night at a local nature reserve.
Fuji X-T4, Focus stack in Zerene
09/04/2023
Path to the light...
12/02/2023
A few more from yesterday's visit to Petit Port.
11/02/2023
Petit Port - "Solitude Sunset"
11/02/2023
Sand Textures 2
11/02/2023
Sand textures 1
22/01/2023
"Ripples never come back..."
15/01/2023
A visit to the bathing pools...
08/01/2023
Today's sunset.
07/01/2023
Winter light at L'Ancresse
07/01/2023
Nature's brush strokes
30/12/2022
Le Jaonnet Bay
13/12/2022
Enchanted.
Thoughts?
10/12/2022
B&W Groynes
10/12/2022
Wintery vibe at Vazon!
12/07/2022
Tariro, a friend from work wanted a few portraits of herself and with her Mum who was visiting from Zimbabwe. Here are a few of my faves from the shoot.
12/06/2022
Good Morning L'Ancresse - Sleep is overrated!
31/05/2022
An abstract created in Lewis in 2018.
28/05/2022
Sculptures by Marcus Backer.