photography Archives - Nigel Goldsmith photography & film

Print sales

Most of my pictures can be purchased as high quality prints. I have added a few of the popular images below along with the prices of prints both framed and unframed.

I normally use Paypal to handle the transaction. If you are interested in buying a print, send me an email letting me know which picture you are interested in buying and I will send you the payment info.

Steps (60cm x 40cm print) £280 framed, £180 unframed.

Loading (60cm x 40cm print) £260 framed, £180 unframed

Cranes (60cm x 40cm print) £260 framed, £180 unframed

Ship breakers, Chittagong 12″x12″ £180 unframed

Promotional photography for University of Bristol’s Medical School

In 2012, I was asked to take pictures of the facilities, staff and students for the University of Bristol’s Medical School. I have recently been asked to return to update the images for their website and social media. Here are some of the pictures.

Students learning how to measure blood pressure

Students working in medical simulation suite

Teaching staff observing students in medical simulation suite

Student working with human simulation mannequin

Students wearing apparatus to simulate patient’s symptoms

Simulation of medical emergency on board a plane

Debrief session after medical emergency simulation on a plane

Simulation of medical emergency on board a plane

Staff and student swimming pool at RUH academy in Bath

Medical students gathering before graduation

Medical students just before officially graduating

Medical students just after officially graduating

Newly graduated doctors in streets of Bristol

Analogue film photography and darkroom workshops – in-person

Darkroom training workshop – film developing, printing and alternative processes

I am now offering onsite analogue and darkroom photography workshops and consultancy services to individuals, schools, colleges and organisations. If you want to create a darkroom from scratch or revive and old one, I can help you to get it up and running.

Workshop overview

If you do not have a darkroom but would like to learn the basics or introduce your students to analogue photography I can set up a small temporary darkroom in your home, classroom or office.

‘We had Nigel come into school for a day to train myself and another colleague in darkroom photography, to enable us to be confident enough in teaching both GCSE and A-level students the same skills after our photography specialist is no longer able to teach. The day was jam packed and we both learnt a lot about various parts of traditional darkroom photography, the developing process, pin hole cameras, photograms and luminograms. Emma Hart, Sandy Secondary School, Bedfordshire

Workshop content

I can help you with;

Setting up a darkroom of your own or reviving an old darkroom that has been unused for a while.
If you do not have a darkroom or any of the equipment, I can bring a portable darkroom along with all of the equipment and materials to your home or workplace. All I will need is electricity and a sink.
Providing an introduction to cameraless photography, pinhole photography, photograms, water grams, cyanotypes and luminograms.
Introduction to black and white film photography, cyanotype printing, staining cyanotypes, film processing, printing and advanced and experimental printing techniques.
If you would like to introduce film (analogue photography) into your GCSE / A level / BTEC programme but do not have the knowledge or facilities, I can help you to address common problems encountered by students with film photography and help you to embed the media into a curriculum.

Prices start at £435 for a day of onsite training. Follow this link for more information about film (analogue) and darkroom workshops and consultancy services.

Film processing

Getting black and white film processed by an external company can be time consuming and very expensive considering the cost of the chemistry. Processing your own black and white film is quite easy, and can save a lot of money. I normally explain all of the stages from loading a film processing tank, testing chemicals, processing film, and highlight common pitfalls and explain how these can be avoided.

Learn how to develop your own black and white film negatives

Darkroom techniques

I cover a wide range of traditional darkroom techniques including; contact printing your negatives, test prints, making your first print, adjusting contrast, dodging and burning. During a darkroom training workshop, I can also introduce a variety of camera less photographic techniques such as’ photograms and cyanotypes.

Preparing to make a black and white print in a darkroom

Preparing to make a black and white print in the darkroom

Photograms and luminograms in wash

Photograms of ripples in water or ‘watergrams’

Photogram of objects using cyanotype process

Broken bones and brake lights – cyanotype

If you have any questions or would like to learn more, do let me know.

Pictures from the picket line

I was recently asked by Unison to cover their picket lines in Bristol. The weather was wet, windy and cold but everyone was in good spirits and there was a lot of public support for the strikers.

It normally takes an hour or two after a shoot to edit and send the pictures. To speed things up, I took a few pictures on my phone which could be published on social media immediately as the story was unfolding.

Some of the images taken on the day can be seen on here the Unison website.

Over the years, I have done a lot of trade union photography and worked for most unions including; UNISON, Unite, GMB, PCS, CWU, ASLEF, RMT. The range of work I have done for unions includes conferences, issues and campaigns, there are some more examples here.

I am also a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the University and College Union (UCU).

Agricultural machinery and agritech photography

JCB Fastrac for Farmers Guardian

I have quite a large collection of images of agricultural machinery so it seemed like a good idea to group a few of them together on my website. The pictures in this post have all been produced for editorial commissions.

As in most sectors, automation and robotics are playing an ever increasing role in agriculture. This post includes some images of robots currently working on farms.

The JCB Fastrac Icon images were for a story comparing the new model with its predecessor, a lot of the differences where in the technology controlling the vehicle so a lot of the images focussed on the cab.

JCB Fastrac Icon

JCB Fastrac new and old versions compared

JCB Fastrac new and old models compared

The Merlo tele handler was a full electric model and the shoot involved demonstrating the machine undertaking the type of jobs it might normally be given on a farm.

Merlo e-worker

An empty barn was used to shoot the vehicle which provided a less cluttered background and gave me more control over the lighting. I normally have a car full of lighting equipment for this type of picture.

Merlo e-worker

Often there is no time to take posed studio pictures and I just have to shoot the demonstration vehicle at work. The Unimog shoots were taken during a busy harvest. A brief technical problem with the combine gave me a few precious minutes to take a few more controlled images.

Unimog U435

Unimog U435 alongside combine

Unimog U435 on the road

Unimog U435 alongside combine

The weather was so dry that the vehicles were surrounded with huge dust clouds. This gave me the opportunity to capture a few extra atmospheric images of the huge Case combine harvester.