The Hamptonne country life museum is a 15th century house and farm which gives visitors an insight into the rural life which was carried out in Jersey.

Things To Do On Your Visit:

You can explore the cider barn take a walk through the apple orchard meet the farm animals and take a walk inside the Syvert house which is a decorated and furnished farm house which gives visitors a 1940s feel of what life in jersey was like during the German occupation.

you also get the chance to meet characters from the past and learn about their jobs.

Location: located in the middle of the parish St Lawrence the Hamptonne is engulfed by the country side of jersey this location allows for a true feel of what it was like to be living in jersey in the 15th century. This also allows for a calm and relaxing environment whilst visiting the museum.

Tom Kennedy

A jersey based photographer and film maker who’s pictures are inspired by ‘painting with light’ through the inspiration of 17th century paintings.

https://littleriverpictures.com

some examples of his work

the camera obscura was first mentioned by Mozi who was a Chinese philosopher during the 5th century bc. He was a scientist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He wrote the book of optics.

Nicephore Niepce developed heliography which he used to make the oldest surviving product of a photographic process.

Louis Daguerre was the inventer of the Daguerreotype which was the first type of modern photography.

daguerreotypes was the first commercial succesful photgraphic process.

henry fox talbot created calotypes using a sheet of paper covered in silver chloride then exposed it to light in a camera obscura where the light touched became dark.

Richard Maddox is known for his invention of lightweight gelatin negative plates for photography.

George Eastman founded the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company. he sold the first camera the kodak in 1888 with only a 100 exposures.

Kodak (Brownie) sold for one dollar and sold 100,000 in the first year. the brownie helped start amateur photography.

the first film in a roll and flexible was made by george eastman in 1885.

in the 1950 modern digital photography. the first digital image that was produced through a computer by Russell Kirsch, it was a picture of his son.

i have flagged the photos i like the most and want to use

In this image it presents a slight disturbing tone due to the photo having no colour and the fact the image was taken just before the execution of Nguyen Van Lem. The photo represents what Vietnam was like around 50 years ago and shows the effect of the Viet Cong on Vietnam.

The police chief named Ngoc Loan seems to show no emotion when pulling the trigger to the suspected Viet Cong member, however the Vietnamese soldier in the background of the image seems to show a face of distress like he’s trying to stop the police chief from killing the suspect.

Editing my final images

My final images