1961’s badge was made by reeves and features the familiar Jolly Fisherman. In blue, yellow and red this one is in great condition. The face is actually silver but has become black with the reflection.
Saturday, 13 June 2009
Skegness 1961
Friday, 12 June 2009
Clacton 1967
Here is the Clacton Badge from 1967. Made by Gaunt it uses a clever shape to give the illusion of depth, to great effect.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
My Equipment
One thing pivotal to my Badge Blog and that I am rather pleased with is the macro photographs of the badges. Obviously without this it would be essentially pointless. One thisng that people have commented on when they see the badges is how small they actually are. For comparison here is one with a penny for size.
My “studio” is massively complex! I use a plastic storage box and blue tack as my stage.
Extra lighting is provided by a USB lamp.
The real magic is performed by my beloved camera, a Fujifilm Finepix s1000FD the pivotal function of which is the “Super Macro” mode which allows ridiculously close photographs to be taken. 
Without this the blog wouldn’t even exist.
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