“Our family album is full of beautiful pictures from the beach, but none of them tells the real story.” (Brookman, 2015: p127) I came across this book…
Books, Zines & Exhibitions
My eldest turned 3 in September. A few months before, I had finally picked up my film cameras again after having not shot very much at…
The Whole Roll
Giving a “Faulty” Camera Another Chance – #FullRollFriday – by Holly Gilman
November 6, 2020I’m shocked to say that it’s not even been 2 months since my first article was published on 35mmc (at the time of writing this, that…
Medium & Large Format
Pentacon Six Mini Review – Getting to Know the Camera – Part 2 – By Holly Gilman
October 27, 2020I was so pleased by the positive response to my previous mini review of the Pentacon Six that I thought I would provide a little update…
The Whole Roll
13 frames / My first self developed roll of 120 film – #FullRollFriday – By Holly Gilman
September 25, 2020I’ve previously shared with you the story of my first 3 rolls of home developed film and I thought I would do an update on how…
The Whole Roll
9 frames / Or should it be 12? – #FullRollFriday – By Holly Gilman
September 11, 2020No, it should have been 24 shots on Kodak Gold 200. In my last #FullRollFriday post I mentioned that I went through a phase of acquiring various…
In Autumn 2015 I travelled to America to see my best friend, who had moved to Pitsburgh about 6 months earlier. My husband and I are…
Medium & Large Format
Pentacon Six Mini-Review – The grass isn’t always greener – By Holly Gilman
August 27, 2020I was surprised to find that there were no reviews of the Pentacon Six on this website. It seems to be a bit of a cult…
Otherwise known as “third time’s the charm”. I have recently decided to plough on with my goal of developing film at home and here is the story…
The Whole Roll
36 frames / My First Whole Roll of Film – #FullRollFriday – By Holly Gilman
August 21, 2020I am sharing a whole roll of Ilford HP5. Is that not everyone’s first roll of film? I really like the idea of sharing a whole roll.…
