29 November, 2023
500mm Mirror Lens with Film – by Simon King
I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...
Simon King's Posts
9 August, 2023
Ilford Ortho 80 Plus for Documentary Photography: A Review
Any film still in production today must have something going for it – almost a survivorship bias in effect. I don’t think there are any “bad” films, only...
1 August, 2023
Photographing Summer Solstice at Stonehenge on Expired Fujifilm Neopan 400 – by Simon King
Over the past few years I’ve been working on a couple of projects which will explore the use of Stonehenge as an active religious site. As this is a long-term effort I hav...
25 July, 2023
Death and Film Photography
For a few years now I have been using photography as a way to explore philosophy, especially around metaphysics. Photography is bound to a practical visual reality, so depicting...
4 June, 2023
Balancing the Environmental Impact of Photography
Photography is an intrinsic act of preservation, with the potential to (and examples of) extension of a frozen frame through many decades, after exposure. Photographs have offer...
20 April, 2023
Making Flash Work for my Photography
I do not like flash photography. I do not enjoy the feeling of light cutting through the darkness directly towards whomever or whatever I am photographing.
However, sometimes t...
June 2022 I was documenting the ceremony and spectacle of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. Earlier, while allocating my kit, I had found a roll of Ektar...
6 April, 2023
PPP Cameras – Repair & Servicing Review
Buying for life means maintaining for life. This is true of anything; if you want for your leather boots to not dry out and crack, but to live up to their brand reputation as la...