My journey in photography started as an attempt to take photographs that I would have personal connection with, that could be used to remember a time or share my perspective on ...
In the run up to a recent holiday I had a sudden unshakeable desire to shoot my Nikon 85mm lens on my Pentax Q7. If you aren’t already aware, the Pentax Q7 has a fairly tiny sen...
14 April, 2024
5 frames with Kodak Shellburst 346 – the UFO film
In my previous article about a roll of 40-years expired Kodacolor II, I stated that one of the main reasons for my interest in expired film is the fun of trying to get usable pi...
11 April, 2024
5 Portraits of… my Girlfriend in Rome with a Pentax ME Super
This time two years ago I decided to shoot my first roll of film in almost a decade. It only took that one roll to get me hooked on photography again, and since then I’ve bought...
2 April, 2024
5 Frames with a Nikon F3 HP and Portra 400
A retired moto-journalist friend loaned me his old photography bag when he heard I’d been shooting a lot of film. When I first returned to film, I’d mostly been using the FM my ...
31 March, 2024
5 frames with a Kiev 60, a Volna 80/2,8 and a Ferrania Orto
Working on a ‘project’ or ‘series’ is a well-known way of giving meaning to the act of taking photographs. It serves many purposes, such as training in a...
28 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)
An afternoon of urban exploration looking for derelicted places gave me the chance to test a Praktica MTL 5b with its standard (pun intended) lens: the Pentacon 50/1,8, which I ...
28 March, 2024
5 Frames from a Seaside Town with a Nikon F4
This is a tale of linking eras and styles, the vintage with the modern, the hefty with the lightweight. The heavy, old (1993) Nikon F4 with the svelte new (2021) Voigtländer Col...
