Twice in the last few years I’ve been fortunate to haveva friend gift me some wonderful gear. A former co-worker, mentor and dear friend in his 80’s gave me his Horseman 980, a ...
25 July, 2025
Autumn Artichokes – An Ekphrastic* Poem (One Shot Story)
Past their prime in a Paris garden. Abandoned artichokes. Wrapped in brown against autumn winds. Forgotten. Inedible. Suitable now for fall arrangements. Or compost. Grieving al...
24 July, 2025
It wos the camera wot done it – A one shot story
Or to give it its full title, ‘Nothing to do wiv me, guv. It wos the camera wot done it, honest.’ Towards the end of a canal walk in North London on one of the hotte...
For those of us who have used a TLR camera, any invitation to use one again is a wonderful excuse to enjoy it. The mechanisms, the construction, the finish, the enormous waist-l...
23 July, 2025
Rollei Retro 400S in Paris, with a Minolta X700
I recently headed back to Paris for a long weekend, for the first time since I started shooting film again. Having taken photos there many times in the past using my digital gea...
The Palace of Coudenberg (central Brussels), supposedly one of the finest in Europe, was destroyed by fire in 1731 (CE) and the ruins demolished in the late 18th century to make...
20 July, 2025
Oto Fūkei – A Photographic Soundscape from Japan
During a vacation in Japan, I found myself instinctively pairing photographs with audio recordings from the same moments and places. I didn’t know what I was making yet, but I l...
I love a “Full Roll Friday” and I’ve done four of them in the past. But only one of mine was a full roll shot the conventional way – usually I’d find a way of cheati...
