16 February, 2024
Trying Darkroom Printing for the First Time
Well, it’s been quite a journey down the rabbit-hole of film photography! Can you believe it’s been over a year since I first started? I’ve gone from writing &...
13 February, 2024
Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses
The Internet is full of columns and videos about why ‘I left brand X for brand Y’, magnifiying this or that ‘new feature’ that forced a photographer to d...
13 February, 2024
Exploring Urban Exploration Photography
Urban exploration photography is a captivating genre that encapsulates the essence of forgotten or unseen urban spaces. Exploring abandoned buildings, derelict structures, and f...
I’m going to talk about myself first. I know – “Another self-indulgent millennial who spent their formative years being told that they were special amongst a sea of beige… delud...
31 January, 2024
Traveling. Light? 4 days, 4 Cameras
My wife’s cousin invited us to her wedding at an all-inclusive resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I figured this might be a good opportunity for some fun photography, so I start...
3 January, 2024
Getting it Wrong and Portra 160 in the Autumn
This morning there is a global artificial intelligence meeting at Bletchley Park to discuss how to stop technology eradicating mankind! Elon Musk has waded in in his own style b...
26 December, 2023
Life-like Finders and Photo-like Finders Part 1: The L–P spectrum
“The camera is just a light-tight box.” If you spend time on photography websites and forums, you’ve probably encountered this dictum before – often as an admo...
24 December, 2023
A Bout of GAS, and a Rediscovered Pentax Q7
I took my Pentax Q7 for a couple of Christmassy evenings out in town with the kids in the run up to Christmas. I took it out because it ended up finding its way to being the clo...
