17 August, 2025
It’s Time for the Soft-Focus Revival!
Try it! The most salient learning of my soft-focus foray was a greater awareness for light! With hindsight, that alone was worth it. But I enjoyed so much more in my journey fro...
14 July, 2025
Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax
(Title Photo – only one of two photos of the G2 unfortunately with me in it! Yuk! 2009) This will be my last post on a Contax G2 I used to have (last but one), and which I...
26 June, 2025
A Fun, Funky Filter for Shooting Digital Infrared
Are you interested in trying digital-infrared photography, but put off by the expensive glass filters that are apparently required? Hesitate no more. We can spare you THAT expen...
21 June, 2025
Stereoscopic Photography with a Rolleiflex
I thought I would wish everyone a very happy International Stereoscopic Day by introducing how to use a Rolleiflex camera to take stereoscopic (3-D) photographs. If you would li...
11 June, 2025
My five rules for taking street portraits
“Being nervous isn’t bad. It just means something important is happening.” — Michael Jordan Asking someone on the street for their portrait is a bit like asking someone on a dat...
24 March, 2025
We have lift off! Polaroid lift off that is…
Here we go again and by jove this time we have achieved lift off! Polaroid lift off that is. Let me take you on a messy journey through my first attempt at this beautiful medium...
16 March, 2025
First Men on the Moon: A hand made, hand bound photobook
I’ve created and published quite a few photobooks in the past but I’ve always wanted to make the process easier, cheaper, quicker and much more predictable and repeatable. All t...
14 March, 2025
Pinhole Photography – Another Challenge!!
I got started with a spare body cap; drill hole in centre; tape a laser drilled pinhole over the hole (cost about 10$/£/€). Simple. Any idiot can do it – even me. If you are usi...
