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28 July, 2025
Zeiss Ikon S 310 – The Last Contessa – Urban shooting in Norwich London and Cambridge in Black and White
I bought myself this Zeiss Ikon S 310 recently and have been hooked on it, it’s a little gem. I bought it on a knee jerk; after using my Balda CA 35 and with Hamish kindly...
In the relatively early days of digital I was involved in online discussions about whether the fact that our short-to-shot cost with digital cameras was tempting us to ‘spray an...
Antoine Bourdelle isn’t a household name in the U.S. But he’s nearly legendary in France. His life stood squarely at the crossroads of European art’s transition from Beaux-Arts ...
I’ve been experimenting with high resolution films of various kinds since returning to analogue photography and one of the more interesting products in this category is Kodak Te...
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...
I’ve posted a number of pieces on this site, all but one featuring images from my Leica M3 with a Zeiss 50 mm F2 lens. That set up has been my primary one for film photography....
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...
