21 August, 2025
5 frames from my first roll of Kentmere 200
On the basis that with a new film it’s useful to see as many examples as possible, here are 5 frames from my first (half) roll of Kentmere 200. I put a roll in my Olympus ...
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21 August, 2025
Beyond Death and Film Photography
I got into film photography at a time in my life when I was not at my best; and one of my reasons for working with film at that time ties into that headspace. I haven’t re...
20 August, 2025
5 frames with my Minox 35GT
I first got interested in photography in around 1982, at the tender age of 15, saving my pocket money to buy a Zenit EM, and three years later, having started work, a Minolta X3...
20 August, 2025
Earth, Air, Fire and Water – in Sapporo
A two-day relaxing trip to Sapporo, Japan – at least as relaxing as 70,000 steps of photo-walks can be in 31°C. The title emerged from the images I happened to take rather than ...
19 August, 2025
Fujifilm Velvia 50 and an Aesthetic of Necessity
I’ve recently been digging through folders and shoeboxes, looking for photos I shot in Venice in January 1995. That was a painting trip, but of course I took some cameras with m...
I haven’t taken a camera with me to a concert before but as I was lucky enough to have a front row seat to see Natalie Umbruglia and The Corrs I thought this was a good opportun...
18 August, 2025
Robert Frank’s View in Butte, Montana – One Shot Story
When my wife, Darby, and I mapped out our recent road trip through the American West, it was not our intention to follow the same route that Robert Frank took in the mid-1950s w...
18 August, 2025
Voigtländer Bessa 46 – It’s Quite Good Actually.
I bought this Voigtländer Bessa 46 in a job lot of 4 cameras, it wasn’t the one I bought the lot for and to be honest it looked the least promising of them all and I had taken n...
