26 July, 2024
Shrovetide in Lazarim
Lazarim is a town in the municipality of Lamego, which is located 12 kilometers from the city of Lamego. It has around 500 inhabitants, but during Shrovetide the floating popula...
Encouraged by my recent first experience with the Pentax Auto 110 I tried a second film. This was Fomapan 400 downrated to ISO 100 in Rodinal at 1:50 because the camera has only...
Sometimes I can complete a roll quickly, sometimes it’s a painstaking process; a few exposures here and there even though I want to try and pressure myself and accomplish ...
16 May, 2024
Park Life with a Ihagee Exa 1A
At a brisk walk, the local park is about 4 minutes from the front door of the house. That helps with the need to escape. A job once enjoyable, has become so entangled in a growi...
14 May, 2024
5 Frames inspired by Georges de la Tour
It was the 13th of March. In my inbox was the daily news in French email and it began by saying on that day in 1593 the painter Georges de la Tour was born, and he became famous...
5 May, 2024
Évora, Portugal with a Leica MP & Foma 100
Not only photogenic, historic and interesting (a UNESCO world heritage site, European Capital of Culture for 2027), Évora also has a superb hotel in a converted former nunn...
30 April, 2024
5 frames with Fomachrom D II 20
Most photographers today know Foma from their black and white film but there was a time when the Czech company produced colour as well. The exact information about it is scant b...
1 March, 2024
Festivity of the Goat and “Canhoto”
The village of Cidões has just 20 inhabitants. It’s located in Trás-os-Montes, in the northern inland of Portugal. Every year, on the Saturday after 31 October, ...
