29 July, 2026
The Town that Adopted a Queen
It’s a quiet early afternoon in Balchik, a Bulgarian small town on the coast of the Black Sea. I’ve been staying here for the last 4 or 5 days and to be honest, I found it to be...
25 June, 2026
5 frames with a Leica M4-P
My first Leica was an M4-2, I used it extensively but sold it to help pay for my first digital Leica, an M9 in black. After a while, I missed the relatively quiet “Click&#...
16 June, 2026
Three Films, One Orchestra, One Weekend
Orchestras run on two things. Music and food. Most documentation skips the food. Concert halls, polished instruments, formal attire — that’s what ends up in the frame. But...
9 June, 2026
5 Frames with a Rolleicord IV
My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 50, which I had won in a photography competition as a teenager. The competition was organized by Kodak to promote their new 126 film cartr...
6 June, 2026
Airports on Delta 100
Beginning in the late 1980’s and through to 2013 I traveled almost weekly in my job shooting travel features for a large magazine based in the South of the US. I didn’t have a m...
30 May, 2026
5 frames with a Voigtländer BESSA L
What sort of camera is this? It is not a rangefinder; it has no built-in viewfinder, but it does feature integrated TTL metering with LED lights. It accommodates interchangeable...
2 May, 2026
5 Frames in a Welsh Quarry
Last summer I tagged along with the local geology group on a visit to a nearby quarry, taking my Super Ikonta 530/16 and a roll of Delta 100 with me. Health and Safety being wha...
1 April, 2026
24 Frames with the Fujica GW690III in Brighton on Valentine’s Day, 2026 (3 Whole Rolls)
From my experience shooting expired 35mm film, black and white holds up better than colour (less to go wrong), and lower ISO withstands the effects of time much better than high...