This Pentax MG was a lockdown purchase. I loaded it with Ilford FP4+ but was only halfway through the film when travel restrictions were (temporarily) lifted and we left for Fra...
9 October, 2020
16 Frames / A Whole Roll of Ilford HP5+ in a Box Tengor 54 – #FullRollFriday – by Steve Phillips
My son bought me a copy of David Ellwand’s “Retro Photo” for my birthday in June. An excellent book, it is a guided tour of his camera collection, with examples of the pictures ...
On the eastern banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, north of Sharpness Dock, can be found the enigmatic Purton Ships Graveyard. From 1909 until the 1960s various ships,...
Thinking about which bulk roll of film to buy, I thought it would been nice to give a film that I had not shoot a lot a go. Yes, the ubiquitous Ilford HP5. The photos here below...
25 September, 2020
13 frames / My first self developed roll of 120 film – #FullRollFriday – By Holly Gilman
I’ve previously shared with you the story of my first 3 rolls of home developed film and I thought I would do an update on how it’s going. This time I’m also giving you a look a...
The summer of 2020 has been very special in the South of Sweden were I live. The corona virus has affected us in profound way.
The Swedish corona tactics differs from a lot of ...
Landing in Sarajevo after a gruelling 26-hour flight from Australia, this trip to meet my wife’s family was to be my first time in Europe and also a chance to return to my famil...
8 September, 2020
5 Frames with a Yachica-Mat – by Phil Harrison
I have a personal interest in the Yashica-Mat. Having set off in 1972 to West Bromwich Photographic College with only a Zenith B and realising something better was required, I p...