25 February, 2024
5 Frames with a Leica M3 & Ilford HP5 pushed to 3200
I’ve been wanting to work on my low-light film shooting skills for awhile. I’d already tried shooting some Ilford HP5 pushed to 1600 at our family Thanksgiving cel...
22 February, 2024
Surviving two Leica fails on a motoring trip down to the Balkans
Assuming you’ve planned for it, retirement brings together newly freed up time, resources and a degree of freedom (and maybe a bit of adveturousness) to do what you want....
17 February, 2024
5 (square) frames with a Zeiss Ikon Tenax I and Ilford XP2 Super
For a while I’d been looking for a nice 35mm camera that would shoot square 24x24mm frames. It’s a format that appeals to me, because you never have to turn the came...
7 February, 2024
Ilford PanF 50 Plus in the Photography Studio
In this article, I briefly discuss use of Ilford PanF 50 Plus in the studio for portraiture – specifically, mother and baby styled shoots I’ve been a photographer f...
27 January, 2024
5 frames in Los Angeles with a Kodak S1100XL and Ilford HP5+
For my entire 27 years on Earth, I have been plagued with the habit of spacing out and leaving things places. Sometimes it’ll be a jacket, but most of the time it’s ...
Born in 1989 I probably belong to the last ones taking their first photos on film. I clearly remember taking holiday pictures on my mother’s Olympus Superzoom 120. Sendin...
17 December, 2023
A Curious British Institution, and the Tale of an Agfa Isolette II
Up and down the length and breadth of Britain, a strange ritual occurs on most Sunday mornings. It has nothing to do with a faith or religion, but everything to do with belief, ...
16 December, 2023
5 Frames with Ilford Delta 100
I have adopted stand development in Rodinal 100:1 as my developer and process – easy, cheap, reliable, not fussy about temperature, and producing high acutance (strong ed...