6 December, 2025
Osaka with a Leica iiig and Summitar
After a three hour drive and a two hour flight I needed a drink – I say ‘a’ euphemistically: beer, nihonshu (“sake”), red wine and whisky hit the spot but set the tone for the f...
4 December, 2025
Horseman 980 – A Seasonal Essay
Most people coming into film photography start with the camera and then try to figure out how to scan the results. I went the other way. I shot film for 30 years, finally switch...
30 November, 2025
5 Frames with a Leica iiig, Summitar and FP4+ at 400asa
I have written about the Leica iiig in the context of other Leicas here. Briefly summarising these are the key differences compared to the M3 for me: Advantages Smaller and ligh...
6 November, 2025
5 Frames at Penmon Point
A trip to north Wales provided a long overdue opportunity for some ‘proper’ photography. To me that means picking up my camera and going out with the sole purpose of creating p...
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 ...
1 August, 2025
The mystery of the car in the attic – a one shot story
We have all heard of barn finds – abandoned cars, tractors, sometimes even whole classic car-collections that were left to collect dust and grime in barns and garages unti...
The day was beautiful and the meadow I was standing in was quiet except for the birds in nearby trees. Without the signs placed around the meadow, you would never guess that I ...