29 May, 2024
On the Common – a One Shot Story
I grew up in a village in the south of England. Not a deeply rural place, but surrounded by enough woodland and field to keep any child exploring through many a long summer. Dur...
Emboldened by my success shooting a roll of film a half century past its expiration date, I decided to venture back into the world of expired film with another, even older roll....
Shooting an handball match between Italy and France, unfortunately with an unhappy ending for my Country, was an opportunity to bring back to life the rugged Canon Eos 1V, the m...
We drove down to the Florida Keys, an archipelago off south Florida. My wife and I. Three days driving from Ontario. We had booked a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale and decided be...
A friend of mine has been doing a house clearance on behalf of a lady whose parents died. The house in question is next door to him and, as the daughter lives some distance away...
25 April, 2024
Lower than the Angels: Chinatown in February 2020 and 2023
In early February 2020 I was in London. By then everyone knew something nasty was coming, if not perhaps how nasty it was going to be. And I read something very strange: because...
21 April, 2024
Kodak Portra 400 – Recreating 90s New York Style
As a teenager growing up in suburban New Zealand during the early 90’s, New York seemed like an urban outpost on a distant planet. I recall a school friend giving me a copy of t...
14 April, 2024
5 frames with Kodak Shellburst 346 – the UFO film
In my previous article about a roll of 40-years expired Kodacolor II, I stated that one of the main reasons for my interest in expired film is the fun of trying to get usable pi...