6 January, 2024
5 Frames with a Rollei 35 and Kodak Tri-X
Analogue photography certainly has its limitations when compared to what’s available with modern digital cameras. This however doesn’t have to stymie creativity or t...
29 December, 2023
5 Frames with my Nikomat FTn in Milan
After watching Luchino Visconti’s acclaimed Rocco e suoi fratelli (1960) some years ago, I craved to visit Milan, particularly the city’s main attraction: the Milan Cathedral. H...
3 September, 2023
The Negative Space – a Portrait of a Local Film Lab
The last decade and a half have been a rough time for people shooting film, watching Kodak in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, the discontinuation of favorite film stocks, rising prices, ...
27 July, 2023
Nothing New Except to Me – Another Leica Story
Working as a pro for the last 50 years I never had the extra cash for a Leica. Any time I had ‘extra’ cash it went towards my work gear, lighting or Nikon film camer...
I used to be an avid (amateur) photographer back in those times when you either shot film, or drew/painted, to create images. Simple happy times those were… Then, around the tur...
6 June, 2023
5 Frames with a Friendly Deer
Too friendly, if I'm honest. But this is why I carry a camera with me nearly everywhere I go. It's usually something like a Nikon F2 loaded with Tri-X (rated at 1600), with my 3...
3 June, 2023
5 Frames with a Voigtlander 21mm Color-Skopar
For the majority of my work I generally use a 50mm or 35mm lens, but recently I gave in to temptation and bought a Voigtlander 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar. This Leica screw mount lens...
30 May, 2023
5 Frames of Kodak Tri-X in Cornwall with a Mamiya RB67 and Sekor C 127mm f3.8 – by Arinola
I initially borrowed my friend Shin Smith’s Mamiya RB67 for a trip to Oxford at the end of February. Shortly after, I went to Cornwall with a group of friends and thought it cou...