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Photographing Blu – the Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy
I was asked if I might be able to capture some photographs of an especially amazing puppy this weekend called Blu; a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Dogs, and taking photographs? What could be better!!? So I headed over with the Hasselblad 501CM and two rolls of Kodak Tri-X 400. Met Blu and spent some time getting associated. That's an important step with canine photography. You
Adox Silvermax 100 developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X. The result.
Like many analogue photographers, from time to time, we experiment with a new film stock. I say "from time to time", because many photographers I know use a different film stock for each day of the week. That is certainly healthy, and ensures a good overall awareness of what each film emulsion on the market can deliver for your photographic needs. However, for me,
My Exposed Holiday Film Stash
So, a few months ago I was fortunate enough to be a joint winner of a competition run by Analogue Wonderland and Kodak Alaris. The prize for that win was a significant haul of Kodak film! It came at a good time, because I was heading out for a summer holiday to the family side of Ibiza for 10 days with the family. I
Photographing Whiskey Tumbler Glasses…why not?
I guess like many parents, I face frequent challenges getting my two young kids (both under the age of 11) to do things with me! More often than not, they just want to use electronics. The problem is, they're still to young to be left alone, so if my significant other is out or busy, I am somewhat ham-stringed when it comes to photography
Lomography Lady Grey – my 3rd attempt with it
Further to my previous two posts about this film stock (HERE is the first, and HERE is the second), I shot my third roll of Lomography Lady Grey 400 the other day at the weekend. Again, nothing too serious - just some snaps of the kids playing in the garden. The light was bright and largely clear skies, similar to the first time I
Creating a Tiny Functional Home Darkroom In An Existing Study
OK, so this post has been in my mind for a while as there s quite a bit to say, learned over a period of about 8 months but I also needed to get a few things aligned before I wrote about it for others. If you're reading this you are probably either someone who is trying to create a darkroom but has limited
Lomography Lady Grey 400 – My 2nd Attempt With It
About 6 months ago I wrote an article (HERE) about my first experience of using a film stock by Lomography called Lady Grey 400. If you read the article, you'll see I didn't get very good results but, seemingly, that was because I pushed it to EI1600 which, if my results are anything to go by, this film does not handle so well. However,
Silverpan Film Lab – a UK based film development service
I've been using film as my photography medium of choice since the day I started out with photography back in the 1980's (obviously there didn't used to be a choice in those days!). When it got to the late 00's circa 2008, choices for film processing services were getting fewer by the day. I remember 2008 quite notably; there was literally only a handful
Beware – be careful buying photographic film on eBay
If you shoot film for your photography, you will be aware that film is not particular cheap. It's actually not that much more expensive than it ever was in real terms believe it or not, even if it feels like it is. But the point remains the same - paying around £50 for 5 rolls of medium format film like Fujichrome Provia 100 seems
Roll 1 of the Kodak 2238 Cinematic Film Project
I'm part of a Facebook group dedicated to film photography where recently, one member, asked for about 30 willing volunteers to be part of the Kodak 2238 cinematic film project. This is a small but great idea, where the intention is that Michael (the group owner) would send two rolls of the film to each of the 30 participants across the world. They would