Yesterday I was fortunate enough to at last get the chance to meet up with two big names in the film photography world : Simon Forster and Michal Tekel who are both based in the Midlands here in the UK and entirely splendind people and photographers. We met early doors at 06:15 in the small village of Earl Sterndale in the Peak District, near

It's 2019 and lets face it...the capacity to take a photograph is within almost everyone's means. Whether it's a large format camera, medium format camera like a Hasselblad, SLR like a Nikon F5, a DSLR like a Nikon D5, an Olympus Tough point-and-shoot, or an iPhone...the capacity to take a photograph is there. But is that so different to, say, the 1980s? Compare the

A few weeks ago I had the most distinct pleasure of taking care of a dog belonging to a good friend of mine who was holidaying away. Now this is a dangerous scenario for me, because there is little in life I love more than a dog, other than my own immediate family of course (official disclaimer!), and given the responsibility of dedicated care

Introduction This article talks about using negative2positive script to automate the conversion of raw Kodak Portra 400 negatives to positive TIFFs, ready for post-processing using Darktable. The sample above is BEFORE and further post-processing in Darktable...just a direct conversion from negative to positive. Not bad? Read on to learn how... Main Body I write to you as a frustrated and bewildered photographer who only

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,

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

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

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