14 June, 2024
Modifying and Shooting a Sprocket Rocket in Oxford
This project aimed to improve the quality of the images produced by the Lomography Sprocket Rocket. The Sprocket Rocket is a plastic camera designed to achieve and does deliver ...
Charles Higham's Posts
29 June, 2022
Shooting Film And Digital in Athens – By Charles Higham
I've just read Sroyon's excellent post about how many cameras to take on holiday and it reminded me of a pre-pandemic trip I made to Greece when I had to make similar decisions ...
I was recently reading about the industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange, who over a long career has been involved in the creation of an impressive range of household products in...
Launched in 2000, it's fair to say the Canon Sureshot Z90W doesn't have a high profile today - not compared to some 35mm film compacts that are popular with enthusiasts. What dr...
Puzzlewood is a 14 acre ancient woodland in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It has experienced opencast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and probably ...
One of the things I've discovered learning about photographic equipment is that the name on a camera or lens doesn't always tell you the whole story. Occasionally you'll see the...
12 June, 2020
23 frames / A Whole Roll of Fujifilm Superia 400 in a Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim – #FullRollFriday – by Charles Higham
No doubt like many, I've taken the enforced opportunity to tidy up photographic equipment and general detritus. There's an embarrassing number of old film compacts, SLRs and len...
26 January, 2020
5 frames with Santa Rae 1000 and a Nikon EM – by Charles Higham
I recently visited The Photographers' Gallery in London which has changing and varied exhibitions. It's just off busy Oxford Street, and if you are going to be in the area then ...