I remember the immense hype around the Nikon Df just before its release in 2013 - teaser campaigns; leaked specs, mystery mock-ups. Then came a tsunami of derision and disappoin...
David Hume's Posts
The day I made these shots I was woken up by surreal yellow light coming through the window of the shack.
We’ve stayed at this beach each summer for thirty or more years and I’...
12 February, 2022
5 Frames with Expired Fujicolor Press 800 in a Nikon F4 – By David Hume
Over the past couple of years I’ve been working through a shoebox of expired film given to me by a friend. I started with some exotics - some 120 Agfachrome 100, some Ektachrome...
21 November, 2021
5 Frames and Farewell with Kodak Ektachrome 160T (120 / EI 160 / Fuji GA645i) – By David Hume
The Fuji GA645i is sitting on my desk looking absolutely gorgeous, about to be packed up and sent to its new home. It’s a camera I bought essentially because I was looking for n...
This is a follow-up piece to one I wrote here about what to look for when buying cheap compacts. In essence that was about the delights of $5 compacts with prime lenses, flash a...
A photo must ENGAGE THE VIEWER. This is one of my core beliefs about photography. A photo might have profound meaning or it might be throwing light on injustice or espousing som...
9 April, 2021
38 frames / A Whole Roll of Fujicolor C200 in a Canon Snappy LXII – #FullRollFriday – by David Hume
This is part of a project I’ve had going for a while. It’s about aesthetics and observation. I’m trying to strip everything I can out of the process of making an image and then ...
The op-shop $5 compact is very much an endangered species where I live in Australia but it is not yet extinct. In the twilight of its days it may be instructive to look back at ...