25 July, 2023
Death and Film Photography
For a few years now I have been using photography as a way to explore philosophy, especially around metaphysics. Photography is bound to a practical visual reality, so depicting...
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4 June, 2023
Balancing the Environmental Impact of Photography
Photography is an intrinsic act of preservation, with the potential to (and examples of) extension of a frozen frame through many decades, after exposure. Photographs have offer...
20 April, 2023
Making Flash Work for my Photography
I do not like flash photography. I do not enjoy the feeling of light cutting through the darkness directly towards whomever or whatever I am photographing.
However, sometimes t...
June 2022 I was documenting the ceremony and spectacle of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. Earlier, while allocating my kit, I had found a roll of Ektar...
6 April, 2023
PPP Cameras – Repair & Servicing Review
Buying for life means maintaining for life. This is true of anything; if you want for your leather boots to not dry out and crack, but to live up to their brand reputation as la...
1 April, 2023
Economies of Film
After seeing some online discussions about the price of film rising I thought I'd revisit and follow up on a piece of writing I previously wrote about darkroom prints, and how I...
26 January, 2023
Development Notes: Ilford HP5+ & FP4+ in Rodinal – By Simon King
It's not too often I'm able to directly compare the technical results of my photography to someone else's, but it can make for an interesting academic analysis when I do. By dir...
My brief time playing with expired colour film was not rewarding. Too much is left to chance, out of my control, making for unpredictable results. Black and white meant I would ...