2 September, 2026
Born Chaotic
A film needs to be born twice before it shines. The first birth is the exposure. When a shutter is fired, a certain amount of light, bounced from physical objects, passes throug...
1 September, 2026
A Study in Deep Shade – A One Shot Story
This image was made one Saturday morning at about 8.30AM. At the time, the southern counties of England experienced three weeks of extreme heat, with temperatures rising to 30C ...
30 August, 2026
A Pleasant Session of Photography at a Medieval Weekend
Our town put on a Medieval weekend, something I had not seen before, it seemed a good excuse to make some images on film. I visited over two days to be able to see different ena...
28 August, 2026
A Behind the Scenes Look at Shooting the World Cup
This summer the World Cup came to my hometown. This is a story about how a fantasy of shooting the tournament morphed into a dream, which turned into a goal, and then became re...
27 August, 2026
5 frames with a Minox 35 GT and Kodak Ultramax 400
The Minox 35 GT is a very small camera with zone focus, an impressive meter and wonderful sharp 35mm f/2.8 lens which belies its diminutive size. Its perceived virtues: – ...
25 August, 2026
The Eclipse Was Real, But Did We See it? – A One Shot Story
Where were you when the eclipse happened? On 12 August 2026, at 7 p.m., I was on the bridge at Finchley Central Station. The sun was low over London, and people had stopped to l...
22 August, 2026
Plus X and a Mamiya 7II in Venice
A post today from Edmakesfilms inspired me to dig into my old files. These shots from a hurried trip in the early 2000’s were shot on Kodak Plus X and my long gone lamente...
