8 October, 2023
My First Major Development Fail
I was really excited to go for a studio day! I’d never used anything other than natural light for photos so far, and I was going to get to learn the effects of different ...
This post is intended to focus more on my slow journey into large format photography and hopefully give some insight to those who are “large format curious” like I...
3 October, 2023
The Roll Of Film That Changed My Photographic Life
It’s summer 1992 and four of my friends are in a band and have just secured a support slot at a local venue, they need someone to come along and photograph their set. Nat...
1 October, 2023
Easing into Home Development
Well it’s happening, I’m now fully down the rabbit hole of B&W film development. It was inevitable really, as I continued to take more photos on film and espec...
29 September, 2023
The Legends of Jazz and 5 Photography Masters
Photography and Jazz music are two sources of inspiration in my life. They are my muses. In Jazz music, there is an emphasis on improvisation. Musicians often create impromptu s...
23 September, 2023
Photo-Flo: The ONLY Real Way To Use It
A little background first. A few years ago I was having some serious issues with my negatives in the darkroom, and at some point I thought I had it narrowed down to a misuse of ...
21 September, 2023
Two Photographers, One Camera, and the Crushing Disappointment of Film
I’m over it now, the crushing disappointment that is. And there’s a caveat – the film was expired. This was the brief: twelve shots consisting of three portr...
10 September, 2023
Olympus OM – 42 years, Full Circle Back to Where I Started
Back in January 1981, I was in my final year at university, and after a Christmas holiday spent doing an incredibly boring job, I had more than the usual student grant money in ...
