Living in Japan has been a privilege in many ways – cheap and healthy convenience store meals, decent coffee for a dollar, interesting scenery, and for folks like us – access to...
18 May, 2024
Looking Back at my First Roll of Film
It was June 2015, the first month of Melbourne’s winter, and I had tired of digital photography. I had bought an entry level Nikon DSLR in January of 2015 as a move up from the ...
27 April, 2024
Going Analog on Okinawa – Part IV – DSLR Scanning
Part four of four – the previous post can be found here I think this is the final part. I believe having crossed the point in which I have a functional film shooting/produ...
18 April, 2024
Going Analog on Okinawa – Part III – Scanning Misadventures
This is part three in a series, you can find part two here I had a work trip to the Tokyo area recently – which meant I brought along my Nikon F2S with 50mm mounted and a 28mm s...
I was recently scanning some very old family photos to preserve them, as the negatives were not in the best of condition, and I found myself enjoying looking at the folders they...
16 April, 2024
Another YAWDISF Post
Yes, this is another ‘why do I shoot film’ post, and no, the answers are not ‘because it slows me down’, ‘because it connects me to the act of taki...
11 April, 2024
Going Analog on Okinawa – Part II – The First Roll
This is the second part of this story, you can find part one here I had been on the island about a year – but had rarely shot my DSLR; digital burnout and a lack of inspir...
8 April, 2024
Pentax Q7 – A Black and White Holiday Workflow
I’ve really taken to the Pentax Q7, so much so that it was the only camera I used on a recent 4 day trip to The Gower Peninsula in South Wales. I also took a point and shoot fil...
