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26 February, 2017

The story behind a photo of a plastic bottle or: A (slightly defensive) response to a comment posted on my Sony A7rii review

By Hamish Gill

The above is a photo of a bottle that me and Janine (my studio photographer at F8) recently took for a client. Quite boring isn't it? Though, technically it's quite a good phot...

18 February, 2017

My First Experience of Film – by Ross Gibson

By Ross Gibson

My name is Ross and I'm 14 years old. I first met Hamish at my mum and step-dad's wedding, he was the photographer along with his friend James. A while after the day I got in to...

10 February, 2017

An insight into my Post Process of colour images shot with the Leica M9 in low light

By Hamish Gill

Almost every time I post some photos taken with my Leica M9 I have people asking me "is this straight out of camera", or "what post process have you done to these" etc. This see...

8 February, 2017

Epson V800 – Home Scanning Colour Negatives – by Aukje

By Aukje

A while ago I decided to take the next step with my film photography, or moreover in gaining knowledge and understanding of how the final image comes about. Today I want to shar...

5 February, 2017

Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT1

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to attempt to find my perfect classic 50mm lens to mount on my Leica rangefinders. I have my ideal modern lens in the form of the Zeiss ZM Sonnar, but sometimes, ju...

10 January, 2017

The lure of the uncomplicated camera

By Hamish Gill

Readers of this blog and those who interact with me on social media often comment about what they see as a varied choice of cameras in my collection. The most common comments I ...

4 December, 2016

Pushing Tri-X To 3200, Or Shooting A Concert On Film – Guest Post by Aukje

By Aukje

A friend of mine is a guitarist in a band, and when they play I enjoy photographing their performance. So far I have been covering that with my digital camera, as it feels safer...

7 October, 2016

My Thoughts After One Year Of Shooting Film – by Aukje

By Aukje

A year ago I posted my first guest post on this website, and I thought that this one-year anniversary called for a recap, a moment of contemplation to investigate where I stand ...

Steviemac on A Grand Day out Discovering a Canon EOS 5, Pal M4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar
I didn't realise that the Pancolar was one of the mildly radioactive lenses. I like it, but I suspect the…
Steviemac on A Grand Day out Discovering a Canon EOS 5, Pal M4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar
Thank you Gary, I was quite pleased with how the panorama cheat came out. The Agfa Vista film seems to…
Gus on 5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy
Oh wow, what a cool experience to be at that level! A good friend of mine used to compete in…

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