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 fr...
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...
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 sh...
7 April, 2024
Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training
In photography, among the various activities falling under the ‘preparation’ label, training is oftend underevaluated. Just as many newcomers to the world of guns th...
4 April, 2024
Going Analog on Okinawa – Part I – The Decision
Up until about nine months ago, I was exclusively a DSLR shooter – my photographic journey started with a consumer Nikon APS-C (D5100 in 2010) and topped out at a D750, w...
30 March, 2024
My Return to Film – More than Nostalgia
My return to film has become more than a nostalgia trip. Having grown up with film, learning how to develop and print at school in the 1970s, film filled my formative years. Lik...
21 March, 2024
AI or not AI? or: on authenticity and photography
The original title of this picture, taken with a Yashica Zoomate 105, was ‘When the wait to see the doctor is too long’, and it was intended to illustrate how the &#...
