8 March, 2024
An eBay Bargain and Impulse Bought Tale of Woe
First of all, while I shot film exclusively from 1970 through 1975 and did my own developing and printing that was a long time ago. These days I mostly shoot digital. I’m...
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8 March, 2024
Minolta 16 MG sub-miniature camera.
I bought this Minolta 16 camera when I prematurely thought my efforts with 110 to use the film slitter I had made had hit the buffers. It has turned out to be something of a cur...
7 March, 2024
5 Frames with Agfa APX 400 in the Midwinter
I spent a few days in a quiet rural area, before actually reopening the business for 2024. You know, that time space between the end of year and beginning of the new daily strif...
The film photographer’s life is full of silly mistakes. Some big, some small, and some… unforgivable. For example, tidying up my fridge, I realized that I let two ro...
6 March, 2024
Finding War and Peace in London – reflections after shooting London’s grand demonstration for Gaza
“Human-being will always repeat the same mistakes”(“人は同じ過ちを繰り返す”）...
Green is my favourite colour by a good margin, and it’s probably mainly because I like being around plants. I find lush tropical plant life relaxing and reassuring. It lo...
5 March, 2024
Thoughts on the Question: Why Do You Still Shoot Film?
I get asked this question fairly often, and I have a well-rehearsed answer. “The two things that really draw me to shooting on film are… the expense, and the incon...
I’ve used medium-format cameras before: an Agfa Isolette II that I repaired and a Holga, but consider my first official roll to be with the Bessa I. The roll I shot throug...
