11 September, 2024
Shooting Kite Surfing
Kite surfing is quite spectacular but difficult to photograph. As with any water sport, the main difference that affects the results is whether or not the photographer is embedd...
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11 September, 2024
Barnack to Barnack – my Thread Mount Leica Journey so far
On my journey trying out many different film cameras I went through a Leica M phase, spending time with an M4-P, M3, M2 and M7. When using the M3 which was only a year younger t...
10 September, 2024
A Painterly Puzzle – One-Shot Story
Art is often a puzzle. But the above piece is especially lively fun. It’s my 1×4-foot ink-jet print of Sonia Delaunay’s 3×11-foot 1913 painting “L...
10 September, 2024
Kodak Ektramax Fireworks and a Cool 110 Tip
The above image is the cover of my Kodak Ektramax 110 camera’s substantial 34-page user manual. It’s more interesting than a straight pic of the camera itself, whi...
9 September, 2024
Pentax K100D – The only digital camera that I have any affection for
I’ve never really been enthusiastic about digital cameras, seeing them as an necessary inconvenience, I just use them when I need colour photos these days. I do get restle...
8 September, 2024
Kamera with a K – An ode to a love of Kamera: Shooting Seoul with a long missed Zeiss Ikon ZM
I love cameras and this is a little bit of a love story. I always have – ever since I picked up my older brothers much used Halina 35X and put a roll of Tudor – a UK...
7 September, 2024
Holga Micro-110 – How low(fi) can you go?
I am a camera collector and have cameras in formats from Minox to 5×7 and I have shot most of them. I am also a photography addict and have to get out every week or s...
6 September, 2024
Beyond the Frame – One Shot, Six Stories
At photo exhibits, I look for images that especially grab me. If I find one and the photographer is around, I’ll ask if the photo holds stories that aren’t immedia...
