19 June, 2024
My First Five Rolls of Film (Ever)
I didn’t mean to get into shooting film. It was never my plan, never something I set out to do. I certainly had no idea that the format was becoming popular again, or more popul...
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...
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...
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, which I ...
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...
26 March, 2024
Kodak Retina IIc – My Journey and Discovery
I recently started shooting film. I should say, I recently started shooting film again. Back in the 80s, I shot mostly slide film as I began to explore photography. I was very m...