13 June, 2024
Grain, Glorious Grain! – T-Max 3200 pushed to 6400
Ever since I started photography, when digital was not even a dream, I always love the effect of film grain. It always felt as if it was made by an artist, albeit a chemical one...
After the first test of my Rolleicord Vb with Ilford HP5, I wanted to try a color film, and my choice fell on Kodak Portra 400, a film considered a milestone by many. The cloudy...
4 June, 2024
Creekside with a Leica M3
Hiking the forests around Oregon’s Mount Hood is a source of great pleasure. Recently, I hiked along a favorite crook with my Leica M3 loaded with Portra 160 film. ...
Sometimes I can complete a roll quickly, sometimes it’s a painstaking process; a few exposures here and there even though I want to try and pressure myself and accomplish ...
29 May, 2024
On the Common – a One Shot Story
I grew up in a village in the south of England. Not a deeply rural place, but surrounded by enough woodland and field to keep any child exploring through many a long summer. Dur...
Emboldened by my success shooting a roll of film a half century past its expiration date, I decided to venture back into the world of expired film with another, even older roll....
Shooting an handball match between Italy and France, unfortunately with an unhappy ending for my Country, was an opportunity to bring back to life the rugged Canon Eos 1V, the m...
We drove down to the Florida Keys, an archipelago off south Florida. My wife and I. Three days driving from Ontario. We had booked a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale and decided be...