Showing my family the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies was not going to plan. My wife and son had flown in from New York a few days before and the centerpiece of the trip was t...
18 February, 2025
Never leave a roll behind…
In June of 2023, I set off on a two-week trip to Scotland. For weeks before I left, I agonized over what to bring, as we were trying to travel light. In the end, I decided on my...
16 February, 2025
Shooting Leica Ms and a Hasselblad 500 CM in the Canadian Rockies
It’s still a little unbelievable, but my son was recently gifted an extensive collection of vintage high end still equipment that had been sitting in a friend’s basement for dec...
15 December, 2024
Three days on a island with a roll of film
One of the memories I have about photography is of family trips with a classic Olympus Trip 35. The camera is long gone, but some photos still remain with tones ranging from the...
13 November, 2024
Minolta Maxxum 7000 – Putting a €30 Camera Through Its Paces at Belgium’s Toughest Cycling Race
Belgium’s Tour of Flanders (De Ronde van Vlaanderen) snakes through Flander’s fields on a mixture of well-paved roads and what those in the know call ‘cobbled sectors’: long sec...
22 October, 2024
5 Frames from the Ultramax Challenge
There has been a lot written about why some photographers prefer film to digital, or at least use both. Whether it is the slowing down, more thoughtful approach, the look of neg...
Back in May (2024), a friend invited me to the last home game of the season of our town’s football club, Vejle Boldklub, here in Denmark. This was an important match, sinc...
25 October, 2023
5 frames with Kodak Ultramax in a Konica Autoreflex T3
My last ‘5 frames’ was a thinly veiled opportunity to complain about the ergonomics and reliability of the Minox 35EL. Even then I remained entranced by its tiny (and excellent)...