I’ve been digging in the vaults lately, having too much time on my hand and a new scanner I had been putting together an article on a Contax TVS I, TVS II, TVS II and T2 &...
28 May, 2025
Scaling Skellig Michael (with a Fuji F31fd)
You can’t climb Ireland’s Skellig Michael monastery island if the gods of rain, wind, waves and tides are against you. Sure, you can go to the lovely small village of Portmagee,...
27 May, 2025
A Photo That Came From Nothing – One Shot Story
Once I grew up, I found it much harder to answer simple questions that had once been effortless as a child, questions like “what’s your favorite band” or “who’s your best friend...
15 May, 2025
5 frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and Kentmere 100
The Olympus Trip 35 is a very widely sold and used camera, and having heard good things about it, I was happy when I recently acquired one, and I packed it on a trip to Paris. N...
13 May, 2025
A Terrace with a View – A One Shot Story.
In 2015, for several months, I spent three days a week working on the Isle of Wight. I would drive from London to Portsmouth, take the car ferry, and then travel to various loca...
3 April, 2025
Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
It was the weather we all know and love so much as photographers – dull, miserable, cold, a hint of fog but not enough to be interesting, and a soupçon of fine rain (featured im...
22 March, 2025
Capturing San Sebastián with Experimental Film
Around ten years ago, I sold my Contax T2 because I kept having issues with its retractable zoom lens. Even during the warranty period, it had to be repaired multiple times, so ...
20 March, 2025
5 frames with Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400
After quite a long period of shooting exclusively black & white film, I have started to try and revive my former interest in colour photography. Mind you, me not shooting co...