2018 marks exactly 250 years since Philip Astley began the first circus in the UK, and Circus Wonderland is in town. Showing off his horse riding prowess on a circular indoor track, Astley apparently filled the gaps between his acts with jugglers, magicians and the likes, and the circus was born. The last couple of … Continue reading Circus Wonderland
It's that time of the month, and I've shot some film, developed it, and come to share it. I've shot two rolls of FP4 this week. But seeing as the rolls only allow for 8 shots in this camera, I only end up with about 14 shareable shots. Still not a huge amount (if this … Continue reading Roll Eight – February 2018
A new year always brings to mind a certain quote from Nietzsche. It's a bit long so I'll put the whole section at the end. But the jist of it is Amor Fati. Let that henceforth be my love...I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yes sayer! There is a kind of … Continue reading Roll seven – January 2018
It has been about six months since my last post in this vein. Towards the beginning of the year, the plan had been a roll of FP4, shot, develop in rodinal, scan and shared on here each month. After five months of this I struggled, and dropped it (or as it turns out, put it … Continue reading Roll six – December 2017
Having seen a lot of very impressivly recognisably contrasty images on the net, I decided to lock and load a roll of Ferrania P30. The Olympus 35RC with Y2 yellow filter was my chosen camera and the roll exposed at EI 56 and was shot mainly around Devizes and Caswell bay, Gower. I developed in … Continue reading Ferrania P30
An empty beer can, pierced pinhole, photo paper loaded in the dark and lots of tape. The monstrosity was then taped to the wall in the garden. I did not take the time to make it look ok. It was very ugly, conspicuois, and looked only slightly explosive. The plan was to make a six … Continue reading Solargraphy
At some point a few months back, Martin and Sandeep had floated the idea of a photowalk around London. It sounded like a great idea, and having not met many (any) online film photography folk, I signed up. Time passed, the 24th June arrived, and the meet-up was on. I drove to Swindon and got the … Continue reading London photowalk, June 2017. Roll one, Kodak Double X
You may notice (or not, as it is probably not that important), that this post is late. It is not, in fact, in May [shock, horror]. About a week before the end of May, I realised that there was no chance I would get the roll finished, developed and written about. My response was typical … Continue reading Roll five – May 2017
In April 2016 I was given a Zeiss Ikon Nettar by a relative who had found it in a charity shop. It all worked great... for about ten minutes and the shutter blades quickly started to stick. I attempted an initial fix. Dismantled, fiddled and sort of floundered. Some progress was made, it stuck less … Continue reading Nettar pinhole
A study of Plymouth. We found a local vintage car museum, pretty small and quiet, but it really had one stand out gem, this Plymouth. This car is/was gorgeous. The way the light reflects off that sheen, the contrast of the bright chrome and the deep black. Hope you enjoy marvelling at it's gorgeousness: Shot on … Continue reading Plymouth
