No Gear No Fear Contest Update

No Gear No Fear Contest Results The No Gear No Fear contest that I wrote about in this previous post is now over and the results have been announced over on Ribnar’s website. I didn’t win of course, the winner is Tashia Read More …

Brighton Street Photography Workshop with Paul Russell

On 14th May I attended the Brighton Street Photography Workshop with Paul Russell, member of iN-PUBLiC, the street photography collective. Paul is probably best known for his street photography around Britain’s seaside towns that are often amusing. This is my second street photography Read More …

Pan F+ Black & White Film

In an effort to save a bit of money on film, I recently purchased a bulk loader from eBay for the princely sum of £19.99 plus delivery. The bulk loader came with some used cassettes that I could reload and Read More …

Fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra

Fujifilm Superia 400 X-Tra is a relatively cheap colour negative film, that in the UK can be found fairly easily in places like Boots. Because it’s so cheap it was the first roll of film I shot and developed at Read More …

No Gear No Fear Test Camera

In the month of May there’s will be a competition running called No Gear No Fear run by @Ribnar over on Twitter where you shoot 6 shots for 4 themes on an Ilford HP5+ single use camera. Each participant shoot a single Read More …

Film Photography Workflow

I’ve seen a number of blog posts in the past showing a particular photographers’ workflow including this great one from Emulsive for storing, filing and recording negatives, handling digital copies and backups etc. I’m not saying this is the ideal method, Read More …

Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film

Ilford HP5+ is one of the first films I tried when starting to shoot film again a couple of years ago, it is readily available in places like Boots in the UK. I’ve tried all sorts of films since, but Read More …

Instant Photography

I love instant film! There I said it and it’s true, at the press of a shutter you have in your hands a physical print in seconds or minutes (depending on which instant film it is), that’s amazing isn’t it? Read More …

Holga 120 GFN Camera

I recently added to my small collection of cameras the Holga 120 GFN, the glass lens and flash version of the famous Hong Kong made plastic camera from Silverprint. I wanted a small medium format camera that was lighter than Read More …