This is one thing that fascinates me, shooting with film and film cameras, that is, if you use a digital camera, you have ONE, the, digital camera, and that is it! You shoot and all the thought work is done afterwards, you do not have to think on the set. With film, and film cameras,…
For those who will remember me, my last post was in week #17 and it was called “Taking a Break” . By then I had some really bad results with film – all being my own fault. So I stuffed it all away and turned to digital. To simply point and click and transfer the…
So this week it back to experimenting with the Holga. I wanted to see how different coloured filters affect a Black & White photograph. I had always kind of understood the changes in contrast but what I had never really looked at was how filters render different colours in B&W. Thus I took 4 pictures…
You have all heard the stories – there is a vast network of tunnels under Paris. Well it’s true. Some history: the soft limestone mined south of Paris had long been used to make buildings – Notre Dame amongst them. But by the 17th and 18th centuries, the city had expanded to the sites of…
My extended family gets together every year in North Carolina. Our family looks forward to seeing their cousins every year. I didn’t shoot any indoor pictures because I was using Ilford Delta 100 speed film and didn’t bring a flash for the 640 Pro. I resigned myself to shooting at the cousins pool. Everything tuned…
Since this project is entitled 52 ROLLS and not 52 WEEKS (although I’ve been doing my utmost to shoot one roll or pack every week), and since I’ve been in a photo funk since returning home, I decided to add some more film from Iceland to fill week 24 – using the pirates’ creed wherein…
I got out the Pentax 67 to experiment with a technique that will be the subject of an upcoming post, but a birthday party came along, and I love the 67 so much, and shoot it too little. I foolishly brought only expired film, which I had to shoot at a lower ISO (25 or…
If we were in the Netherlands “The Old Kirk” or more correctly “De Oude Kerk” would mean a church, but here in Traverse City, Michigan it’s for the old Traverse City State Hospital. Constructed as “Building 50” of the Northern Michigan Asylum in 1885 according to the infamous Kirkbride plan. This was the third mental…
I’m back! Sorry for being absent. We’ve been on two holidays and so I delayed sending out my films for a while. In the end I sent out 11 rolls in total. As they say: Stay broke shoot film. 😉 Anyway, for week #18 I decided to take out the Pentacon Six again. I had…
Spent a week in Montana at a B&W Photography/Printing workshop led by Nathan McCreery, and hosted at the Photographer’s Formulary. We focused on shooting and printing B&W film. The Photographer’s Formulary has a full darkroom at their facility with professional grade printers. Learned a new way to shoot using the zone system and a spotmeter, developed many rolls…
A little change up this week as promised. We spent a Week in Montana at a B&W Photography/Printing workshop led by Nathan McCreery, and hosted by the Photographer’s Formulary. Learned new things (like why I should use a spotmeter, why you should photograph at sunrise and sunset, what my best photographs say about me, film-base…
Last weekend was Fathers Day here in the UK and we popped down my parents to see my Dad. Only in the last year or so I have been taking some photos of my parents when I realised that of all the thousands of images I have taken over the last 30+ years not many…
52 rolls 