Who said there is no colour in the bush?

Early in September the wildflowers start to blossom at Barren Grounds Nature Reserve. It is a windswept plateau covered in dense thickets, but in spring comes alive with colour and bird life. On the day we were there it was overcast with occasional showers passing through. The only others around, apart from us taking photographs,…

Do the Strand!

My cousin from Holland wanted to go shopping at the QVB (Queen Victoria Building). The time needed for the exposures left her plenty of time to wander the shops. It costs nothing to window shop, and, I was particularly enarmoured by the spiral staircase in the QVB I also took her to The Strand. As…

South West Rocks

On a rainy day the ochre tones of the rocks were enhanced by their wetness and the light. From offshore these rocks must be striking standing out from other physical features in the landscape, and serve as an aid to navigation. Taken with Holga-120WPC on Portra 160 and developed in Tetantal C41 two bath rapid…

Winter shorelines – Holga Week 2014

To absolutely devastating effect during Holga Week, I firstly decided to try some components of a digital Holga kit on my Holga 120N: macro attachment, tele and wide converter. For the macro shot I simply guessed at the recommended distance marked on the lens attachment from the object I was photographing. The film used was…

Don’t move!

Invariably, there is a film that has been sitting in the fridge for a while needing a camera to roll in. It could be treasured a bit longer, left in that dark trove and not moved, but the world has called. Somehow it seems like the perfect film for pinhole, with its fine grain, high…