Here in Wales we have loads of old castles knocking about, there are 4 within 20 miles of my home. This castle featured here is Coity Castle situated in Coity just outside Bridgend . Here is a wiki link for more details if anyone may be interested 😉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coity_Castle I have taken plenty of images…
The weather has been all over the place here in Wales and with work being busy getting time to plan a shoot is near impossible. I have 3 cameras loaded with different films so that dependant on the light when I get a chance I am ready to get through a roll. This week it…
For week 3 I was planning on shooting my Olympus 35 RC with some Fuji Superia 400 but after attempting the 1st shot the camera meter would not let the shutter release as if the exposure was out of range. I immediately thought it must be a battery problem so popped back home to change…
My favorite camera repair person in Munich is a Frenchman who knows his stuff and holds down the fort at one of the last independent secondhand camera stores in town. It’s the kind of business I go out of my way to support. I brought my very first SLR there to be given some attention…
Oskar Barnack, inventor of the iconic Leica 35mm camera, was sickly, and sick of schlepping big unwieldy cameras with him during the long hikes he liked to do. His solution was, naturally, to invent the most influential piece of imaging technology of the twentieth century. None of us are likely to ever accomplish something as…
Sometimes the best way to revisit a rather successful project is to give it a remix, in this case it was taking some of my favourite images from the project and taking them into the darkroom. Now in the past I haven’t had access to an enlarger that could print 4×5 film, however a recent…
For roll 41 I took my Zero 4×5 out hiking to Tamanawas Falls (say that fast three times) on Mt. Hood. It’s a gorgeous hike and if you are ever in the area I highly recommend it. It’s a short hike, probably a mile or so to the Falls. Autumn is a beautiful time to…
The EXA went hiking with me again. Â I bought a new strap for it and, now, it is so much more comfortable to tote around all day. Â Watch out, folks, I armed and dangerous now! Â Again, I shot on Kodak Ektar 100. Â Â And, if you saw my last hiking post, you’ll…
The Canon SureShot 90u and roll of Fuji Superia X-tra made their way on a hike just south of Reno, Nevada. Â This is a relatively new trail that the county is maintaining for the public so I thought I would force my five year old to check it out for some exercise. Â He…
This week’s roll is Kodak Portra 400, 120 film. Â But, that’s not so special when you consider what camera I used. Â Check out this beauty, a Zeiss Ikon Cocarette. Â (ooooh, laaa, laaa) And, here’s what I got from my first shots from it. Â I waited for a glowing morning sunrise to…
This week, Sunday was a pretty nice day. Sunny, blue sky and we’re not used to that very much in this place especially in March. So I went out in the morning for a short walk in our village. Then later in the afternoon we go out again on another walk starting from a…
There is a ranch near our house that has “Oreo Cows.” Â Of course, this is not their real name but it is what my family calls them every time we drive by the pastures of black and white cattle. Â I believe the technical breed name is “Belted Galloway” but that is totally boring…
52 rolls 