I have a friend who is a ‘proper’ photographer. In stark contrast to my haphazard, eclectic and ever-changing output, he thinks about what he’s doing and spends years on projects; researching, planning and shooting his work before finally working out the best way to share it. The results reflect the effort and commitment invested in…
Week 50 was ShootWeek for December’s #FP4Party. In the UK, the weather was pretty grim with the few hours of daylight barely noticeable because of widespread, freezing fog for most of the week. I had a couple of hours on Sunday morning free and took my photofriend Iain to see the Nature Alive reserve that…
I’ll be writing up my 52 Rolls summary in the next week or so, but suffice to say that shooting so much film through 2016 has been a complete game-changer. When I read about the project (on Emulsive) in Poland the week before last New Year, I couldn’t have imagined that it would have become…
For week 2 of the #FP4Party, I thought I’d use that roll of 120 that’s been hanging around in the fridge for a few years. I’m not sure why, but it appeared to have been put into a camera and then taken out again. That meant no packaging, or the little bit of tape that…
My family is very varied. Some folk never venture far from home. Others decide that they’re going to get as far away from it as possible. I was talking to perhaps the most wayward member of my family in my Grandma’s flat one afternoon when I said “Well, next time you’re in Europe, give me…
Today I nipped out to the Leicester Lo-Fi salt printing workshop and snapped a few pictures of the process.
A wander around town with G, E and the Leica, loaded this time with Agfa Vista 200 – aka PoundLandFilm. Over the course of the first half dozen rolls through the Leica, I lost half of the first frames because I’d not wound on far enough before starting. Accidentally, one of the shots that I…
We’re in the middle of Leicester’s annual City Festival week (and a bit) and there are all sorts of things going on around the city including beer festivals, art exhibitions, Oktoberfest, outdoor cinema, the Mela and the city’s SkyRide. Another was the lantern parade up New Walk, and ancient thoroughfare from the city centre to Victoria park. The…
Well, there’s been a little gap as life got in the way. Predictably, the house mamil rather inconsiderately threw himself off his bike one Sunday evening and is still is recovery. I’ve heard more ‘ows’ than you can shake a stick at in the last few weeks. It’s been…interesting. I also went to Odense and…
My last post told you about my new camera, and about Leicester and the festivals that happened at the weekend. I brought the film I mentioned with me to Poland and had it processed and scanned today. It’s the first colour film through the camera (during my ownership) and the first to be professionally processed,…
Recently, Leicester (Less-tah) has become known for its overachieving football team. At odds of several thousand to one, the club won the English Premier League last season, causing consternation across the footballing world. It’s also led to the city becoming known to many people who had never heard of it previously, despite being the 10th…
Well, this morning I opened my eyes in an unfamiliar bed and gradually remembered that I should really check my phone, for something momentous had been happening overnight and the results were due. And so I checked. And I felt disappointment. I didn’t even cheer when our reviled PM resigned – just feared the further…
52 rolls 