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A while back I ordered up a roll of Ilford’s Pan-F, it’s a film I’d used ages ago, but not for many years, I’m sure before it was “plus-ed”. I thought I’d give it another go. I used it in the small seaside, hillside, town of Clovelly in Devon. You can read about that here.Continue reading “Ilford Spots and Mottle”

The spot above marks the place where Burnham on sea’s Pier Street Station once stood. The closest you can now get is about 2 miles away at Highbridge Station. This line closed to regular traffic in October 1951 although there was the odd excursion up till September 1962 – then it was gone. I guessContinue reading “Burnham-on-sea Colour”

I hadn’t heard that this parade was going to happen until about an hour before, when someone said to me “I suppose you’ll be at the parade with your camera?” “What Parade?” says I! Luckily I had my Pentax Spotmatic with me, and a roll of Ilford FP4, so I loaded it up and offContinue reading “Vehicle Parade”

We had some wonderful cloud formations a few days back. I had some FP4 in the Nikon F3 to use up, so I hung out of the up-stairs Velux window and made a few shots. As I opened the window wider, the outside surface of the glass made reflections like a mirror – I finishedContinue reading “Cloudy”

I popped a roll of Fuji C200 in to my Olympus XA2, as I was going into Wimborne. I didn’t really intend to make any photo’s, but from experience, if I hadn’t have taken a camera with me, something amazing would be happening. Having taken the precaution, nothing amazing did happen, but it was aContinue reading “River Allen in Wimborne”

I’ve been out and about with my Pentax Spotmatic more recently. At the start of the year I said that I’d try and use a different camera each month, well that’s gone out of the window, but I am making the effort to use the cameras in my stable as the opportunity presents it’s self.Continue reading “Re-evaluating HP5”

The expression “f8 and be there” is most often attributed to Arthur Fellig otherwise known as “Weegee”. As well as being a snappy slogan, it’s actually quite clever as it encompasses the theory of depth of focus, and combines it with “being at the right place at the right time!”. I’ve been using my PentaxContinue reading “F8 and be there…”

With the price of colour film being as it is, I thought I’d re-invent the wheel and go back 150 years! It’s a 150 year old process called Trichromy. The basic idea is that three different black and white images are made, each through a different colour filter. One in Red, Green and Blue. IContinue reading “Colour Play”

Today’s post sees the last of my photographs, worth posting, from the roll of Ilford Delta 400 I used during my visit to Tyntesfield House. These are more general photo’s taken inside, things that caught my eye! They are also random things that have no real theme! Upstairs the corridor was just so reminiscent ofContinue reading “Last of Tyntesfield”

Time for a little colour! Back in May I visited Stourhead Gardens with my Nikon F3 loaded up with a roll of Kodak Colour Plus. On the front was the 50mm f1.4, that’s all I took – travelling light. It was a glorious day, so the 200asa speed was plenty. There was fluffy white cloudContinue reading “Colour at Stourhead Gardens”