‘strewth, I cannot believe we are in March already. Today is grim, just like so many days so far this winter, grim, wet and windy, not a good day for dogs, but a good day to check over gear inside and ruminate at the announcement of the passing of yet another great product – Fuji […]
Today the egg-timer sands began to run again
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been trying to put together a successful Grants for the Arts application. My first attempt was rejected in late October and today I submitted my second attempt for funding to shoot the extended Edgelands project, so 6 weeks from now I should know the second […]
Recovered daffodils
The demonstration yesterday was a resounding success with money being donated to the Lux Locus Degree Show following my interactive teaching session at UCS. Another unique image from Polaroid type film – second generation!
Bleaching Polaroid type instant film
Tomorrow, I shall be demonstrating the recovery of negatives from Fuji 100C – Polaroid type instant film – to fellow students at UCS. All I need is a handful of saved Fuji 100C ‘chemistry part’ of the instant film sandwich , a bottle of bleach ,masking tape, latex gloves, sheet of glass and a fitch […]
Daft idea trying to shoot large format in this weather
I am shooting medium and large format images for my degree project. I am so glad that I got off to a good start back in the early autumn as just lately it has been a washout although nothing like the trauma suffered by people in the West Country and now the Thames Valley. […]
Fuji PA-145 back on Toyo View
This has not been a good week for me. Coming down from an exhaustive but rewarding event as part of equals=ephemera to slump into post-admistrative treacle and a home without a dog that seemed to be very much bigger than he was, I needed to find something positive to do and when I finally got […]
Recovered Fuji Instant negatives
This week has been very topsy-turvy with my little office helper not here anymore. One of the ideas that came to light during our ‘ephemera’ event was the recovery of negatives from Fuji instant film. In the past I have chucked these into my waste bag and just scanned the print but today I recovered […]