I’ve not been well hence the rather quiet blogging experience. The last two days have seen me catching up on lost time and shooting for the Fujifilm student awards competition. I’m using the GW670III and my trusty Bronica SQAi with a Metz 45CL as the lighting has been dire and all I had was 160NS […]
Fujifilm Student Awards 2013
I’ve been very quiet for the last week on account of a very bad attack of influenza. I’m not back up to speed yet and have had to take the week off from University to recuperate. I’ve been catching up on new assignment work and have taken up the option to enter the Fujifilm Student […]
More test results from Portra 800 and Fuji GW670III
I’ve just had a roll back and scanned it on an an Epson V750 pro. These images taken in bright winter sunlight at either 1/250th to 1/500th second at F27. Other than some spot removal, a small crop here and there and sharpening nothing else has been done. Very intense colours, quite contrasty, just as […]
Fuji GW670III
I have been testing a Fuji GW670III for the last few weeks with different films. I have used TriX ISO 400, and Portra 800. The nearest thing I have used camera-wise is an Olympus Trip 35 – only because it is a rangefinder and there the comparison ceases. I have found myself using the Fuji […]
Film or Digital?
In the seemingly never ending march of increased mega-pixel sensors do we take time to step back and ask whether we really need them? I have shot 6x6cm through to 35mm to early digital 3.3 mega-pixel through to 8 mega-pixel Dx and 12 mega-pixel Fx and back to 35mm film, 6x6cm film and 5×4″ film. […]
Formats – what to use?
I shoot in a variety of formats from 35mm film through APS sized, Dx and Fx digital to 6x6cm and 5×4″ film. I found over the years that that my taking rate rate increased drammatically even by not using the burst rate. I realised that I could afford to chance it and not really ‘waste […]
Christian Hough & Hasselblad shoot of Tessa Kuragi
Following on from the AOP workshop with Hasselblad, I attended a lighting and shooting day with 5 other lucky individuals at a period flat in Harringey last Friday. Christian Hough was running the workshop and Hasselblad supplied kit in the form of cameras and lighting. Christian had worked with Tessa Kuragi before and he set […]
Hasselblad TV
I recently had the opportunity to shoot in the Hasselblad Studio in Hoxton as part of the AOP Student awards Exposure workshops. I’m in this video and I reckon I took some of the stills. I’m the old looking bloke in the blue jumper http://htv.hasselblad.com/video/aop-students-awards-2012?current-channel=all-channels We had the opportunity to try out various combinations of […]