I spent the middle of the day yesterday shooting Adox CHS Art 50 large format film primarily to release the dark slides for some other work. These were processed in Rodinal at 1:25 using the latest iteration of the MOD54 insert. I know that the film is a tad distressed as this batch has always […]
Waldringfield rape and barley
At the beginning of the month I went in search of the Bowser in my earlier post. Could I find it? No such luck but a left here and a right there and suddenly before my eyes was a Constable and maybe a Monet unfolding. Out came the Toyo from the boot and the last […]
July 15th – strange day
Yesterday I travelled up to London to deliver my Taylor Wessing 2013 National Portrait Prize entries alongside Keith Locke (http://www.keithlocke.co.uk) , a consummate professional when it comes to photography. We had eagerly awaited the delivery of our entries for weeks now. However, the day dawned with the release of results from the university and all was […]
Everything is 6 weeks late
By everything, I was initially thinking of the flora in the normally sunny county of Suffolk, which is both normally a sunny space but also 6 weeks late this year on account of abysmal weather. Weather that I made full advantage of in my 10 Minutes piece on gutter, grids and yellow lines. Today is […]
Rejuvenated photographer
The latest assignment at UCS has taken the shape of a competition entry. I decided to enter the Fuji-film student awards ‘The Colour of…’ and despite a slow start with having a week off from a bad attack of influenza I am now buzzing. 10 rolls of 120 Fuji 160NS/400H plus 6 5×4 160NS later, […]
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 […]
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 […]