I took quite a few Polaroids whilst I was in the Lake District – it was only a little over a week ago but it almost seems like a dream now. I still have rolls of film waiting to…
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Now that the weather has finally decided it really is autumn rather than a scorching hot summer (that was a rather unexpected but lovely few days, wasn’t it) I have become wistful for those lazy, long days of sun,…
What sort of camera is it? The Olympus XA2 is a 35mm film camera. It’s a point-and-shoot ‘zone focus’ camera. Zone focus means it has different planes of focus that need to be set before you take a photo;…
One of the places we visited in the Lake District was Grasmere, and I feel I need to dedicate a whole post to the delicacy that is Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread. Oh. My. God. It is amazing – I’m…
OK, brace yourselves, if you scroll down you’re going to see a lot of photos, and this is just the tip of the iceberg really – I still have films to develop and Polaroids to scan. These are all…
Have you heard of Lomography? You probably have if you’re interested in film photography – I have purchased an item or two from them in the past and my favourite camera (so far) is the Diana F+. It’s lots…
I’m spinning plates right now, lots and lots of plates – they are new and exciting plates though and I am happy to be doing it – and that’s good huh? That’s REALLY good! Anyhoo, here’s some random photos…
Whenever I shoot photos with a digital camera I do it knowing at least 25% will get deleted; the weakest compositions, the out of focus, the eyes shut, they all go in the bin. With film it’s a bit…
What is a prime lens? I have a penchant (some would say unnecessary addiction), to prime lenses for my dSLR camera. This is an expensive habit to have but I can’t help it, I just love the images they…
Today I am feeling like a tube of toothpaste that has had everything squeezed out of it – I wrote and wrote and edited and wrote over the weekend (for various exciting projects – watch this space) and I…