Recommended UK stockists of photography films
I’m often asked if I know of a good, well informed UK stockist of film. It is certainly true that these days there are very few places that you can walk into and buy packs of film. For 35mm, if you want to walk into a shop and buy it off the shelf, believe it or not but Boots is …
Read MoreIlford FP4 Black & White Photos of My Children
…and then there was the black and white Ilford FP4 roll that I shot. I set it at the recommended box speed of ISO125 and generally used centre weighted metering with -1EV flash. No contrast filters used.I could have done better, but these were just personal shots for the family album. Any parent will know that in the first few …
Read MoreEarly days of my boy – Shot using Fuji Pro 400H
On the 14th October I wrote that I was expecting my second child and that I had bought some Fuji Pro 400H to capture those first few days on film.I love the film – I don’t think I’ve yet ad a bad experience with it. Fast enough for quite low light but slow enough for good quality, smooth pics. Well …
Read MoreSo, are GCSE’s getting easier?
It’s August 2011 and the GCSE results for all of the nations 16 year old’s are out, and yet again, they’re the highest yet. There are several 16 year old kids in my extended family. I am delighted to hear they’ve all done so well. Each of them got at least one A, and most of them got several A’s, …
Read MoreMy experiences of using Harman Technology – Ilford Photo – for Black & White Film Processing
For about three years now, I have been using a superb lab in Chelmsford called The Darkroom. They are a friendly, personable lab with superb turn-around times, and on the whole, they produce great work too. Their turn around times are, in fact, one of the reasons why I have been able to justify continued use of film (despite my …
Read MoreThere’s always something to learn…
Shooting film can be a challenge occasionally when you suddenly realise that you’ve carried a setting over from a previous frame despite the lighting conditions having changed or if you have accidentally changed a setting and not noticed. Shooting film, you have to pay attention to every setting, for every frame. It;s hard work but it’s what sets film shooters …
Read MoreThe UK Snow Covering and some Black & White Photo Opportunities!
Here in the UK, the snow has been intense the last couple of weeks, fading away these past days. For many of us, it was an opportunity to set the alarm for 04:00, eat some porridge and fill our flasks with coffee before departing on an arctic like adventure for the day with our cameras in hand. For me, it …
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