my adventures in photography
Mrs. C and I had a few days off in the pleasant surroundings of York & parts of Yorkshire. HAWORTH: Heading up from London we made a beeline to Haworth, the home place of the Bronte Sisters, as my Mrs. C is named after Charlotte Bronte and as we were Read more
A very nice day was had by Mrs C and I and now we have a couple of places to revisit very shortly.
bar one. There is a high chance that very soon I will be selling all my film and digital camera gear bar one. Which one will I be keeping? As many of you know I have 2 Hasselblad 500 c/m setups, one being a backup, and shoot many rolls of Read more
First thing is do not be afraid of taking photos and definitely DO NOT buy any new gear yet. There is a saying that it takes you shooting 10,000 images before you start to take great photographs. This time is best spent using your mobile phone and learning the “pro” Read more
through my Canon EOS 1v over my local park and here are the unedited results. Scanned on my Epson V850 Pro, Silverfast software with no Negafix selected. The purpose of this was to see exactly what the best 35mm Camera, IMHO, would create on this brand new (beta) colour film Read more
What are my plans in photography for 2024 and beyond? When (please God) I pass my Full UK motorcycle licence on 21st Dec 2023, it will kick off plans I have been brewing up to share many “PhotoMoto” (photography adventures on my motorbike) journeys with you here and on my Read more
if you notice the grain then I have failed in capturing an interesting enough subject……
Recently I wrote a post sharing why I am now using what we in the UK call Sunny 11 over Sunny 16 and here is the evidence showing it works I used Kodak Gold 200 , my go to colour film, in 120 format via my Rolleiflex 3.5f and Hasselblad Read more
STOP!!! I did not mean point your camera at the sun and take a photo of it. DO NOT DO THAT…. EVER!!!! I am going to share with you a simple to use photography technique you might of heard of before, the Sunny 16 technique. Yawn i can hear coming Read more