I\u2019ve never been one for owning gear for the sake of it. Every camera, every tool, has to earn its place. Some are about craft. Some are about convenience. All are about capturing a truth \u2014 whether that\u2019s on the road, in a darkroom, or through a lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hasselblad 500CM<\/strong> and Canon AE-1<\/strong> \u2014 my true photographic love. Canon R6<\/strong>, Samsung S22<\/strong>, DJI Action 5 Pro<\/strong>, and DJI Nano<\/strong> \u2014 tools for when the story needs to move. Vespa GTS 300 \u201cPhoenix\u201d<\/strong> and Honda Transalp XL750 \u201cThe Captain\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 both tool and joy. A look at the cameras and machines that shape how I see the world \u2014 from the hum of a Hasselblad shutter to the whir of Phoenix\u2019s engine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,187,198,23,265],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-film","tag-hasselblad","tag-honda","tag-photography","tag-vespa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ChatGPT-Image-Oct-22-2025-07_41_22-AM.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This is where I slow down, think, and create. The feel of film, the sound of the shutter, and the satisfaction of printing by hand remind me why I fell in love with photography in the first place. Film photography is tactile, flawed, and beautifully human \u2014 exactly as art should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDigital<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Digital is about agility. It\u2019s about the moments when film would take too long to load, or when the story unfolds faster than I can rewind. Whether I\u2019m filming a Vespa ride or grabbing a still between takes, these tools help keep the ideas flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTransport & Companions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
They carry me to the landscapes, the caf\u00e9s, and the quiet lay-bys where most of my photographs begin. Because in the end, the camera is just one part of it. The ride, the road, and the craft all feed the same thing \u2014 the pursuit of seeing differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"