I was doing some digital spring cleaning (read reviewing Lightroom and the website) and I discovered a series of photographs that sit outside of my usual street photography genre.
These related to long exposure, drone, architecture and the odd landscape.
These were my preferred shooting stills before I moved to Brighton in 2014, and decided to concentrate more on Street Photography.
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Scanning colour negatives have been a thorn in my side for a number of years.
I have quite a frugal set up when it comes to film photography. I buy my B&W film in 100 foot bulk rolls, I develop all my B&W and Colour film and also scan at home.
I use a modest setup, an Epson V600 flatbed scanner, its fit for purpose when scanning medium format negatives, but generally so so for 35mm, with a passable use for instagram. I am in the process of upgrading to scanning with my DSLR, but that is for another blog post, a work in progress.
B&W scans I have somewhat nailed, I am very happy with the workflow, its almost faultless
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Well 2021 seems to be bedding in nicely, we’re halfway through March 2021, nearly a quarter of the year done. Good god.
I took some inspiration off IG recently, so decided to pop out at the weekend, WITHOUT any film cameras on me and shoot entirely with the a7iii. What a very special camera it is.
The main reason for this was that I decided to undertake some ‘spring cleaning’ over on IG. I have been of late, struggling to mix both digital and film photos on the same stream, it wasn’t giving a me a consistent theme / thread
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I’ve been using a bulk film loader for my black and white film, for the last 4 years, coupled with developing and scanning my own film its a real A to Z process of film photography. Thoroughly engaging and cheap!
Whilst the investment into the system is c. £150 (£60 for the bulk loader, £20 for the reusable canisters and then a bulk roll of film), the (financial) benefits are soon reaped.
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I’m sat here putting the finishing touches to the website update, with a little more time on my hands, whilst we are in this post Xmas / New Year lockdown.
Since my reacquiantance into film, I have added sections relating to Street 35mm & 120, and People 35mm & 120.
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I’m not one for idoling in front of the TV, if there is a show sweeping the nation or a decent film on release, then I may be tempted to sit and watch. But after working on the laptop during the course of the day in the day job, my idea of relaxing - when I’m not taking photos - is reading a book.
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Of the many hobbies and leisure activities that I have had over the years, the two that have stood out as having an awesome community, where knowledge, encouragement and help has been in abundance is the motorbike community and film photography community.
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As we head into lockdown 2.0, this is inevitably going to polarise the population about the illogical stance of the government in dealing with the shit storm that is COVID19.
Since the backend of the summer and leading up to the present time, I have been busy getting out and about building up a backlog of images to keyword, log and edit.