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Spürsinn two bath developer 5 Jul 2013 | 05:04 pm
I was recently asked to give my professional opinion of one of a range of developers made by a company called Spürsinn. These are well known in Germany where they are produced, but I had not heard of ...
Reciprocity failure 13 Jun 2013 | 04:21 am
Recently I have been doing a lot of pinhole photography, and due to that I have had to explain to a number of people (unfamiliar with the more technical parts of photography) what reciprocity failure ...
Magazine articles 19 Jan 2013 | 09:31 pm
For a while now, I’ve been meaning to write a post on a series of articles that I’ve had published in Amateur Photographer. Ollie Atwell from the magazine contacted me some time ago and asked me if I’...
Kirk Toft 14 Dec 2012 | 03:09 am
It’s not very often that I do a post on another photographer, but recently I had a visit from an old friend who I don’t see often enough, and who’s work I think deserves more attention. Kirk is a phot...
Making large copy negatives for alt processes. 25 Nov 2012 | 01:45 pm
When I need to produce a Gum print or a Cyanotype, I sometimes use large format original negatives. More often than not I use copynegs made from an RC print as this gives me much more control and flex...
A nice discovery. 14 Nov 2012 | 08:03 pm
I was looking through a box of old lenses and collected junk earlier this year, with an idea to sell off some bits on Ebay. I had sold some unused brass lenses, enlarging lenses and old cameras, and w...
Winter light. 14 Nov 2012 | 04:03 am
I love the low sun and long shadows that are a feature of winter days. Shadows have been a fascination of mine for many years and will continue to be I expect. Every sunny (winter) morning the light s...
Walker Titan Pinhole 5×4 19 Oct 2012 | 02:31 pm
Using the Walker Titan pinhole 5×4 I have been using the Walker pinhole camera for a few months now, though not exclusively because I’ve been busy with a lot of paper negative stuff. Having shot with ...
Process, enlarging and simple lenses 8 Oct 2012 | 04:34 pm
I have been using large format cameras alongside other smaller formats for many years. Large format cameras have traditionally been associated with the master photographers, or with high end commercia...
Paper negatives in Kent 18 Jul 2012 | 05:44 am
Last month I visited an artist friend in Deal, Kent and took along the Kodak Specialist 5×7, shooting paper negatives on some of my remaining stock of Kentona paper. I had a really nice time. We went ...
