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  1. New year

    Fairly rubbish end of year…I took on a take pics of Santa with kids contract…it was hell; long hours, small pay etc.Never again!As a result, I’ve not managed to do much personal work and have a full week of client shoots this week.I did get out a couple of times…


  2. Marathon

    Challenged myself again this year to capture some of Metz marathon on medium format.It’s fun with a manual focus Hasselblad and runners passing at 12-13mph.Missed a couple of shots, but quite pleased with the results. Might try it next year with the Fuji GX680 I’ve also used some Fuji Pro…


  3. More Bitburg and pictorialism

    So, two weeks later I returned to Bitburg airport This time as an accredited photographer and to give a client five  12” x 16” darkroom prints.There were 5 other photographers there, armed with digital…seems I was the only one with a film camera.A medium format film camera at that!As the…


  4. Bitburg, Autumn…

    Sorry…It’s been some time since I’d written any sort of blog post. I tend to use my Instagram account for day to day photos. All the work on my Instagram account is analogue photography. Film is quite popular again amongst younger photographers, some genuine, some just hipsters who want…


  5. Experimentation

    I’ve been messing around with some different developers and film stocks…well, started this testing anyway!First one is Rodinal (Adox Adonal) with Ilford HP5+On one of my early morning walks around Metz, I shot a roll of HP5 at box speed and then stand developed it in Adonal for 80 mins…


  6. Is it summer yet?

    Apparenly it’s summer, nearly…although it does appear to be raining rather more then I would have hoped and is not quite warm enough either.Apart from that, Britain is close to voting in a referendum regarding staying or leaving the EU. I’m concerned that GB will leave and feel it would…


  7. Hasselblads, Fujis and Bronicas…

    All fabulous MF cameras to shoot film.My Hassy is a 500C with a standard screen and requires plenty of light for focusing, well at least for my poor old eyes! I also have an EL/M body, sadly it has a problem and I can, currently, not mount a lens on…


  8. Late Spring

    Been a while yet again, hard to find the time to write a post to be quite honest Mainly photos, less blabbing.First a few of the client portraits through March, April and the first week of May shot on digital…some portraits, some for model portfolios, CV shots, couples, a wedding… …


  9. Spring

    Apparently it is! It’s been a bit chilly up until the beginning of this week though.A few things to share on the work front.I am still only shooting film for personal work and for some clients (sadly still quite rarely for the latter).Everyone still wants immediacy.Here are a few landscape…


  10. Fuji FP 100C and other stuff…

    It’s been a bad week for those of us who shoot and love pack film, on our medium format cameras, with Fuji’s announcement of the discontinuation of Fuji FP100C.Ok, they’re a business and being in business means making a profit or not bothering to be in business!I have heard that…


  11. Cold

    Yep. Winter. Unpleasant.Not much to report this month so far, just work and some more work and one non-paying client…that’s another story and something that affects all small businesses at one time or another. Just the way it is.First up, some shots of Ines, modelling coats by Chattawak and 3322…


  12. More January ll

    Here’s the next set of images shot in January…as I said in my last post, there’s been a bit of a problem with flash syncing the hasselblad, all seems to be a bit hit and miss at the moment.Sometimes the images are perfect and other times, horribly underexposed. Maybe a…


  13. More January

    Some more film work of Johanna, who first came to us as a client 3 years ago Unusually for me, I shot four rolls of film, three with the Fuji and one with the Hasselblad EL/MThe only photos I wasn’t happy with were with the ones with the Hassy.. First…


  14. Christmas and stuff…

    Merry Christmas!So, it’s out of the way for another year…the season of over-eating and over-spending. Not that I dislike Christmas, but I find it a tad excessive. Nice to see happy people though. It’s been a relatively busy-ish month again. Not in the same league as October, but ticking along…


  15. Pushing Delta 3200

    I decided to take a short walk and waste a roll of film last night! This was purely experimental I wnated to see how Delta 3200 would react to being pushed.Shot these pics with the Hasselbald 500C and Distagon 50mm…handheld 1/30th at f/4.With hindsight, it’s still better to shoot using…


  16. Autumn

    So usually you see fabulous photos of Autumn colours shot in daylight.I thought I’d try a few at night…Shot with a Hasselblad 500C using a Distagon 50mm, Sonnar 150mm and a Planar 80mm.Kodak Portra 400 And a couple more that don’t involve Autumn colours…(same camera and film as before) We…


  17. Metz Marathon

    Challenging to photograph sports with a medium format camera…handheld.I was surprised to get any sort of result as it’s not something I’ve tried before. I only shot one roll of film, 8/12 is not so bad.The first three home were Kenyan athletes (there’s a surprise!). The winner came in in…


  18. This month

    Has been busy.Hopital Schuman awards ceremony which I shot on both digital (colour) and film (Hasselblad 500C // Kodak Tri-X) Some of the client portraits, a couple on film. Then some personal portrait/ series work with Solene and Lucie, all shot on film with the Hasselblad 500C Some general snaps…


  19. Commercial work

    Extremely busy at the moment, we’ve just landed a pretty big commercial client and I’ll be attempting to fit a lot of work in before the end of the month…I’ll be shooting at over 20 different locations between now and the end of September. I’m pretty sure that I’ll be…


  20. Insurance

    So, you’re a “professional photographer” now, you take money from people and supply them with a product. Namely, photographs.It’s a big day, you’re shooting a wedding for a client, fantastic! You’re all set, bodies, lenses, memory cards etc etc.It’s an opportunity for your business to become better known, handing out…


  21. UK

    Off to the UK tomorrow for a week. Sadly, not a holiday!Professional model client (Sara) this morning for some “polaroids” for her agency. Nice young lady Hasselblad 500C travelling to UK with me along with my trusty Rolleicord V.Was tempted to take the GX 680, but it’s a bit hefty…


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