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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
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Tags: 2019, 400H, backstage, c41, circus, film, fuji, giffords, oxford, people, portraits, summer, university parks
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
Posted in Behind the scenes, Endeavour, film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: 2.8f, 2019, 400H, 6x6, c41, endeavour, film, filming, fuji, noritsu, oxford, people, portraits, rolleiflex, s7e3
Saturday, December 21st, 2019
Posted in Equipment, film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: 40mm, 6x6, black&white, bronco, film, ilford, oxford, pan f, portraits, sqa, worcester, xtol
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
These shots were from the final day of filming on Endeavour 7 | FILM 3 at the studio that has some of the interior sets. Along with Anton Lesser we have Steve (standby carpenter) and Grant (third assistant director). For some unknown reason there is a mottling on the film which I haven’t experienced before. I developed this roll exactly the same as hundreds of others previously so I can’t work out how this was caused during development. More shots to come after UK broadcast.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar, Ilford Delta 400 developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4.
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Tags: black&white, ddx, delta 400, endeavour, film, filming, Milford, people, portraits, rolleiflex, s7e3
Monday, November 18th, 2019
I was recently asked to make a promo shot for a new band called Transmission From Nowhere to coincide with the release of their new CD. One of the band members is a fellow film photographer and suggested doing the shoot on the now illusive Fuji FP-3000B instant b&w film which I was more than happy to do. I’ve got a range of cameras that can use this film but I decided on my Mamiya RB67 because I have a sliding back for it that allows two different exposures next to each other on the same print which results in a diptych.
We used the whole pack of film for the shoot – a whopping 10 shots – and I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it was. All double exposures were done in camera. No batteries and no squinting at LED screens required.
[Tech info:] Mamiya RB67, 127mm lens, Fuji FP-3000B instant b&w film (expired).
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait | 8 Responses »
Tags: 6x7, black&white, film, fp-3000b, fuji, fujiroid, mamiya, oxford, people, portraits, rb67
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Giffords Circus came to Oxford on their 2019 tour and I went along to do some photography as I have done in previous years. It’s always nice to see familiar faces there and some new ones too. For these shots I used a Fuji 6×9 rangefinder camera which has a 90/3.5 lens that is not interchangeable. It’s a hulk of a camera but I really like the large viewfinder and the 3:2 aspect ratio of the frame compared to 6×7. The 90mm isn’t really a portrait lens so I tend to go a little wider than just head and shoulders.
[Tech info:] Fuji GW690, Fuji 400H (expired) film, Noritsu scans.
Posted in Oxford, People, Portrait | 2 Responses »
Tags: 2019, 400H, 6x9, c41, circus, film, fuji, giffords, noritsu, oxford, people, portraits, summer
Saturday, September 14th, 2019
For the longest time I have wanted to take my 10×8 camera into town to do some large format photography and recently I finally managed to do it on a Saturday morning. Even though I only took one lens – the smallest and lightest I have that is suitable for 10×8 photography – the combined weight of the camera, tripod and film holders is more than my back can comfortably handle so I have to drag the camera around with a foldable hand cart which works really well. I took with me both Ilford Delta 100 b&w film and Fuji Velvia 100F transparency film. Below are a couple of shots made with the Delta 100, I’ve processed the Velvia and the shots turned out very nicely but I haven’t scanned them yet. The group shot of the Zappi’s Cycling Club was very impromptu – I was photographing the Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street when I was approached by one of the cyclists about photographing them with my big camera.
[Tech info:] 10×8 field camera, Nikon 210mm f5.6 lens, Delta 100 film (expired), developed in Ilford DD-X with a Jobo processor.
Posted in Architecture, film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | No Responses »
Tags: 10x8, black&white, ddx, film, ilford, oxford, people
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
On the August Bank Holiday this year, hottest day of the year so far, the Endeavour crew were hard at work at an undisclosed location and I was fortunate enough to spend the day with them – needless to say it was a scorcher on set. I can only share a few images to avoid spoilers but plenty of others will follow after this episode is broadcast. This was the first time I’d used Lomography 800 film in 120 format and because the sun was setting the light level in the shade was low so I rated the film at ISO 1280 and had it pushed one stop by the lab.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex 2.8F Zeiss Planar, Lomography 800 film, ISO 1280, pushed 1 stop in development, Noritsu scans.
Posted in Behind the scenes, Endeavour, film, People, Portrait | 2 Responses »
Tags: 2.8f, c41, endeavour, film, filming, iso800, lomography, people, portraits, rolleiflex, summer
Monday, May 27th, 2019
It’s been a while since I used any Fuji instant pack film so I decided to test out a recently acquired Polaroid 190 Land Camera with some Fuji FP-100C. I visited University Parks in my lunch break to photograph a tree that had fallen into the river and also came across the tree surgeons having a break after trimming the tree.
After work I met up with fellow photographer (and co-host of the Sunny 16 podcast) Graeme for a photo walk with his recently purchased Intrepid 5×4 large format camera. We had perfect summer evening weather and light and I finished off a roll of colour film that was in my Sputnik stereo camera (pictures from that coming soon).
[Tech info:] Polaroid 190 Land Camera, Fuji FP-100C (expired).
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: fp100c, fujiroid, oxford, polaroid 190, university parks
Sunday, December 2nd, 2018
Here are some portraits I made at a WWII re-enactment event in Mapledurham back in the summer. The weather was overcast which was perfect for the colour palette and colour negative film I was using. These shots are all from the same roll of film through my Rolleiflex 2.8F. Part 1 of my portraits can be found here, made with the same camera but different film. More to come.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex 2.8F, Portra 160VC film (expired).
Posted in film, People, Portrait | 5 Responses »
Tags: 160VC, 2.8f, 6x6, c41, film, kodak, people, Portra, portraits, re-enactment, rolleiflex, summer, wwii
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
Here are some portraits I made at a WWII re-enactment event at Mapledurham recently. The weather was overcast which was perfect for the colour palette and colour negative film I was using. After much deliberation on which gear to take I settled on two 6×6 medium format cameras – Rolleiflex 2.8F and Pentacon Six TL – because I mostly wanted to concentrate on portraits and I like the balance of the 6×6 format. Shots from the Pentacon will follow.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex 2.8F, Fuji Pro 400H film (expired).
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Tags: 2.8f, 400H, 6x6, c41, film, fuji, people, portraits, re-enactment, rolleiflex, summer, wwii
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
For a while now I’ve been meaning to use my Bronica SQA but either the weather or other things kept conspiring against me. Last week I finally managed to do it and here’s a set of pictures from the roll I shot during my lunch break photo walk. The shots of the drainpipe and the painted house number sign were made using a +1 close-up filter that I wanted to test and the last three shots were made with a red filter – the Radcliffe Camera shot had a polarising filter as well.
[Tech info:] Bronica SQA, 80/2.8, Ilford Delta 100 developed in Tetenal Ultrafin T-Plus.
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | 2 Responses »
Tags: 6x6, black&white, bronica, film, oxford, people, portraits, sqa
