Originally written for the 35mmc website.
At some point last week, I saw Hamish’s tantalising pictures on social media of ten boxes containing the new 7Artisans, 50mm lenses that he had for sale. It’s a lens that’s been causing quite a stir since its launch, due to the winning formula of being an M-mount 50mm, superfast and a divorce cheaper than buying the Leica equivalent. Continue reading
Iain and I travelled up to the #StopBrexit march today in Manchester. While I’m unsure if it made any kind of difference, I’m pleased that we went along and got involved. Continue reading
A quick trot around one of my favourite places with the ladies and a very expired roll of Velvia 100F. Continue reading
A trip to the Nottingham Contemporary gallery to see the excellent ‘States of America’ show coincided with the first shoot week of the Emulsive Film #DeltaDefJam, so I took along my Leica and a roll of Ilford Delta 100 Pro… Continue reading
Last week sometime, I saw the following tweet from Ade of the Sunny16 Podcast.
Has anyone ever done a blind test on 120 vs 35mm film? As in can you tell which is which? @EMULSIVEfilm #Believeinfilm
— Sunny 16 Podcast (@sunny16podcast) August 25, 2017
While I often try to work out what kit has been used for an image, I hadn’t tried a blind test. What I had done though, is shot the same scene on two formats and using the same film stock, camera settings and development, so I posted up the three pairs of pictures below and invited Ade and the Twitter community to work out which was which. Continue reading
Back in June, I took a walk around Leicester’s cultural quarter to admire some of the new street art that was created during the ‘Bring the Paint’ festival of the previous month.
The final part of my diary/travelogue/waytorememberitinyearstocome, recording a couple of weeks spent travelling around Europe, shooting mostly black and white film.
Previous instalments are here:
Part 1 – Cossington, UK – Wioska, PL – Bratislava, SK
Part 2 – Bratislava, SK – Orosháza, HU – Szeged, HU – Cossington, UK
Part 3 – Cossington – Newcastle
Part 4 – Newcastle to Perth
Part 5 – Perth to Dundee
Part 6 – Unprecedented Concrete
Part 7 – Ullapool to Ullapool
Part 8 – Ullapool to Glasgow Continue reading
