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Here are some stories about my art photography. Most of these stories are about film based photos, primarily because I love the look and that I get with film. I also love the experience of shooting, developing and holding the film up to the light to previsualise how the finished image will look. Additionally, I like the way that shooting film feels like a different process to the photos I take for work. Digital photography has taken over for a reason, the quality, detail and level of light you can work in and create great shots is magic, but digital photography is magic like smart phones and the internet. Things that you just accept as here and working but only have a vague five minute understanding of. Film is magic because even though I have a good understanding of the technical process of manufacturing film, I know how to develop and have worked in labs processing film for other photographers, I am still amazed every time I pull a freshly developed roll off the spiral and hang it up to dry. That is magic.

I recently posted about making more effort to take a camera with me on local trips, and, to actually stop and get out and take some photos. Well it looks like this is the start of a series of local photos posts because I have actually been out shooting in my area. Here is a series of photos of an...

As I have not been on any significant trips anywhere lately, I have been making an effort to shoot more around my local area. It is something that I quite often ignore a little bit, or I will sometimes think that something would make an interesting photo but I don't have my camera with me. It is p...

My previous post was about the last roll that I shot in 2022. The logical next step is to write about my first roll for 2023 so who can argue with logic? I did manage to get a break from work for a couple of weeks at Christmas and new years but I didn't go anywhere. There is always a lot to do aro...

Boxing day 2022 finished with some nice clouds coming across in the afternoon so I thought that it would be a good opportunity to try a roll of Ilford XP2 400. Interestingly I have never shot a roll of chromogenic black and white film before. This was really just something to try out with no real...