Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Inspired by Lisa Marie's wonderful cyanotypes, I've been looking back over some of the film photography experiments and alternative treatments I've tried and enjoyed. Here are a few, a brief description of my approach, and a sample image or two for each. Redscale Put simply, the film is reversed so light hits the back of… Continue reading Film Photography – The Joy Of Experiments And Alternative Treatments
Back in February 2018, I tried a one room fifty photographs challenge for the first time. It's a simple concept - lock yourself in one room until you've taken fifty photographs. This doesn't just mean set your camera to some continuous or burst mode and hold your finger on the shutter button for a minute.… Continue reading One Room, Fifty Photographs (II)
When I shot predominantly film, I used to have it developed and scanned at a lab, then used the images straight from the CD. Yes, of course there was some digital processing involved by the software and the person developing, but in terms of my input, it ended when I pressed the shutter button. It… Continue reading Disintegration Layers – A Processing Experiment
Recently we talked about how (un)important aspect ratio is. The last few years, aside from occasional dips into square format, I've shot exclusively in 3:2, the ratio I became so embedded in from five years or so shooting 35mm film. Though I still love 3:2 and it feels most right to me, my thoughts have… Continue reading The 4:3 Embrace
So seven days ago I wrote about my plans to try publishing a new blog post every day for seven days. Here are my thoughts one week on. What I liked It was kind of exciting being a daily publisher. Plus previously I was frustrated having so many ideas for new posts (and so many… Continue reading The Week Streak Experiment – One Week On
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