Film in Scotland

Having a few days away in Scotland I couldn’t resist taking my film gear and a couple of rolls of film along for the ride with my digital cameras I had on hand.

Here’s a few random images from a great few days – if you’ve never been put it on the bucket list, the Highlands of Scotland is an amazing area to visit!

Leica M6 & Summicron 40mm f2 | Fujifilm 400h & Kodak Portra 400

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My Hometown

Lockdown walking around my hometown

Camera: Leica M6
Lens: Summicron 50mm f2
Film Stock: Ilford HP5400 – shot at 800

Vacation on Film

We’ve recently been on a desert island holiday to the Maldives, which is an amazing place. To be honest, it’s totally a photogenic wonderland with wall to wall sun and colour – but in truth the island we were on was so small, there wasn’t that much of real interest to take photographs of.

Does Film Speed You Up?

There’s a well known saying in the film community that film slows you down. Compared to shooting with a digital camera, film makes you think more about the photograph you are making and in doing so the process slows you down.

Thoughts on the Olympus XA2

I had high hopes for the Olympus X-A2, it’s one of those cameras that piques interest as a competent point and shoot camera. It’s basic, it’s no frills and it aims to get the job done.

Gloucester Quays on Tri-X

Had a wander round the Gloucester Quays area last weekend. A great opportunity for both myself and the Wife as it’s a shopping centre set in the old quay area of Gloucester. She could do some shopping and I could wander around the old buildings, camera in hand.

The One’s That Got Away

I have a checkered past with film cameras. Since getting back into film a few years ago now I’ve bought and sold quite a few cameras that looking back I should have kept. 

WTF! GAS is all around

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) is a really bad thing. You can lose days to it, you can lose nights sleep due to it and it’s a syndrome that creeps up on you almost constantly.

Car Meet on Kodak Tri-X 400

Had a few frames left at the end of a roll of Tri-X 400 I’d pushed to 1600 in the Leica M6 and as I was off to a car meeting last weekend thought I’d take it along to finish the roll off.

Shooting at Box Speed

A recent Twitter poll I put up quite surprised me with the results.

Black & White Film Photography

I’ve always been a fan of black and white photography, there’s an innocent simplicity for me that I see in black and white I don’t always see in colour photography. 

A Year on Film

Can it be done? Well of course it can. Can I manage it? Well that’s a totally different story!

Kodak Tri-X 400 Pushed

I’ve tried pushing Kodak Tri-X 400 before to ISO1600 and to be honest the results weren’t great. However, that was more to do with yours truly and miscommunication with the lab than how I shot it!

The Simplicity of Film

For some reason film photography draws me in and I’ve struggled to put my finger on it for quite some time now.

Adventures in Film

A photo from my first developed and scanned roll of Tri-X

Adventures in film, so what’s that all about then? Well, as much as I shoot digital I also have a love/hate relationship with film photography.

New York 2018 on Film

Last December (2018) we spent a few days in New York. I shot a few frames of Tri-X on my Nikon F3 at 1600ISO.