My First Plates
These were my first plates using my Ainsco camera. Its a 10×8 inch camera, but I have masks which slip inside the dark-slide, which means I can use the camera for 10×8, 10×6, 8×6 or …
My Wet-plate Camera
I went away to Manchester and learnt how to prepare, expose and develop wet-plate collodion pictures. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to learn to do and I finally managed to find someone who could …
Portraits on an Old Camera
I had to photograph some family portraits and shot them using my normal cameras, but I also asked them if they minded if I took some pictures using my film camera. They said yes so …
A Wet Day in Glasgow
Having recently moved over to Fuji and the XPRO 2, I thought it would be a good idea to pop into Glasgow and take some pictures. So, jumping on the train I made the journey …
The Last Pictures with my Leica
For a while now I’ve been using two Leica M10’s for my work. The quality from the sensor and the lenses are superb. Utterly out of this world. Unfortunately, the Leica is not suited to …
Glasgow on a Chilly Day
Today I purposely caught a train into Glasgow and spent a couple of hours walking around with my camera. I quite admire those photographers who can walk around and remain unobtrusive and capture pictures of …
Loch Lomond and the River Clyde
Travelling for work again, when I passed Loch Lomond there was a heavy fog over the water. Almost spooky… It was too good an opportunity not to miss so I took a few pictures at …
Loch Lomond Views
Travelling north with plenty of time on my hands, it was one of those crisp, cold days and I had some time on my hands. There was also some snow on top of Ben Lomond, …
New Old Cameras
I recently bought two new cameras. Two OLD cameras..! Both use 120 rollfilm shooting 6x6cm negatives and I bought them for a really good price from an antique shop in Manchester, and surprisingly – they …
A Day at the Seaside
I have managed to build myself a small darkroom in the garage – so I have decided to take a walk back in time and start shooting some film again. I had to go to …