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Metal Halide Light Source for Wet Plate Collodion
The company I work for recently upgraded their warehouse light source from metal halide to LED. So I saved one of the (rather big and very heavy) units from the metal skip and... READ MORE
The Camera Club Chronicles #2 – ‘Still Life’
Following my first post about camera club photo submissions and the feedback I receive, here is the next one in the series(?) 🙂 The theme this time was ‘Still Life’. It’s a photography... READ MORE
The Camera Club Chronicles #1
I am a member of Kelso Camera Club, which is, like most other camera clubs, almost exlusively digital photography focussed. I enjoy it from a social and inspiration point of view and it... READ MORE
Video: Wet Plate Collodion Demonstration
As part of my ‘portrait theme’ presentation I gave to my local camera club I put together a video demonstrating how I create portraits using the historical wet plate collodion photography technique from... READ MORE
Ferrania P30 Alpha – My First Roll – First Impressions & Review
On the 1st February 2017, backers of Ferrania’s “100 More Years of Analog Film” Kickstarter received an email with a link to a rather exciting video (you can view it at the bottom... READ MORE
Speed Graphic – Flash Sync with Bi-pole Lens & Focal Plane Shutters
I’ve been meaning to write this post since February 2016 – two years ago… better late than never. I have finally got around to it following a query from someone on how I... READ MORE