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My First Home Developed Film – The Scans
20 Sep 2012

My First Home Developed Film – The Scans

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Film Processing | 2

Here are my favourite frames from my quick test roll of film that I developed for the first time at home (read all about it here). These were all shot at ISO 400 on Kodak Tri-X on a Canon EOS … Continued

My First Time Developing a Roll of B&W Film
20 Sep 2012

My First Time Developing a Roll of B&W Film

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Film Processing | 9

I’ve been planning this event for months now, waiting for the busy wedding photography season to calm down when I’d have a bit more time to try some film developing. I have read ‘a hundred’ articles and Flickr forum posts … Continued

film, Film processing, home development, Kodak HC-110, Kodak Tri-X 400
LOMO Lubitel 2
13 May 2012

LOMO Lubitel 2

by James | posted in: Camera Gear, Film Photography, TLR | 12

I’ve been really looking forward to shooting with the Lubitel 2 – my dad kindly gave me it; it was his first camera when he bought it back in the 1960s. Here’s a snap of my dad giving me the … Continued

Ilford HP5, Lomo Lubitel 2, Soviet Camera
Olympus 35RC – Fuji Neopan 1600 – Leeds Photographers’ Get Together
30 Apr 2012

Olympus 35RC – Fuji Neopan 1600 – Leeds Photographers’ Get Together

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Rangefinder | 13

Two weeks ago I travelled to Leeds on the train to meet up with some of my fellow wedding and portrait photographer friends. We are all members of a support and social network that help each other run our photography … Continued

My B&W Negative Scanning Workflow
6 Jan 2012

My B&W Negative Scanning Workflow

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Scanning | 2

The only thorn in my film photography side so far is scanning the negatives. There are too many choices and I want to know that my method is getting the most from the negative but is relatively simple and easy … Continued

Epson Scan, Epson V700, negative, scanning
Scanned Negative Image Files – EXIF Data
2 Jan 2012

Scanned Negative Image Files – EXIF Data

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Scanning | 2

I’m a bit of an organising freak… well I am in spirit if not always in practice! I like to try to catalog and keyword my images in Lightroom (nothing too time consuming). Now I’m shooting film again I am … Continued

EXIF, film photography, Image Data
Exposed Film Ready For Processing
1 Jan 2012

Exposed Film Ready For Processing

by James | posted in: Film Photography, Processing | 0

Since shooting my first two rolls of film (for about 6 years) I am now gently easing myself into shooting film again, but not just with the modern Canon EOS 3; with my vintage Russian FED rangefinders and the Yashica … Continued

120, 135, film, film photography, peak imaging, vintage cameras
My ‘New’ 1960s Yashica-Mat TLR – TtV
17 Dec 2011

My ‘New’ 1960s Yashica-Mat TLR – TtV

by James | posted in: Camera Gear, Film Photography, TLR | 3

Whilst I’m trying to figure out the best way to scan my colour negatives properly (boy is that hard to master), I thought I’d share a quick TtV (Through the Viewfinder), as it’s commonly known on Flickr, of my latest … Continued

Medium Format, TLR, TTV, Yashica-Mat
Welcome to My Brand New Photography Blog
3 Dec 2011

Welcome to My Brand New Photography Blog

by James | posted in: Film Photography, SLR | 6

Hello and welcome to my brand new photography blog! I want to start a personal photography blog to help rediscover making pictures for me. I am a wedding photographer based in the Scottish Borders shooting in a photojournalist style. So … Continued

Canon EOS 3, film photography, Fuji Pro 400H

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