Shooting half-frame is an indication of taste and sophistication. All the coolest dorks do it.

Happy half frame Friday! #hff I mostly shoot vertical compositions but here are a few exceptions, all from the Edinburgh #wwhfpd25 photowalk.

Folks, you'll be shocked to learn that ignoring your bicycle's slow puncture may cause travel inconvenience. I, of course, know this well, having heard it from, um, a friend?

Fisherrow Harbour in Musselburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ranica Mir 6F pinhole + Kentmere 100.

For #sharemondays2026 here is my latest attempt to capture the fritillaries in front of Modern One in Edinburgh. I've tried this shot several times and still haven't managed quite the right combination of elements but this is probably the closest yet to what I had visualised.

Happy Easter! ✨

Proof that there are some fools against whom the legendary Ranica shutter system isn't foolproof. 😂

Happy half frame Friday! #hff This week the qualifying for the inaugural Half Frame Camera World Cup was concluded, so we now know the groups in full. YOU get to determine the results of each match and crown the eventual winner! Full details to follow in early June. The Groups: 👇

📢 Edinburgh Pinhole Photowalk 📢 Saturday 25th of April, 3pm 📝👇 www.photowalk.me/photowalk/jo...

Just throwing this out there - who would be interested in a pinhole meetup/photowalk in September? Third weekend (Sat 19/Sun 20) in particular.

A combination of busyness and the weather has contributed to it being a quiet photography week apart from a glut of phone snaps at Hampden. So for #sharemondays2026 here's another phone snap, from my walk to the shops.

Well that was fun! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 0-1 🇯🇵 ⚽ Made an overnight trip of it and just got home a short while ago. Great to catch up with old friends too.

A selection of autumn scenes from Japan for you this fine half frame Friday. #hff Also just a note to keep an eye out for an announcement in the coming days confirming the full qualifiers for the half frame camera world cup, to be played in June. It's silly, it's fun(ish), and it's participatory! ✨

Me: "Beautiful morning, sun's out, not too windy. Ideal for getting some nice video of the cherry blossom and bulbs!" Some guy with a selection of power garden tools: "lol."

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups, including the United Nations, have criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender eligibility guidelines as “a blunt and discriminatory response that is not supported by science and violates international human rights law"

Somehow managed to nearly forget #sharemondays2026 today! Just a phone snap from Saturday when the mist was still sitting over the Firth of Forth at lunchtime despite the sun popping out, but the quiet beauty of the scene really appealed to me.

"Bunch of guys obsessed with Ancient Sparta can't beat the Persians at sea" was probably one of the known-knowns, come to think of it.

One of the key aspects of pinhole photography is you need to be ok with not having total control. In this case the framing was off, with the rope blocking the view of boats in the harbour behind - I had hoped the camera was low enough to have that view. But regardless, still much to like I think.

It's half frame Friday! And set to be the warmest day of the year so far here in Scotland! 🌞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here's a selection from Edinburgh on another sunny day. #hff

More pinhole photography! One of my favourite scenes in Edinburgh to shoot, you may have seen an earlier Zero 45 shot in my feed last year when counting down to pinhole day. This time the photo was made with my Ranica Mir 6F using Kentmere 100.

Celebrating the birthday of English botanist Anna Atkins born in 1799. Her work continues to be an inspiration to me & all who make cyanotypes.💙 Left: “Golden Ferns” (Wet cyanotypes on silk, digitally collaged and hand colored with gold acrylic paint) by Amy Heller. Right: By (and of) Anna Atkins.

It may have been bitterly cold in the wind but Friday the 13th was a lovely day to be out and about in Prestonpans. 🌞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #sharemondays2026

Posting this pinhole photograph a) because I quite like it, and b) as proof of output from scanning. ✨ 📍 University of Edinburgh 📷 Ranica Mir 6F 🎞️ Kentmere 100

Whilst the results from digitising film with my Lumix are undoubtedly better than scanning with my Epson, I'm currently working through my recently developed rolls of 120 on the scanner. Fairly low-res, so pretty quick, with a view to redoing the best frames at high-res with the camera another time.

Happy half frame Friday! #hff Here's a bit of bonnie Edinburgh in the sun for all you good folks. And the not so good yins an aw. 😄

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In the year of our lord 2026 who do I have to speak to in order to stop restaurant websites opening menus as downloaded pdfs?

Prestonpans in spring sunshine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌞

For #sharemondays2026 this week, a photograph that balances the warm and cool tones which sum up the current turning of the seasons.

I've gone too long without a #caturday post. Here's Paolo enjoying midday sun earlier today. 😸

Here's an example of the difference a few years makes to E6 being developed. Both from the same 5 pack, several years expired. Top was shot at the end of last year, bottom maybe 3 years ago but sat waiting for development. I really really really want to shoot more E6 but it's just too spendy. 🤡🤑

Happy half frame Friday folks! #hff Here's a frame from my Japan trip in autumn last year.

Finally got my holiday half frame scans today. Annoyingly they were ready a month ago but for some reason the lab didn't send me the email. Anyway, got a new personal best of 82 and a half shots on the roll! 🎞️😎

Again not much of a week for photography but the sun popped out on Saturday just for a bit. For #sharemondays2026 here's a phone snap of some flowers by the John Muir Way in Prestonpans.

Maybe it’s because I’m a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: ‘your leaders aren’t right for you,’ ‘we’re only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own good’

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If you happen to be in Edinburgh this weekend or early next week, please consider popping into my street photography exhibition. 33 prints from 27 Edinburgh-based street photographers. Some excellent pics and, best of all, it's free! #edinburgh #streetphotography #photography #exhibition

Too much stuff, not enough space, so I'm selling off unneeded things bit by bit. Mostly camera stuff right now, but also fountain pens, and other things. Put together a page for it, take a look. Mostly Hasselblad stuff right now. The page is at aleatorist.com/forsale Shares appreciated!

This phone snap just about sums up recent days. #sharemondays2026

4 creative variations on cyanotypes for our calendar event: ➥ David A. McCain. Cyanolumen w turmeric ➥ Deborah Ryan. Cyanotype collage ➥ IJda Smits. Cyanotype and gum bichromate ➥ Natalia Rudychev. Tea-toned cyanotype & polaroid emulsion transfer 👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...

ILFORD PANF+ is the slowest film in our collection, with beautiful high contrast and smooth grain. The images shared for this historical #fridayfavourites show off these characteristics perfectly. https://www.ilfordphoto.com/friday-favourites-shotwithpanf/#fridayfavourites Image @peter_durst

Got hit hard this month, so I’m selling off a bunch of camera gear. Bluesky followers get first dibs before eBay, please DM me if you’re interested in anything listed, prices can be negotiated. USA buyers only, first come, first served. I’ll be responding to DMs as soon as I can. (1/6)

It was a lean week photographically, but yesterday morning I found an otter whilst walking to work along the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. 😀 For #sharemondays2026 here's a photo of its reaction to a dog on the footpath.

Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban

Summer snaps for half frame Friday. Kodak Gold in the beta Chroma Click, shot in Edinburgh's New Town. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Seeing as it's Japan's national foundation day here are a couple of photos from Japan. Futaarayama shrine in Utsunomiya, to be precise.

The past week has been pretty grey in Edinburgh, so I tried to make grey pretty by shooting with my funky Fujian CCTV lens which has a frankly silly plane of focus. Here's one of my favourite examples for #sharemondays2026.

Paolo doing his best to keep up with things this #caturday 😸

This week for half frame Friday a reminder that as well as @halfframephotoday.bsky.social we're also on Instagram and we'd love to see the best of the half frame photos you've posted there. We want to make #hff as much of a thing there as it is here.

Captured from the same spot with a Zero Image 4x5 pinhole camera these images show how changing the focal length, from 25mm to 75mm — completely reshapes the way the scene feels. #pinhole #filmphotography #photography #tree #southdowns #blackandwhite