There are very few academic articles about climbing buildings, but I wrote one of them and writing it was a lot of fun. www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jp...

Been a while. Bits from the XA on Fomapan. #filmphotography

Alongside the word of the year we should have “the word that has lost the most of its meaning this year”. I nominate “ceasefire”.

A couple of photos from the beginning my walk last Sunday. These are both in the area between Ginza and Shintomicho. Have a client in the neighbourhood so I see it often but don't really get chance to simply float around and photograph it. Hasselblad 503CW, CFV50c back & Zeiss-Sonnar 80mm f/2.8

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Home. #filmphotography

Question for film photographers. Are these stains from drying? Do I need to have a word with the lab? #filmphotography

It took me 45 years (to the day) but I finally took my first self-portrait. Not the sharpest, but I'll take it. (You can tell I was concentrating hard on shifting backwards and forwards to try and get it in focus. 😆)

Some fantastic photos here. If you need some inspiration to pick up your camera, take a look. www.analogsparksawards.com/winner/

Joshua Tree on Kodak Ultramax and the Olympus XA. #filmphotography #kodak

Boulogne-Billancourt. Olympus XA, Fomapan 400 pushed to 800. #filmphotography

This is a frustrating conversation. fstoppers.com/opinion/woul...

Personally I'd like 'work' to get me closer to the subject via the 'artist' not distance me from them. I have strong feelings about exploitative work by photographers. I wonder how many prospective masterclass attendees realise they too are being exploited...

"Taking her portrait and parading it as art is exploitation; using her to sell a masterclass is disgraceful and Leica should be ashamed."

Hard to explain.

Find me on substack. thisisandyday.substack.com

@parismarx.com @edzitron.com I'm hoping you might enjoy this. fstoppers.com/opinion/sam-...

fstoppers.com/opinion/sam-... I needed to rant.

Might get some stickers printed

In a cave with Bevan. #climbing #blackandwhite

Top tip: Never leave your VPN service on auto-renew. The auto-renewal price will be four times more expensive than what you can find elsewhere. #vpn

Took me more than 15 years to get through the roll of film in this weird Vivitar IC 101. What a treat. #filmphotography thisisandyday.substack.com/p/finishing-...

The forest on film. Canon EOS 5 + Kodak Gold.

I love the comments section on Fstoppers.

I've been pushing myself to shoot portraits when I'm out in the forest. I limit myself to two frames per person and then hope that at least one of them comes out well. OM10 and Fomapan 400. #filmphotography #portraits

Joshua Tree on Kodak Ultramax. #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #kodakultramax

Writing for Fstoppers is a lot fun. fstoppers.com/gear/rx1r-ii...

Finished a roll of film on a Vivitar IC 101 that I started back in 2010. Not the easiest scans to work with. 😆 #filmphotography

I'm halfway through Amis's Lucky Jim. I've no idea where it's headed and I'm not sure if I'm enjoying it. Definitely not what I expected.

"In the world of fantasy, the forest has special significance, pulling on various mythologies and traditions, and becoming an unknowable place, where rules — be they social or natural — tend to lose their grip." thisisandyday.substack.com/p/exhibition...

Kodak Ultramax 400. Olympus XA. #filmphotography #kodak

People who take speakers to the beach shouldn't be allowed on the beach.

Back from the States. Reactivated my account. (Had to go for a wedding.)

"The camera is an opportunity to slow down time, to find meaning in the mundane, to conjure that elusive novelty through the process of making an image, and to fix moments that would otherwise be fleeting." open.substack.com/pub/thisisan... #photography

If Fuji's teaser proves to be a half-frame digital camera with a vertical sensor, I'd just like to say that I predicted it five years ago. #photographers

"As AI progressively strips the humanity from the imagery we see around us, the more I feel the urge to shoot film and to tell stories. And if those stories only have significance to me, so be it." #filmphotography Read more: thisisandyday.substack.com/p/stop-time-...

Take photos. Stop time. open.substack.com/pub/thisisan...

Dasha. #filmphotography

Still toying with Substack. Lots of reservations. Might move it all to my website instead when I have a bit more time. For now, the convenience makes it appealing. thisisandyday.substack.com/p/the-seeds-...

Flying to the US for a wedding in May. Probably a good idea to lock down all of my socials before reaching border control. 😬 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trying Substack. Anyone else there? thisisandyday.substack.com/p/a-slightly...

Of course the comments go pretty much straight to transphobia. fstoppers.com/news/did-whi...

I was wary of pushing cheap ISO400 film to 800 but it's proven effective. The grain is obviously a bit insane but with the Olympus XA, I seem to be able to shoot in pretty much any light and get decent results. The XA becomes very versatile as an EDC which is exactly what I was hoping for.

Roll 025. Olympus XA + Fomapan 400 pushed to 800. Feels like the perfect EDC.

Two rolls back from the lab. now scanned. Olympus XA. Fomapan 400 pushed to 800.

And still no-one has commented on the Kaweco Sport Brass. Disappointing. fstoppers.com/film/choosin... #fountainpens

"We estimate that the AI infrastructure buildout will cost over $1tn in the next several years alone. So the crucial question is, what $1tn problem will AI solve?"

Pondering your first film camera and not sure what to buy? Let me save you some time. fstoppers.com/film/choosin...

After nearly six years of writing about life, death and boxing in a little office, it was surreal and kinda funny to see and then sign a small sea of my new book The Last Bell in a different office yesterday. It's a really strange way to live and work but I still wouldn't swap it

@nanaporter.bsky.social thanks for sharing my article. 😊🙏🏼