Mixing it up in the Fenland Darkroom today - finished contact sheets and filed into “projects” and now making some work prints on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB paper of some portraits made with my RB at a steam fair I attended with @jimmyshootsfilm.bsky.social #believeinfilm #filmphotography

A scene I photograph a lot - this was a few years back with some Polaroid 108 probably. #instantphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm

Some interesting work going on here

Man this sounds so good through the Celestion 80s speakers - even with Mrs Bs spider plants taking over the house

Been making contact sheets from over 20 rolls of film. I make prints mostly and many will be destined for scanning and blog posts; the prints and notes will go into archival boxes. It’s making me think about rationalising my time exposing film to subject matter that means most to me. Just pondering

Please let me know if I ever turn into this character….. youtu.be/DIhKuKodyMQ?...

Pleased to note that the tripod plate thingy I purchased for my Rolleiflex also fits the Cord - don’t often use these on tripods but often a monopod. They reduce strain on the camera door and often come with Rolleiflex pistol grips.

Attended our local church for friend’ wedding vow renewal and blessing - was taking a few portraits with my Rolleicord and ended up chatting about film and darkroom work with the daughter of Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston - had no idea who she was ….

This is what #SlowPhotography looks like from Rome with a TLR and a half frame camera. #Believeinfilm #Filmphotography

Two rolls from the Rolleicord’s “Roman Holiday” going in for dev. #believeinfilm

Arrived home from Rome to this well made shutter release adapter for my various Holga cameras. Take a listen to the Lensless & Lo-Fi Podcast to hear our chat and interviews with other analogue film nuts. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

I like having cameras with just one lens. It simplifies the decision making process and forces me to work at this X length if I want to use X camera And when you force yourself to see at a certain length, you suddenly find lots of compositions you might have missed if you had other options available

Tee shirt selfie at airport @photowalkme.bsky.social

Seeing Rome through the viewfinder of a TLR was possibly the best way for me to. Even the Pentax 17 got relegated to second place and I forgot batteries for the LCA120 which wasn’t a big deal and it got left in the safe for the trip.

Airport film update Stanstead and Gatwick now all CT - happy to hand check and swab Rome had CT scanners with big sign saying no film safe - handed film bag to a chap who took me off to the end of the scanners where I went thru arch and film thru small x ray machine - #believeinfilm All good

We saw the pope today

We waited for the Pope to finish up his audiences with folk before we could get into the square. #believeinfilm

Last day in Rome and heading out to the Vatican- taking just the Rolleicord V with me and a couple of rolls of Tmax 100 that I’d found in the fridge before we left. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

@johngilbey.bsky.social Desert

In Rome with the Pentax 17…. #Believeinfilm

I managed to photograph it with the Pentax 17 of course - bit stuffed now

@warboyssnapper.bsky.social recent post on #SlowPhotography got me thinking, thanks Andrew. The post reminded of one of the key reasons I moved back to using film. So on my next outing I’ll be using this… #BelieveInFilm #filmphotography #photography #filmisnotdead

Nice to see film still being used said the nice lady as she swabbed each roll ……

I love photographing around the Fenland area with some Polaroid film and a cheap plastic 600 camera. #believeinfilm

Two for @astrobeck.bsky.social from a USA trip #believeinfilm

Runcorn Bridge from the speeding Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston train #pentax17 #wwhfpd (yesterday) #shootfilmstaybroke #kodakgold #analogphotography

Bergerac, France 📷 Lomo LC-A 🎞 Ilford FP4 #shootfilmstaybroke #lomolca #ilfordfp4 #fp4 #streetphotography

@harrylime69.bsky.social and LCAand Pentax 17 photo on the first two posts here - had to follow back !!

Excellent radio advert about roof trusses on Jazz FM

Anyone interested in the history of colour photography over the last 40 odd years - these two books I love (amongst many others but these happen to be on my desk) - American Surfaces by Stephen Shore and Joel Meyerowitz discussion about colour v monochrome - a real debate in the 60s and 70s

Three days in Rome from Monday and travelling light The DNA8 bag is excellent for a couple of small cameras #believeinfilm

Thirteen sheets of film contact printed for evaluation - ran out of pegs so had to stop for the day. If I never went out with a camera again I’d have enough material to work on to the end of my days. #believeinfilm

The LCA 120 is perfect for using inside a gallery and not drawing attention to yourself due to its wideness…. A faster film would have given less vignette as the camera was wide open I guess - the other sheet is from my Brownie Hawkeye Flash #believeinfilm

Radio ads are just hilarious - I love Jazz FM and have it on in the darkroom but the ads - man they must be made by 12 year olds

If I start another podcast it will be this - shooting the breeze with folks who love the darkroom. May have to wait till I’m full retired:

#SlowPhotography begins with stepping out of the house and seeing the beauty in the ordinary, wondering what things look like photographed, once the film is developed a contact sheet is made which is pondered over, with coffee, before heading into the darkroom again. #HalfFrameStories #believeinfilm

Tip of the day - switch off the news, remove click bait news apps from your phone, pick up a photo book , go out with a camera or make some prints (however you want to) in short your life will be happier and less stressful. #photography #believeinfilm

A few years back I helped crew a sailing vessel off the south coast or England and took my Holga with me with some HP5 #believeinfilm

Reading this

Walking any great distance is problematic for me as the hip worsens. Can’t even imagine using my RB or lugging the large format stuff about - I guess that means I have fewer options which should help my creative focus…..

I once played the German U boat Commander from “The Deadly Attachment” a Dad’s Army episode. I was part of a group of Village Players for a while . I had a brief acting career …..

The latest batch of Pentax 17 #HalfFrameStories laid out for marking up. #believeinfilm

@astrobeck.bsky.social gave up time from her road trip to talk with us for not as long as we’d hoped - but we will remedy that in part 2…. With @johnfar.com podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

With my inevitable mention of the Pentax 17 on the shortly to be published show 12 of the Lensless and LoFi Podcast I give a shout out to @stigofthedump.bsky.social and his excellent blog “the photieplace” think I have that right but no doubt Steve can share the correct link to the most recent one.

Three prints I made of my much missed fenland cottage on @ilfordphoto.com MGRC paper and the Fuji 6x9 rangefinder and HP5 a few years back. #believeinfilm

Diana F+. Fomapan 400. #filmphotography #believeinfilm #lomography #toycamera

@cowtographer.bsky.social @emdashman.bsky.social @stigofthedump.bsky.social You’re all welcome ……….

It’s a shame we can’t add music to videos but hey…… The next few chapters of #HalfFrameStories are contact sheets and ready for evaluation and printing……All with the awesome Pentax 17. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

After much deliberation and consideration of my new found immobility (arthritis in the hip) I’ve decided this combo is perfect for Rome. As much as I’d love to take my Rolleicord and SX7O. I’ll have three rolls of Delta 100 with me in case I need to make some bigger enlargements. #believeinfilm

Shortly before I purchased the fabulous Pentax 17 over a year ago I reminded myself how much I loved the versatility of the format. My Olympus EE makes cracking images but it’s older and less functional. So I had to make the leap….. #believeinfilm