Tag: photography
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Finding my Inner Bartram
A post from the wonderful Andrew Bartram got me thinking.
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This is SPARTA!
I buy an EOS300 to replace the stolen EOS33. It’s not as good, but it does the job.
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Edgar? I ‘ardly know ‘er
Last week I shared an image that I shot with the new to me Zeiss Ikon Nettar of a waterfall at Edgar’s creek. Which is near to where I live. I had finally managed to sneak some time into the darkroom to actually print this up and I think it turned out ok. I’m an…
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Creeks a little, but gets the job done
I live in Melbourne, Australia. It is currently early september 2025 as I write this and we are just coming out of winter into false spring (Melbourne has about 11 seasons, so we are about to enter the bit where we all think “Hooray winter is over” before the temperature plunges and it rain again…
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London Calling
Ortho80 was fun when it came out, but with the way I used it, it was contrasty as hell.
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Less Man Ray more Ray Man
I try solarising prints and find I’m more rayman than Man Ray.
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A bridge too far
Where I attempt to print a single image in the darkroom, and try a couple of techniques.
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Zeiss Ikon Nettar
I owned a phenomenal camera. A little pocket folding 6×6 Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518/16. Genuinely, some of my favourite images were captured on that camera. It’s such a lightweight small camera that fits if your pocket, which makes it perfect for travelling. The only hang up is that it doesn’t have any way of focussing…
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Negative Lab Pro
I’m not much of a colour film shooter. Not becuase I don’t like colour photos, I really do, but because the film is generally more expensive and it’s more of a pain to develop. Well under my old development regime where I didn’t care about temp for BnW, colour was more a hassle. As I…
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Split Grade Printing with Pepper the Dog
Split grade printing with Pepper the Dog.
Alexander Davenport 