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The first time I took off from Glasgow heading north towards Glencoe and the Isle of Skye, in 2009, I didn’t know how much that journey would have impacted and changed me. Leaving behind the bustling airport area, my wife and I passed the Erskine bridge and quickly got to the shores of Loch...

Hello everyone, I am currently in Comacchio (Italy) in the river Po's delta running a Workshop, and thought this would be the perfect time to release a Portfolio of analog, 4x5" photographs I created here last December. You can find the full Portfolio on my Blog, here: COMACCHIO & PO DELTA: AN...

Hi all I am due to be going to the Lake District in a couple of weeks, and I will be taking my Wista 45N with me, which I am looking forward to using. Long story short, I was setting up my tripod and camera last night to practice my set up procedure, as I have not used the camera for a while...

Hello, a few months ago I started a free and ad-free bi-monthly film photography magazine. The main idea was/is presenting interesting film photography portfolios and articles. To my surprise, there is a steady growing interest. I'm doing this as a personal project and to fill up some of the...

A few years back I was able to acquire via a well known on-line auction website my first (and so far only) Large Format camera in the guise of a Calumet CC-400 monorail. I bought the camera from a guy called Terry McGrory in Liverpool, who had imported it from Iris Point Cameras a dealer in in...

A study of a home grown Lily, what a beautiful plant, we have watched this plant grow day by day then one it revealed its beauty, I just had to have a go and photograph it. Side on view Up Close Chanomix 45N-2 150mm lens Fuji Acros Developed in Pyrocat HD Epson v800 scanner, Vuescan

Ebony sv45te 150 lens 370mm bellows draw 80 sec @f45 Fuji Acros 160iso Developed in Diafine A +B @5 mins each

A view across the Fewstone reservoir in the Washburn Vallley Yorkshire. Crown Graphic 135mm lens Ilford FP4 Developed in Ilford DDX 1 TO 4

Another from my project, as I was walking back from other images I had taken, a cloud burst (sun rays) was starting to form in front of me and cast some great light in the distance, I had little time to set up my 4x5, focus, front tilt all the things you have to do, then a quick meter reading as...

Taken near Farnley West Yorkshire 90mm lens with Axis tilt to increase Depth of field Tech Details Ebony RSW 4x5 90mm Rodenstock Grandagon-n Front Axis Tilt Kodak Tri-X 320iso Developed in Kodak Xtol 1 to 1 for 12mins @20c