Tag: shootfilm
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New lens for my first camera
I started this blog to share my journey with my Pentax 645N medium format film camera. But the journey to the Pentax was through nearly twenty or so years with various digital SLR Canons (350D, 50D and the 7D) preceded by my first camera, a Canon EOS 300… I’ve been using it on and off…
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Deeper and deeper…
I’ve just received 8 rolls back from Exposure Film Lab. Excitement is one word for it. This was the largest collection I have sent. I shot nearly 6 rolls on our recent cruise to the deep and stunning fjords of Norway through my two film cameras – my Pentax 645N and my Canon EOS 300,…
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Time to try Black and White film?
This is one of several thousand stones (menhirs) in the alignments near Carnac in France. It was a beautiful evening and the Kodak Gold really adds to the warmth of the shot. I think this might be one for the garden room wall. There’s a lot of structure and contrast in this shot and I…
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Some photos take a while…
I had another look through my recent photos taken with my Pentax 645N and decided that I like this photo more than my first impression. It has grown on me. I can imagine it enlarged and printed out as a poster with a frame. I have been tidying up our garden room today and decided…
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It’s been a while…
You have to make room in your finances for film photography. Sadly, things have been a bit tight recently, for obvious reasons, which is why I haven’t posted for a while. Despite the impending doom of a likely increased mortgage, petrol has dropped and the energy companies keep giving me money back so I bit…
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Family time
As I find my way with film photography, particularly of the medium format variety, it seems it will suit me to use my Pentax 645 to capture those special moments. For me, it will be recording family time in the special way that a digital camera cannot compete. I am delighted with these lockdown and…
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#SheldonianTheatre viewed from the #BridgeofSighs
I grabbed this on a recent visit to Hertford College, Oxford University. In tricky lighting conditions, noise is virtually non-existent, thanks to the large exposure area of the 645 Medium Format Camera and the wonderful Kodak Porta 400 film. I like this shot – it has given me an idea for a study of my…
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Old Oak Tree
I’m almost certain that old Oak trees are not going to become my subject of choice. They don’t move much and they don’t smile back but I converted this to monochrome in Lightroom and thought it came out okay as an abstract, structural piece. While you are here, check out: www.bridgeneglin.com . All images © Daniel Eglin.…
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It used to be a numbers game…
This new Pentax of mine has made me think about my craft. Now I see light, I pose a shot in my own mind, I set it up, point the camera, look at the scene through the viewfinder, check there is nothing ugly in the background, focus and take the shot. Simples. Two poses. Two…
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Patience rewarded
They are here. My first set of scanned negatives from Exposure Film Lab delivered by WeTransfer.com. True to form, film kept my patience in check, again. I think the new year has been a busy time for Exposure and I had to chase my scans up but to be fair they were working close to…
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