I am starting to make peace with the fact thay I am probably all the above and more...but here we are practically at the end of 2025 and this is only the second blog article I am attempting for 2025. 2025 has been an interestic whirlwind experience for all of us but, hey, enough excuses for me not getting off my behind. I found myself before a watershed decision...do I dump this site and stick with social media only? I am making some comprehensive changes to streamline things

Hello again after some time. 2025 is here. Scratch that, it is April...I'll just leave that little gem there... Twin lens reflex cameras...

So the idea of this second test film covers quite a diverse bit of ground. OBJECTIVE 1 - FIX LIGHT LEAKS For a start, I applied a liberal...

So in the previous "Part 1" of this series I shared a few ideas about this amazing little camera. In this "Part 2" article I wish to...

OK, so why, indeed, do I buy old vitage film cameras? Going through boxes of old family photos and negatives recently, I found some very...

In this article I wish to tell you more about the Mamiya m645J medium format film camera. Medium format film photography has many...

So the last month or two saw us making more trips to rural areas. Sometimes I am not sure what came first...the vehicle or the toys. I...

So, as the name should make it rather clear, Kodak's Portra is a film aimed at portraiture, pleasing skin tones and not landscape...

And that is OK because that is all part of the fun! So one of my first outings with my new (to me) Hasselblad 500C was revisiting this...

And some of you might wonder WHY? Fair enough, I mean digital is the way forward, right? Well...no...at least not for me and allow me to...

The fun thing about landscape photography is that it often goes very wrong and you don't even notice until much later. After all, getting...

Along with ISO sensitivity and the physical size (those dreaded f/numbers) of the internal lens aperture opening, shutter speed defines...

All my life I have lived in Port Elizabeth and only in the last week or two did I discover these remains of a wreck of a tug that was...

Clicking on the above image will take you to the canvas section of the Hahnemühle site where you can see much more if you wish to. So why...

With every outing there is always at least one good story to tell. This one was no different. We enjoyed a lovely relaxing afternoon out...

Well, the time has come, the toys have been replaced and time to make some images worth sharing. Sometimes a single frame capture is...

So, while the weather is, well, interesting, I suppose I could share some random thoughts. No, I am NOT unthankful for the much-needed...

So I have a way of having too many irons in the fire at any given time. Sometimes it is fun and sometimes it can catch up with me. Some...

I am currently doing some deep trawling of the archives looking for workable items I walked away from. When I saw this I thought this...

OK, corny-as-hell and Shakespeare must be doing a few extra RPM in his grave. I simply could not come up with something catchy AND...