When you’re shopping for a large format lens one of the first things you want to know is what the coverage is. Will it cover…
Roger Hyam
If, like me, you spend too much time and money on old large format lenses you may be frustrated that the data that used to…
Breaking the 2,000 mile barrier. Lots of energy this month. First week on holiday in the Lake district.
From 1913 to 1935 the German company Voigtländer manufactured a midrange plate camera called the Avus. This was before the standardisation of sheet film holders…
There is no doubt that making wet plate collodion photographs is a faff. I can make an image with my phone in just a few…
Another two months down. I lost more than ten days to a retreat and a little illness in May. In June I was in Germany…
“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens…
April was more like a ‘normal’ month. I’ve started to feel like I’m in the swing of it again and slowly sinking the well of…
It was nice to have my photos used in the Food Forever exhibition that has just opened at the botanics.
Three months to do one months worth of walking. What a start to the year! January walking didn’t start till 7th because of the way…
We don’t have a TV licence. We have Amazon Prime and Netflix and YouTube and hundreds of DVDs so just don’t watch BBC TV programming…
Oh great joy – I’ve spent ages researching this and at last I’ve made my first wet plate collodion image! I tried to do a…
I continuously wrestle with why the hell I want to make images. Sure a hell of a lot of it is a fascination with the…
Another year over. Time of reflectance and long sleeps. Resolutions for New Year are “all of the above”: diet, exercise, practice, etc, etc. I passed…
What has happened this month? I’ve started to Bullet Journal. Bought new camera bag and Hasselblads. Spending too much on camera gear but enjoying the…
This is an image of Scotland that I created as part of my job. The green is Normalised Difference Vegetation Index which is basically the difference…
I really must stop posting things on Facebook without posting them here first. I’ve reverted back to my “nothing on Facebook or Twitter that isn’t…
Scotland is a country. Countries choose their own governments. No countries are truly independent but choose to pool some sovereignty for mutual benefit. or Scotland is…
Another month already! Towards the end of the month I’ve been finding joy again in walking and in mundane things – the true test of…
A quiet month again. Lost a few days to my sinuses playing up. Had to get the bus back or work at home. There is…
Twelve years ago we moved into our flat in Edinburgh with our two daughters who were six and a four years old. We aren’t fussy…
I had a interesting exchange on the way to work. I was taking this picture of a window – just interested in the symmetry and…
Not sure what to say this month. Not quite to 200 days – although I am on the 200th as I type. Here are two…
Much more upbeat in July. Walks have been really regular and been feeling good again. First time back at yoga on 31st. I weigh 1lb…
A year on the road. Not the road in the picture. That is the A383 in the Highlands. It has been a time of reflection.…
I don’t feel I really understand something until I have had a go at it so, having watched some YouTube videos on Afghan Box Cameras,…
May is the month that I lead the Two Feet, One Mind walking workshops in the Botanics so, strangely, I do a few less marathon…
Five years ago I made a commitment to do a 20 minute mindfulness walk ever day during my lunch hour at the Botanics. I put…
I don’t have access to a darkroom at home so pre-flashing paper negatives to reduce contrast is difficult. I wondered whether using a piece of…
Why bark if you have a dog? We need to be reminded to let someone else take over and do a job rather than doing…