The combined image above shows three photographs I made over the course of an afternoon and evening. I had my wet-plate collodion set up running…
Category: Misc
The ‘other’ always needed in any classification.
My three month old iodising collodion finally got to me. Today I mounted an expedition to the bottom of the garden to make some collodion…
The Argyrotype print process is a “modern” nineteeth century way of making silver prints on paper. It was created by Mike Ware in the early…
Stills Gallery and photography centre in Edinburgh was planning to run a project called Elementary Blueprint where they sent out cyanotype papers for people to…
During the Covid-19 lock down I’m messing with cyanotypes and want to have a go at Argyrotypes. These processes use contact negatives the same size…
I turned 55 on 28th February and we used that as an excuse to invite friends around on Sunday 1st March for an open house.…
I attempted to make it to Braemar today to photograph the pinewoods – possibly in the snow. It was forecast to rain later but the…
This is a really quick post about the new Stearman SP-810 developing tank because someone asked me my opinion. I must be one of the…
I went to a lecture on The Walking Dead (a TV series about zombie apocalypse living) and photography at Stills by David Grinly last week.…
Three little questions everyone can answer How many flights have you taken in the last year? How many days in the last week have you…
Not much to say this month. Very crowded with the festival. Such a relief when the posters come down.
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…
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.
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…
It was nice to have my photos used in the Food Forever exhibition that has just opened at the botanics.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Not sure what to say this month. Not quite to 200 days – although I am on the 200th as I type. Here are two…
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,…
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…
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…
I’m teaching myself to make podcasts. Like many things this is harder than I thought but I like learning stuff and the way I force…
On Tuesday 6th February I passed the 100 walks mark when, if I was a real Japanese Marathon Monk, I would have asked formal permission…
I was really losing it at work in the run up to Christmas. No motivation, just staring at the screen or surfing the web. I…