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I shot a vlog with an 11 year old iPod nano

25th July was the first time I'd seen Chloe in over 5 months. I took my old iPod nano along and filmed our week away together.

Jul 24

First contribution to Indisposible Concept

I shot with an AGFA disposable camera throughout February and sent it to the folks at Indisposible Concept to share!

Jun 29

Forza FILM Ferrania - the path to P30

In Sept 2014 FILM Ferrania announced they were going to produce new colour film entirely from scratch. So why hasn't that happened yet?

May 25

Quickpix Qp3 Pen Cam

A little pocket sized 18 year old digital camera that records terrible video, and makes you look a bit like you're in the Men In Black film.

Apr 15

Instax Mini Easter project

I don't use my Instax enough. And I'm stuck at home right now, but I still found a way to make photography happen with my Instax Mini!

Mar 18

Nostalgia trip through old band photos

Prompted to go through my photo archive by a Facebook group, I stumbled some old gems from my gig shooting days some 15 odd years ago!

Feb 26

First Impressions of Lomography Lomochrome Metropolis

The "first new color film" since 2014, looks exactly like it promises: desaturated colours and dramatic contrast, but I had some bad luck...

Jan 12

Olympus mju-II - first experience with this "premium compact".

The mju-II finds itself discussed in the same circles as the Contax T2 and Yashica T3 but it is genuinely a £200 premium quality camera?

Nov 20, 2019

Traveler DC-6900 - a 50p digital camera buy

I found this 10 year old camera secondhand for 50p and I guarantee the photos it takes would still be acceptable by todays standards.

Oct 28, 2019

Taking the BeLomo Vilia into Chernobyl

I took my 1980's USSR rangefinder into the Chernobyl exclusion zone on a sunny Autumn day and snapped some of my favorite photos yet.

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