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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.

Sep 30, 2019

Four year old Boots disposable camera

Shooting expired film is always a bit of a gamble, but what about film in a disposable camera 4 years out of date that you found in a junk s

Aug 24, 2019

First Solo Travel trip to Dublin, Ireland

In August I solo travelled for the first time to do a photo trip. Here's how I planned it and pulled it off to do it as cheap as possibl

Jul 18, 2019

Kodak C613 - revisiting my old Compact Digital

The C613 was the camera I cut my photographic teeth on. This month I decided to revisit my decade old compact digital and explore it in deta

Jun 22, 2019

A week in Sicily with the Canon G7X MkII

I travelled with my G7X MkII to shoot the beaches of Capo d'Orlando and Cefalù, the Cascate Catafurco waterfall and the streets of Paler

May 13, 2019

Super Value Point 'N' Shoot Focus Free !!! 35mm Compact CAMERA with Hot Shoe

All plastic everything! But despite being a Chinese cheapy, the soft focus lens and light leaky body makes for a real dreamy photo aesthetic

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