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Sunday, September 11th, 2022
The first and only time I photographed the Oxford Beard Festival was in 2015 – you can see those pictures here. Ever since then I have been thinking about and this year I finally managed to make it there again. This time I wanted to use a 10×8 large format camera but the slight hiccup being the weight of my kit was far too much for me to carry on my back and the venue for the event was a pub on the river without any access by car. I decided the only way to do it was to transport my kit in a borrowed wheelbarrow and it worked like a charm albeit leaving my arms feeling 3 inches longer by the end of it.
[Tech info:] Sinar P 10×8, Dallmeyer 3A lens, f8 3D printed Waterhouse stop. Fomapan 100 (expired 2017) ISO 50, Kodak HC110 1+31 6mins.
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Posted in Oxford, People, Portrait | 3 Responses »
Tags: 10x8, beard, black&white, dallmeyer, film, fomapan, hc110, oxford, people, portraits, sinar
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | No Responses »
Tags: 165mm, 5x4, black&white, film, graflex, hc110, HP5, oxford, people, portraits, speed graphic
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
The Intrepid 10×8 is the lightest 10×8 camera I own and after you add the weight of a lens, film holders, tripod, light meter, dark cloth, loupe and rucksack it’s on the limit of what I can comfortably cycle with. Here are the street portraits I made on my first trip into town with this kit. On the first shot I used a little front swing to bring both people into focus – the first time I’ve done this.
[Tech info:] Intrepid 10×8, 300mm f6.3 Komura lens, Fomapan 100 (expired), developed in HC110 1+63 for 10mins.
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Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | 2 Responses »
Tags: 10x8, 300mm, b&w, film, fomapan, hc110, intrepid, komura, oxford, portrait
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | No Responses »
Tags: 5x4, graflex, hc110, HP5, ilford, oxford, portrait, super d
Sunday, August 21st, 2022
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait, Street portraits | No Responses »
Tags: 5x4, b&w, film, gowlandflex, hc110, HP5, ilford, oxford, portraits
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
Posted in film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: 105mm, 6x7, acros, b&w, bmx, film, hc110, jam, owp, Pentax 67, skatepark
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Posted in Behind the scenes, film, Oxford, People, Portrait | 2 Responses »
Tags: 2019, 400H, backstage, c41, circus, film, fuji, giffords, oxford, people, portraits, summer, university parks
Wednesday, February 26th, 2020
Posted in Behind the scenes, Endeavour, film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: 2.8f, 2019, 400H, 6x6, c41, endeavour, film, filming, fuji, noritsu, oxford, people, portraits, rolleiflex, s7e3
Saturday, December 21st, 2019
Posted in Equipment, film, Oxford, People, Portrait | No Responses »
Tags: 40mm, 6x6, black&white, bronco, film, ilford, oxford, pan f, portraits, sqa, worcester, xtol
Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
These shots were from the final day of filming on Endeavour 7 | FILM 3 at the studio that has some of the interior sets. Along with Anton Lesser we have Steve (standby carpenter) and Grant (third assistant director). For some unknown reason there is a mottling on the film which I haven’t experienced before. I developed this roll exactly the same as hundreds of others previously so I can’t work out how this was caused during development. More shots to come after UK broadcast.
[Tech info:] Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar, Ilford Delta 400 developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4.
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Tags: black&white, ddx, delta 400, endeavour, film, filming, Milford, people, portraits, rolleiflex, s7e3
Monday, November 18th, 2019
I was recently asked to make a promo shot for a new band called Transmission From Nowhere to coincide with the release of their new CD. One of the band members is a fellow film photographer and suggested doing the shoot on the now illusive Fuji FP-3000B instant b&w film which I was more than happy to do. I’ve got a range of cameras that can use this film but I decided on my Mamiya RB67 because I have a sliding back for it that allows two different exposures next to each other on the same print which results in a diptych.
We used the whole pack of film for the shoot – a whopping 10 shots – and I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it was. All double exposures were done in camera. No batteries and no squinting at LED screens required.
[Tech info:] Mamiya RB67, 127mm lens, Fuji FP-3000B instant b&w film (expired).
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Tags: 6x7, black&white, film, fp-3000b, fuji, fujiroid, mamiya, oxford, people, portraits, rb67
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Giffords Circus came to Oxford on their 2019 tour and I went along to do some photography as I have done in previous years. It’s always nice to see familiar faces there and some new ones too. For these shots I used a Fuji 6×9 rangefinder camera which has a 90/3.5 lens that is not interchangeable. It’s a hulk of a camera but I really like the large viewfinder and the 3:2 aspect ratio of the frame compared to 6×7. The 90mm isn’t really a portrait lens so I tend to go a little wider than just head and shoulders.
[Tech info:] Fuji GW690, Fuji 400H (expired) film, Noritsu scans.
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Posted in Oxford, People, Portrait | 2 Responses »
Tags: 2019, 400H, 6x9, c41, circus, film, fuji, giffords, noritsu, oxford, people, portraits, summer