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Saturday, September 17th, 2022
The last few portraits I made at the Oxford Beard Festival 2022. Thank you to everyone that stood very still for me. I’m pleased with how the portraits turned out.
[Tech info:] Sinar P 10×8, Dallmeyer 3A lens, f8 3D printed Waterhouse stop. Fomapan 100 (expired 2017) ISO 50, Kodak HC110 1+63 10mins.

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Tags: 10x8, beard, black&white, dallmeyer, film, fomapan, hc110, oxford, people, portraits, sinar
Monday, September 12th, 2022
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Tags: 10x8, black&white, dallmeyer, film, fomapan, hc110, oxford, people, portraits
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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Tags: 10x8, beard, black&white, dallmeyer, film, fomapan, hc110, oxford, people, portraits, sinar
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
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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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Tags: 10x8, 300mm, b&w, film, fomapan, hc110, intrepid, komura, oxford, portrait
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
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Tags: 5x4, graflex, hc110, HP5, ilford, oxford, portrait, super d
Sunday, August 21st, 2022
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Tags: 5x4, b&w, film, gowlandflex, hc110, HP5, ilford, oxford, portraits
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
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Tags: 105mm, 6x7, acros, b&w, bmx, film, hc110, jam, owp, Pentax 67, skatepark
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
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Tags: 35mm, black&white, film, fp4, happy valley, hc110, nikon, oxford
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
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Tags: 645, black&white, film, fp4, hc110, ilford, jericho, mamiya, oxford, protl
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
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Tags: 2021, 35mm, black&white, endeavour, exeter, film, filming, hc110, leica, m6, oxford, people, s8e2, Tri-X, voigtlander
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
During December 2020 the UK saw a lot of rainfall and some parts of the country were flooded. I don’t remember Oxford receiving enough rain to cause flooding but as the massive volume of water from other parts comes rushing through Oxford the rivers swell which in turn causes some areas to flood, especially a local meadow. I made the most of the flooding and did some photography with a large format camera I’ve been wanting to try out for a while. It’s custom made with a 75mm Schneider lens which is fitted to a helicoid for focussing and the back rotates – something I found out by accident which was a nice bonus. There is no branding on it but it’s extremely well designed and made.
I wanted to fill the frame with sky and the reflection in the water so I had to stand in the water because a 75mm on 5×4 film gives an extremely wide angle of view. The Benbo Mk 2 tripod is perfect for this because the legs extend upwards from inside the bottom part of the legs and is designed to stand in water. What a didn’t realise was how easily one of the feet would end up coming off in the mud because it had a split in it, something I only noticed once I got back home. Fortunately Paterson in the UK still sell spares and supply them in a pack of 3. I’ve included some behind the scenes pictures below.
[Tech info:] Custom red dot 5×4 camera, 75mm Schneider lens, FP4 film (expired), developed in Kodak HC110 1+31 (-1 minute to prevent the highlights blowing out).

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Tags: 5x4, 75mm, black&white, film, flood, fp4, hc110, ilford, meadow, oxford