On Friday, a couple of people from my camera club and I took a trip to Wild Ireland Sanctuary in Donegal (link below photos). They are a sanctuary for bears, wolves, lynx, arctic foxes, wild boar, deer, monkeys, as well as snowy owls, otters, and some other birds.It is a place that I have meant …
My First Solarcan Image
I took down a Solarcan (no. 4959/5000) the other day and scanned it today. This is a square crop of the result of a sixteen month exposure. The white lines that you can see are the path of the sun of 16 months. The bottom of the image is the tree line. The photo below …
Polaroid Go – Initial Images
These are some of the first batch of photos I took with the Polaroid Go camera and the new format of film that goes with it. My cat's photo was taken indoors with the flash on. The other shots were taken on a bright day. These scans are as they came off my scanner and …
Instax Mini 40 Launch – My Reaction
The Instax Mini 40 for officially launched today, it will be available to buy on the 21st of April. On the same date Fuji will be releasing the newest instax Mini Film design, called 'Contact Sheet'. It has a black border with orange writing that informs you of the ISO of the film and the …
My Instax Mini 40 Camera Predictions
On the 7th of April 2021, Fuji Film will be releasing their new camera, the Mini 40. These are my predictions as to what the features of this camera may be. Given that I have not worked out the logic of the naming convention of Instax cameras, I am relying on what I know about …
Lomo Metropolis 35mm film
On the same day that I shot the Revolog Tesla 2, I shot this role of 35mm, ISO 100-400, colour negative Lomo Metropolis film. This film has been carefully crafted to produce desaturated, high-contrast photos. These places are normally filled with people and it was surreal to see them so empty on a lovely day in May. …
Revolog Tesla 2 35mm film
This is the first and so far only roll of Revolog Tesla 2 film I have shot and I think I shot it on my Canon 3000V. During the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Dublin, May 2020, I snuck into town early one day, making sure that I was socially distanced, as I wanted to record …
Photography during a Pandemic
I have been meaning to write this post for a long time, as there has been a gap on my Blog from September 2019 until now, January 2021. The main reason for this is the Global Covid-19 Pandemic. Covid-19 officially hit Irish shores on the 29th of February 2020, when I heard about the first …
GoPro to Refresh Line of Action Cameras
I have no affiliation to GoPro, other than being a customer of theirs, but, since GoPro stated over the last few months that they will be releasing a refreshed line of Action Cameras next month, it started me thinking about what they mean by 'refreshed' and what improvements or upgrades may be included in the …
Saltee Island
On Saturday I made one of my annual trips to the Saltee Islands off the coast of Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. I love this spot, it is a great way to spend a few hours watching the wildlife and taking in the sounds of the sea. To get to the island you take …
Gallagher Photography 