The Lomography Sprocket Rocket Panorama 35mm Camera is a simple but fun camera to use. I have had mine for a few years and I like to pull it out from time to time, as it gives you another way to think about composition. This camera takes 35mm film but each image is shot across …
Grey Day Photos
It was a grey, overcast day, but, I still wanted to take some photos, so I packed my camera bag with a couple of film cameras, a digital camera, and some other bits and pieces and went to Oxford Island, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, with a plan to then carry on the …
Transferring Posts in WordPress
In an effort to discover how to move a post from one WordPress account to another, I found that it is actually very easy. Just follow the steps below: Go to the account you want to move the posts from. Go to the admin section and go to the submenu Tools > Export. Choice either …
Experiments in Developing 110mm Film.
I have had four rolls of 110mm in my darkroom for the last number of years that I have needed to develop, but, as I do not have a 110mm reel, nor have I yet got around to making a DIY reel, I have been reluctant to fiddle with them. There is a link to …
Panning
Panning is a great way of keeping the subject sharp and the background blurry when you are dealing with fast moving subjects. Below is a selection of photos that I have taken at various motorbike Track Days at Mondello Park in Kildare. Panning is a great technique to use as it can show how fast …
Solarography Project
A couple of years ago, I made a series of pinhole cameras out of 35mm film canisters and stuck them to the inside of a window in my house for six months. This was the first time I had ever made a pinhole camera, which is surprisingly easy. I needed to cut photo paper to …
Camera Obscura
Pinhole photography works on the basis of the camera obscura, which is the oldest form of camera and photography and thereby makes pinhole photography an ancient technique. The definition of camera obscura is "a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object on to a screen inside, a …
World Pinhole Day 2018
To celebrate and promote pinhole photography World Pinhole Photography Day is on the last Sunday of April every year, with this in mind, I am going to post some pinhole related material over the next short while, I shall be taking part in the event too as a fan of this type of photography. To …
B&W Development
Following on from my post on Stand Development, I thought I would add my normal Black and White Film Development process. All the chemicals will be used at 20 Degrees C. The photos below were taken on HP5 120 on a Holga 120N. Prewash: A 5 minute prewash to bring the film up to temperature. …
Moving Part Packs of Instax Film
If you have your only pack of Instax film loaded in a camera or printer and you want to use it in another camera or printer. You can of course, just take the pack out and move it to another camera or printer and you will only lose the top sheet of film, as the …
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