The Mamiya & Me. 3rd January.

So, I own what is one of the most wonderful cameras ever made (in my opinion) a Mamiya RZ67...  but I know I could always use it more. I love shooting film, and the quality and aesthetics of the photos I take on film win hands down to the photos I take with my Nikon DSLR; but somehow I use digital more than I should do due to it's instant results and capacity for thousands of photos.

Right now I'm itching to get out with it, so I'm planning a few shoots over the next few days where I can have fun with my camera once again.

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Police Cars and Film Scans. 9th October.

Today's photo-a-day ^ ^ ^: a picture hanging in my house which I thought was a little bit interesting.

Most of today has consisted of Negative Scanning, these photos are from my early days of shooting film... they're definitely not the worst of my early-days photos, I cringe looking at the over exposed, out of focus, chemically-stained negatives, these were some of my successful ones:

Les Paul Epiphone (Mamiya RZ-67)

East Finchley Tube (Centon K-100)

Positive Negatives, a brand new scanner. 8th October.

I have FINALLY bought myself a decent scanner so I can now start the massive job which is scanning in my hundreds of negatives. I have a collection of Negatives from the past 2 years, some of which I don't even remember creating, it will be a journey of discovery as I haven't printed the majority of these beyond small contact sheets... I am quite excited and I shall share any beauties I find along the way... 

Here are 2 photographs from the Unison strikes in November 2011 (taken with a Bronica SQ-Ai):

Clutching the Mamiya. 21st June.

After many months of having to borrow a Mamiya RZ67 I have finally been able to acquire my very own one which I can keep forever and use constantly! I have been using a Mamiya for the past two years, but my love affair with this camera started when I decided to shoot a whole project on it, this project was "Our British Lives". From the beautiful colours that 120 film contains, to the high quality of medium format shooting and the 6x7 size of the negatives, I can not recommend this camera enough. I haven't put it down since I first got it, it is such a beautiful piece of equipment.

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Instagram. 25th April.

I am not going to lie, since getting an iPhone I have become a bit of an instagram addict, it's ability to instantly imitate classic films and cameras is quite amazing... but from using this app so much I have started to miss the traditional photographic techniques which inspires instagram. I have a packet of expired 120 film sitting on my shelf and a holga right next to it, I think that it is a bit of a hint for me to find an excuse to produce some real-life "instagram effect" photos. Pretty excited about this!