I've spent the last 6 years enjoying exploring the capabilities of antique cameras and historical process to create wonderfully pleasing images. Follow links above or from the top menu to explore the different types of image making I am working with. My Blog and Instagram feed show my latest work.
If you’d like to collaborate, book a talk for your camera club or simply have a question for me, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Up-coming presentations:

Wells Camera Club: 17-05-2025

Cheltenham Camera Club: 16-10-2025

Exhibiting:

Friday 9th May to 11th July 2025 - Studio3 at Clevedon Craft Centre.

Sunday 13th July 2025 - Bath Contemporary Artists’ Fair, GreenPark, Bath

Nice morning to test the repairs and mods made to eliminate light leaks in the Victo Triple Extension half Plate Camera (Circa 1920)
The negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive. Anchor Head and Birnbeck Pier, Weston Super Mare

#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler

Triple Victo - Triple Extension half Plate Camera (Circa 1910) f16 1/30s. Harsh light giving good strong texture/shadows.
The XRay film negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.

#purtonhulks #purtonshipsgraveyard
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler

#severnbore at framilode - 1900s Kodak Panoram 4 cameras. X-Ray film negative photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.
#edenproject
#Xrayfilm
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler
#Studiothree_Gallery

Another tulip on wetplate collodion- this one started opening under the lights - and I like what it’s done to the image.
Triple Victo Triple Extension half Plate Camera (Circa 1910) f22 45s with 2x150W studio lamps.
The XRay film negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.

#wetplatecollodion #wetplatecollodionphotography
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler

Three Wrinkled Peppers
Triple Victo Triple Extension half Plate Camera (Circa 1910) f22 45s with 2x150W studio lamps.
The XRay film negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.

#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler

Tulip season! Wetplate collodion with square 3.25” glass plate. Thoroughly enjoying using the 1910 Triple Victo camera. 2 Godox400 strobes for 35 flashes plus 150W modelling lights on. F16
#tulip
#Studiothree_Gallery
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

Inexpensive Half plate ( 4.75x6.5”, 120x165mm)
silver bath tank made from a £7 plastic flower vase to contain silver nitrate solution and scraps of MDF used to make a light-tight enclosure & support. Plastic lifter made from modelling “board”. 6 glass plates glued along top edge added into the vase to reduce volume of silver nitrate needed to fill. Holder slopes backwards slightly to prevent plate from falling forwards off lifter. First tests today were successful! #wetplate #wetplatecollodion #wetplatecollodionphotography #largeformatphotography

Allium seedhead - 1880s Instantograph camera with square 3.25” glass plate. The Wetplate collodion process adds its own look to the exploding seedhead ( a fortunate “fault” with a glass plate that proved very hard to clean!)

#Studiothree_Gallery
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_
#visitnorthsomerset

#clevedoncarsandcoffee with #largeformat #antiquecameras including Victo #3dstereoscopic .

Hartland Quay & Middlehope- shot on Fomapan100 in 1975 Pentax KX developed in Caffenol for 100 minutes #fomapan100 #caffenol #monochrome #landscapephotographer - something very different for me - going from 250x200mm to 35mm negatives - feeling grateful for the gift of this 50-year-old camera

Back in Clevedon - Testing the quarter plate “reducing back” that came with the recently purchased Victo half-plate camera. (c1910).
Happily - No light leaks
X-ray film (Green ISO100).
The negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.
#Pears #Rodenstock #houghton #victo
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses

Great couple of days with the old cameras at Hartland Quay, North Devon. Lovely to meet so many people interested in the cameras. Hartland Quay
#geology
#hartlsndquay
#thorntonpickard
#Xrayfilm
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler
#Studiothree_Gallery
#brass
#antiquelens

Trying 1880s Instantograph camera with the Wetplate collodion process out in the field at #clevedonpier using VW camper as darkroom. Glass plates not as clean as I had thought - try again another day!

#Studiothree_Gallery
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_
#visitnorthsomerset

Cleaning then testing a recent purchase - 100 yrs old and hardly used - superb condition Houghton triple Victo half plate camera. Probably the best condition camera I now own. Quick test at a favourite location with x Ray film in a plate holder - shows camera is fine but plate holder needs work. #Xrayfilm
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler
#Studiothree_Gallery
#brass
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses

#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon

Trying 1880s Instantograph camera with the lantern slide glass as this fits the width of the plate holder exactly - just needed to glue in a piece of card to reduce in the longer dimension. All wood and card edges protected with black nail varnish from contact with silver nitrate in this Wetplate collodion process.
Metering again spot on with the lovely new #filmphotography app from @jonassubvert

Hope to make a 3x3, 9 image artwork of succulents to be exhibited in May/June at #Studiothree_Gallery
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_
#visitnorthsomerset

Seedheads Typology now completed - imaged in a 1900s Houghton Victo half-plate camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
Metering helped with the lovely new app from @jonassubvert
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)

Will be exhibited in May/June at #Studiothree_Gallery
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_
#visitnorthsomerset

Seedheads - imaged in a 1900s Houghton Victo half-plate camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)

#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_ #Studiothree_Gallery
#visitnorthsomerset

Good day at #edenproject photographing with my early 1900s camera (on X-Ray film) - half-plate (6x4” approx) negatives - scanned and inverted in Photoshop. Really enjoyed looking for strong lines/patterns/textures.
#Rodenstock #houghton #victo
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses

Dramatic Dartmoor delivers - Scorhill Stone Circle #dartmoor #scorhill #stonecircle #iphone14promax

Thornton Pickard Full Plate camera, Rodenstock: Rodenstock Eurynar Lens f4.5 21 cm - No- 156732 c1915. X ray film
The negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.
#Pepper
#Rodenstock #Sanderson #kodak
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#studiothree_galler
#clevedoncraftcentre

Enjoyable morning photographing at Clevedon Cars & Coffee, Queens Square with the 1920s Houghton Full-Plate camera. Thanks to all the lovely owners!
#carsandcoffee #bentley #austin #triumph #largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses

Rewarding day making pictures of Roses- imaged in a 1900s Houghton Victo plate camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)

#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

#discoverclevedon #facesofclevedon #clevedoncraftcentre #studiothreegaller_ #Studiothree_Gallery
#visitnorthsomerset

Wetplate collodion - #Ambrotypes of vegetables (whole and sliced)
Victo Half-Plate camera (c1910) on antique glass 3.25” (82cm) square. So much better viewed first hand - not digitised - will be on view in May/June at Studio3, #clevedoncraftcentre
#Rodenstock #houghton #victo
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses
#Studiothree_Gallery

Sliced fruit - imaged in a 1900s Houghton Victo plate camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)

#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

A fruitful day’s work - imaged in an 1890s halfplate tailboard camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)

#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

“A ‘Conference’ of Pears No1”
X-ray film (Green ISO100) Houghton Victo Half-Plate camera (c1910)
The negative has been photographed on a light table and digitised into photoshop for inversion to a positive.
#Pears #Rodenstock #houghton #victo
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#antiquelens
#alternativephotographicprocesses

An enjoyable and challenging morning with the early 1900s plate cameras at Clevedon Cars & Coffee.
Not a subject I have photographed before so very much an exploration of possibilities. Also trying a new film - X-ray Blue, rather than my usual Green, so a higher ISO and more “grainy”. Not much space to use my usual lenses so a wide angle lens for most shots which is “soft”.
Great crowd of people - so spent lots of time explaining the cameras - lost track of what I was doing a few times so a few mistakes leading to some interesting results.

Looking forward to a return to the event February.

Cameras were a half plate ((nominal6x4 inch) Houghton Victo an a full plate (nominal 6x8 inch) Thornton Pickard. Both from c 1910.
#classiccars
#facesofclevedon
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#studiothree_galler
#Studiothree_Gallery
#brass
#antiquelens

Fruit - imaged in an 1890s halfplate tailboard camera on glass with collodion - the Wetplate collodion process.
These digitised images “flatten” the images which have so much more life in the hand.
The glass comes from unused vintage “Lantern” slides (3.25”square)
Rodenstock Eurynar Lens f4.5 21 cm
No- 156732, Makes it c1915.
#wetplatecollodion
#ambrotype
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,
#alternativephotographicprocesses

Busy morning testing lighting options for photographing a new series of fruit images in 1890 halfplate tailboard camera. #wetplatecollodion to make #ambrotypes

#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,

Always great to visit the Welsh #Waterfalls- #sgwdgwladys (Gwladus) #breconbeacons #breconbeaconsnationalpark #waterfallcountry - today with my large (full plate6.5x8.5”) 1920s camera and the 1910 Victo half plate - with the sturdy #gandolfi tripod - it was a workout carrying all this with 10 film holders and a reducing back for the Sanderson. #Xrayfilm
#largeformatphotography,
#largeformatcameras,
#analoguephotography,
#diydeveloping,
#vintagecamera,
#largeformat,
#darkroomprint,
#blackandwhite,

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