Hazy – delaminating and fungusy lens delivers the look!
New lens producing good results- I bought the lens for its combination of short focus length and small apperture, allowing me to make...
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Simon Williams
Dec 13, 20191 min read
Lovely images from aged Kodabrome
Tempted by the low price I have some 10-year-old Kodabrome photographic paper to try as paper negative in my large format 10×8 1900s...
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Simon Williams
Dec 1, 20191 min read
10×8 Paper negative success in Bristol
With the arrival of a sturdy period tripod (Gandolfi) I had much more success photographing in Bristol around the Cumberland Basin today....
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Simon Williams
Nov 25, 20191 min read
Light leaks overcome
From my previous post it will be clear there was a serious light leak problem with my 10×8 1909 bellows field camera. Investigations in a...
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Simon Williams
Nov 17, 20191 min read
Frustrating couple of days – light leaks
Saturday – A trip to Lacock Abbey and the Fox Talbot museum with the 10×8 and 4 negatives to shoot – sadly 3 big shadows on the images. I...
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Simon Williams
Nov 17, 20191 min read
Artists to exhibit work Wrington arts fair | Things to do in Weston | Weston Mercury
Paintings, sketches, ceramics and photography will be on display at an arts fair in Wrington later this month. — Read on...
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Simon Williams
Nov 8, 20191 min read
DIY large format enlarger
Successful experiment to to use 100 yr old field camera as the enlarger for the 5×7 negatives taken with it. Key breakthrough was using a...
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Simon Williams
Nov 3, 20191 min read
Some Success with Waterfalls
Today I took the 100 year old large format (10×8) camera to Wales – waterfall country. Recent heavy rains meant a good flow of water over...
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Simon Williams
Oct 18, 20192 min read
Still life successes
Using my antique (1900s) large format (10×8) bellows field camera I have been making some successful still life images. I decided to move...
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Simon Williams
Oct 9, 20191 min read
Lens problems with The New Countess
Today was time to take the New Countess full plate camera to Clevedon and try some images of the wonderful Victorian Pier. Shame it was...
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Simon Williams
Oct 8, 20191 min read
Large Format Portrait – Artificial Light
With its custom replacement glass screen fitted (https://www.ebay.com/usr/virgisst ) I have made some further tests of the recently...
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Simon Williams
Oct 7, 20191 min read
Progress with the New Countess
A windless, bright day meant I could take the Countess into the garden and learn more about how it performs. Successful experiments with...
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Simon Williams
Oct 5, 20191 min read
Progress with The New Countess – 10×8 Camera
With some decent weather I have been able to take the “New Countess” into the garden and make some more trial images, testing out the...
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Simon Williams
Oct 2, 20192 min read
Going “large”
Having tried 10×8 photography using my cardboard cameras and being satisfied with the results I decided that it was time to “go large”....
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Simon Williams
Aug 26, 20192 min read
DIY Cardboard Camera Mk2
After some success with the first cardboard box camera, and wanting to produce some large format (10×8 inch) images, I set about...
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Simon Williams
Aug 20, 20192 min read
DIY Cardboard Large Format Camera
It was a very wet Monday morning – too wet to go out with the camera, so I thought I’d have a go at making my own large format camera to...
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Simon Williams
Jun 17, 20192 min read
Adding a new camera to the collection
Two recent books have stirred my interest in exploring the variety of affordable vintage cameras that can still be used. The books are: ...
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Simon Williams
Jun 13, 20192 min read
Refurbishing Antique Bellows Cameras
The Blog writing has been on the back burner whilst I spent time refurbishing my two 1900s, mahogany and brass bellows camera. The Boots...
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Simon Williams
May 11, 20191 min read
North Somerset Artsweek 2019
It has been a very busy April/May – preparing 75 pieces for North Somerset Artsweek #nsaw2019 – but so worth it! We have had a great...
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Simon Williams
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Take, process, learn, adjust, repeat
Captured a few images today with the 1900s Hora half-plate camera on X-ray film – scanned and inverted. Just learning what iso this film...
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