An exciting find at a local general auction as added a new dimension to the images I can make with my 1900s New Countess 10×8 field...

New lens producing good results- I bought the lens for its combination of short focus length and small apperture, allowing me to make...

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...

With the arrival of a sturdy period tripod (Gandolfi) I had much more success photographing in Bristol around the Cumberland Basin today....

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...

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...

Paintings, sketches, ceramics and photography will be on display at an arts fair in Wrington later this month. — Read on...

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...

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...

Using my antique (1900s) large format (10×8) bellows field camera I have been making some successful still life images. I decided to move...

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...

With its custom replacement glass screen fitted (https://www.ebay.com/usr/virgisst ) I have made some further tests of the recently...

A windless, bright day meant I could take the Countess into the garden and learn more about how it performs. Successful experiments with...

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...

Having tried 10×8 photography using my cardboard cameras and being satisfied with the results I decided that it was time to “go large”....

After some success with the first cardboard box camera, and wanting to produce some large format (10×8 inch) images, I set about...

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...

Two recent books have stirred my interest in exploring the variety of affordable vintage cameras that can still be used. The books are: ...

The Blog writing has been on the back burner whilst I spent time refurbishing my two 1900s, mahogany and brass bellows camera. The Boots...

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...