On Friday, a couple of people from my camera club and I took a trip to Wild Ireland Sanctuary in Donegal (link below photos). They are a sanctuary for bears, wolves, lynx, arctic foxes, wild boar, deer, monkeys, as well as snowy owls, otters, and some other birds.It is a place that I have meant …
Documentary Podcast Suggestions
I thought that I would create a list of Documentary Podcasts that I have enjoyed, which will include a short summary of what they are about. All of these Podcasts have short seasons and are bingeable. I will update this list as I find more. Some of these will be better known than others, they …
My First Solarcan Image
I took down a Solarcan (no. 4959/5000) the other day and scanned it today. This is a square crop of the result of a sixteen month exposure. The white lines that you can see are the path of the sun of 16 months. The bottom of the image is the tree line. The photo below …
Polaroid Go – Initial Images
These are some of the first batch of photos I took with the Polaroid Go camera and the new format of film that goes with it. My cat's photo was taken indoors with the flash on. The other shots were taken on a bright day. These scans are as they came off my scanner and …
Instax Mini 40 Launch – My Reaction
The Instax Mini 40 for officially launched today, it will be available to buy on the 21st of April. On the same date Fuji will be releasing the newest instax Mini Film design, called 'Contact Sheet'. It has a black border with orange writing that informs you of the ISO of the film and the …
My Instax Mini 40 Camera Predictions
On the 7th of April 2021, Fuji Film will be releasing their new camera, the Mini 40. These are my predictions as to what the features of this camera may be. Given that I have not worked out the logic of the naming convention of Instax cameras, I am relying on what I know about …
Marian Keyes Writing Prompt 1
The writing prompt that Marian gave her participants on the 13th of January was: “Like everyone else, he had heard about the events in the rowing boat.” The idea behind these prompts is that Marian would like people to write 500 words inspired by the prompt. Marian does not want to overthink it, get in …
Marian Keyes Novel Writing Class
The Author Marian Keyes is holding a four week, online Novel writing class, at the moment (January 2021). If you miss the live sessions (which I have) you can catch up with it on her YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/himselfkeyes/featured. I have only just discovered her course at the end week one. However, Marian is posting a …
Lomo Metropolis 35mm film
On the same day that I shot the Revolog Tesla 2, I shot this role of 35mm, ISO 100-400, colour negative Lomo Metropolis film. This film has been carefully crafted to produce desaturated, high-contrast photos. These places are normally filled with people and it was surreal to see them so empty on a lovely day in May. …
Revolog Tesla 2 35mm film
This is the first and so far only roll of Revolog Tesla 2 film I have shot and I think I shot it on my Canon 3000V. During the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Dublin, May 2020, I snuck into town early one day, making sure that I was socially distanced, as I wanted to record …
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