Monthly Archives: July 2009
The Brownie works
As I wrote in a previous post I have a No. 2 Brownie. I got an Ilford HP5 Plus film put in it and tried taking pictures with it this weekend. There where 8 photos on this 120mm medium format film and I used them all on portraits of hubby’s family. As you can maybe [...]
My “new” singer
I have been wanting an antique singer for years now and while rummaging around at the car-boot sale I found one. The guy only wanted £3 for it so I thought bargain. Even if it doesn’t work I won’t have lost much. John has given it a good clean and I need to take it [...]
First Film in the Darkroom
Contact sheet from my first film (A), an Ilford ISO400, HP5 Plus (24 pics) I have just been to the Media Workshop’s Darkroom course and have developed my first picture in more than 8 years. I went to the course mainly to refresh my memory before I begin going to the workshop on my own. [...]
My new old camera
When I came back from the conference in the US my husband had been to the car-boot sale with his mate and surprised me with a 1930s No. 2 Brownie model F. He was motivated but he fact that I have decided to take up black/white photography and development again. I used to do this [...]
Strawberry, gooseberry and redcurrant liqueur