Hungry for travels? Today, newspaper in Ireland announced significant easing of restrictions. We returned from our trip to Croatia a few days ago and are still in home quarantine. Traveling was never so complicated like these days. If we didn’t have to, we wouldn’t. Apart from paying for all sorts of tests and increased stress […]

Oreston Görlitz 50mm F/1.8 with Fuji Xt3 Made in East Germany from approx 1960 to 1971 this lens is my all favourite for close ups. It was a bit neglected by me, waiting in my bag, till yesterday. On Face group someone asked me which are the analog lenses that I use with my Fuji. I […]

Film photography – does it have a soul? The weather in Ireland was dark, greyish, low light for days, in one word not ideal for someone who uses natural light for still photography on film. Finally, yesterday I had enough of waiting and setup the scene. Lilies that we bought few days ago were getting […]

Lockdown days are eased with  shooting stills The art of still life is very old, I read that still life paintings in Egypt were created in 15th century BC. By the definition found on Modern Met “A still life (also known by its French title, nature morte) painting is a piece that features an arrangement […]

Toyo 4×5 and my love for large format Another box of unpacked film was lying in my fridge for three years. Rollei Ortho 25 plus that I didn’t know what to do with and how it will behave. I guess blustery wind with sleet is as good reason as any to stay indoors and shoot […]

With pandemic lockdown in Ireland that goes on and on, I was forced to dig dipper in to my drawers and be more indoors. I found a few sheets of an Adox CMS II for my 4×5 Toyobo and arranged a still shot. For development of these sheets I used Adonal, which is Rodinal based. […]

What I love about analog photography – mystery, surprise and excitement of developing a roll long forgotten – I forgot that I have a film in my camera which was already expired when the roll was put in the camera… so a couple of years later, I shot the rest of the frames and developed […]

A full and complete year of living with pandemic and lockdowns It is hard to believe that we are still in Level 5 lockdown. It was a year ago when we started our first lockdown in Ireland. As an artist, photographer it was hard going as creative juices don’t always flow. ‘Keep it positive, hopeful […]

Fujifilm XT3 and lens Minolta MD 100-300 I love merging old and new. The effect of using an old lens with modern digital camera has certain unpredictability and special softness in colours. At dawn when night gives way to daylight, when colours burst in layers, at dawn I love to stand at the edge of […]

It’s a wide world out there! Sometime ago I bought this beautiful 3d printed panoramic camera (Sheel from K6x14Vx) and only recently I had opportunity to test it. It was made for my lens, Fujinon SW90mm and I bought Gaoersi viewfinder to help me compose the image. After first shots on Kodak Ektar 100 I am […]