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The Monochrome Streets of Sydney on Film and Digital

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THE MONOCHROME STREETS OF SYDNEY ON FILM AND DIGITAL I had the pleasure of returning to Sydney recently with Leanne from Leanne J Photography to attend the recent World Press Photo Exhibition. Whilst there we spent an afternoon walking the streets of the city, firing off shots with our respective cameras – me shooting a Nikon F5 with a Sigma 35mm f1.4 lens, and a roll of Ilford HP5, and Leanne using her trusty Canon EOS R6 Mirrorless with a Sigma 50mm f1.4 HSM Art lens. One of the best

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Shooting from the Mosh: Sex Pistols with Frank Carter

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SHOOTING FROM THE MOSH: SEX PISTOLS WITH FRANK CARTER As a somewhat older gent with extremely varied music tastes, I was excited to learn that one of my favourite bands of all time, the Sex Pistols, was touring the world (and more importantly, coming to Brisbane). Minus their usual frontman John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), the band was bringing vibrant new front man Frank Carter who promised to inject new life and energy into the admittedly now aging four original members of the legendary punk band. I for one was

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Hybrid Film & Digital Shoot – Reap & Sow Tattoo

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HYBRID FILM & DIGITAL SHOOT – REAP & SOW TATTOOS Recently Leanne from Leanne J Photography and I teamed up for a hybrid client shoot for high end tattoo studio Reap & Sow Tattoo in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs. The brief was straight forward – capture the ambiance of the studio and the work of its artists in residence without being too obtrusive, and deliver a bank of high rez photos the business could utilise for their website and social media. Leanne concentrated on high end digital photos, blazing away with

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High School Pre-Formal Hybrid Shoot

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HIGH SCHOOL PRE-FORMAL HYBRID SHOOT I had the privilege recently to take pre-formal photos of a family friend, Eva. Packing a camera case with both film and digital bodies, and a using interchangeable 50mm f1.8 and 105mm f2.5 lenses, I managed to use the brief time-slot provided to take some lovely images. The editing process is totally different when shooting digital images alongside black & white film. I was loading reels and developing the rolls of Ilford Delta 400 film I’d used, whilst simultaneously downloading memory cards and sending digital

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Ilford Magazine – GRAPPLERS ON FILM Project

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ILFORD MAGAZINE – GRAPPLERS ON FILM PROJECT It was back in May of this year when @Ilfordphoto slid into my DMs via Instagram with a message – we love your Grapplers on Film Project, would you like to write an article about it for us? Well of COURSE I’d like to write an article about it! So I did, within days. And after a 4 month wait It was finally published this week. So what is the Grapplers on Film project? Well, without giving too much away, I started photographing

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Brisbane Wedding Photography with Leanne J Photography

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BRISBANE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY WITH LEANNE J PHOTOGRAPHY People look back over their lives and reminisce about all manner of things. Places they’ve travelled to, achievements they’ve earned for work or sport, funny stories with friends and family. But for most people there are two key milestones that they get particularly sentimental about: the birth of their children, and their wedding day. Having the honour of photographing such days is something to be taken seriously. A photo is more than just a digital file, a profile pic on social media, something

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Experimenting with Harman Phoenix 200 Film

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EXPERIMENTING WITH HARMAN PHOENIX 200 FILM Harman Technology, the company more commonly associated with its famous Ilford brand of black & white film, dark room chemicals and photographic paper, has come out with an experimental colour film they’ve branded Harman Phoenix 200. The company has gone to considerable effort on what they are billing as their first ever in-house colour film production, so I figured I’d put the Ilford HP5+ away for a moment and shoot a couple of rolls. The film has now been released in both 35mm and

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A Study in Self & Light

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A STUDY IN SELF & LIGHT When I need to develop a roll of film and have a few spare shots left, I sometimes fire off some selfies in my “darkroom” – a fancy name that covers the fact I develop in my bathroom. The lighting can be brutally bright and the background decidedly boring, so these don’t normally get shown publicly. But with these I decided to play with some very rudimentary off-camera lighting to see the effect on the final images. If you look closely you’ll see these

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Wedding Shoot with Leanne J Photography

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WEDDING SHOOT WITH LEANNE J PHOTOGRAPHY I recently had the chance to assist in my first wedding shoot with professional photographer Leanne James from Leanne J Photography. The 6 hour shoot was an action packed day where I spent most of my time lugging bags and lenses, moving furniture, herding guests, and any other basic task so that Leanne could concentrate of capturing the best photos possible of this beautiful day. I was also able to bring a few old cameras of my own, and when time permitted, shot a

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Developing Ilford B&W Film At Home the Easy Way

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DEVELOPING ILFORD B&W FILM AT HOME THE EASY WAY There comes a time in every film photographers life where either general curiosity, or more likely an urgent desire to save on film lab costs, makes us consider trying our hand at developing our own film. I struggled with this for quite a while largely because I figured I’d probably screw up every single roll of film trying to learn it. This is a serious fear considering the cost of film and the potential of destroying your own work. But eventually,

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