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<del>U Should Not be doing that<del>, Oh yes you should.

From My Lens July 19, 2025

I haven’t been been out for quite some time, have been a bit busy at work and it’s nice to just chill and relax in the house, now that the builders have all left. But today I decided to pop out into town to shoot some film.

Classic indecision, meant that I was packed up like a Sherpa going up Mount Everest, carrying the Pentax 67, FujicaGS645s I’m the delightful Minolta X500.

Happenstance delivered today where I stumbled across a Transgender March. As I wasn’t too tired, I was quite active getting some street portraits, approaching folk. But the photo used at the top of this blog post. The person on the left. Thought I may have been a Daily Mail photographer.

FFS.

I did have a chuckle to myself and think: 1) I’m a 53-year-old dad of two, I think I need to modernise some of my wardrobe, 2) am I near the autumn of the street photography journey that I’m on? I don’t fancy much being pointed out as a right wing broadsheet tabloid photographer, as the hair turns a bit more grey?

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In Photo Essay Tags LGBTQ+, Transgender, Pentax 67, medium format, 120, Fujica, GS645s, Minolta, X500, Brighton, Demo, March
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Take a stand - Bulk up

From My Lens May 3, 2022

March 2022 provided an update for a couple of bits in my photography stable, which were long overdue.

Namely my new approach to sourcing colour film and how I develop it. Also my new process for scanning all my film.

I thought I would write this blog post, as I am sure there are a couple of take aways for other film photographers, or points to consider. 

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In Gear Tags NLP, negative lab pro, DLSR Scanning, Negative Supple, digitising, film scanning, 35mm, 120, medium format, large format, 4x5, Micro four thirds, M43
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Film Photography aka #Slowphotography

From My Lens November 15, 2020

As we head into lockdown 2.0, this is inevitably going to polarise the population about the illogical stance of the government in dealing with the shit storm that is COVID19.

Since the backend of the summer and leading up to the present time, I have been busy getting out and about building up a backlog of images to keyword, log and edit.

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In General Musings Tags film photography, medium format, developing, slow photography
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So apparently it is all about the gear. Or at least about the gear that isn't expensive. 

This little Nikon F80 is a gem of a camera. 

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A set of pure randomness, #Nikonf80 #pointandshoot #kodak5222 #doublex
Delayed post of August 2025 #Modweekender2025.  Having to wait that little longer for the film lab to develop my film. 

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Selection of Kodak Gold on #35mm and #120.
Had a bit of a change around in my camera inventory.  I sold my #Chamonix45n2 4x5 large format gear.  Whilst I loved that camera, it was too clunky for my type of photography. 

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The M6 needs a visit to the doctors for a repair after I dropp
Random set from Margate at the beginning of Spring 2025

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#Dreamland #yashicamat124g #Kodakgold200 #120
Shadow play with some #kodak5222doublex.
Couple taken on #35mm and #120film. 

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#kodak5222doublex #fomapan400
A set from Brighton, shot over a couple of months. 

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#MinoltaX500 #FujiC200 #35mm
Boxes 

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#Minoltax500 #kodak5222doublex
Headed into town yesterday and took some #fmlstreetcandids  at the @transpridebrighton March. 

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#120 #Pentax67 #35mm #section28 #brighton
A couple of random photos of things that caught my eye on the #fujicags645s and the lovely #ilfordxp2 

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Lovely Margate. 

This set for me is the night and day difference between home and printlab developing. 

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The film was 18mths expired, but @agphotographic_photolab did a stellar job. 

For me that&rsquo;s the 120 film developing sorted, I j
I love a good urban myth.  I also love a bit of #brutalist #architecture. 

Set from a visit to #trellicktower in early 2025. 

Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond series, named his villain Auric Goldfinger after the architect Erno Goldfinger,