Quantity and Immediacy Diminish Enjoyment

Sunlit dune and East wind (paper negative)

Just like anybody else, I am always dying to see the results of an exposure particularly when I have that intuitive …

Ennerdale

The announcement that Cumbria council has rejected plans for a massive nuclear waste dump at Ennerdale in the Lake District brought to mind a week I spent there …

Where We Scattered the Ashes

My family and I recently scattered the ashes of my parents on the slopes of Blencathra in the Lake District. Under beautiful skies, it was a poignant, but not …

Paper Negative - the Underestimated Medium

I have had a number of requests recently to explain the use of paper negatives in pinhole photography. What I describe here is of course not restricted to use …