A couple of weeks back I had a clear out in my study. I have shelves full of books and decided to throw out many of the older ones. I also have stacks of old note books full of random jottings so I pulled out and ripped up all the used pages. It wasn't until … Continue reading Don’t do this if you shoot film
Category: Equipment
Interesting Infrared Process
I have been experimenting with the image from my new Infrared camera and identified a rather interesting look that can be achieved in Nik Color Efex Pro. You can see the finished image above and shown below is the starting image following RAW conversion and white balance correction in Lightroom. The next image shows … Continue reading Interesting Infrared Process
An Infrared Day
As planned (and mentioned in my Friday post) I visited Malham in Yorkshire at the weekend. The weather conditions were forecast to be sunny with broken cloud so the intention was to shoot Infrared. I actually intended to shoot mainly infrared film on the XPan using my new 30mm lens. In the end I found … Continue reading An Infrared Day
First XPan 30mm Images
In addition to trying out my new EM5 Infrared conversion at the weekend I also had the opportunity to take the XPan 30mm lens for a spin. This is a lens that I had lusted after for most of the time I had owned an XPan but it had always seemed out of reach. The … Continue reading First XPan 30mm Images
The Sun is Out
The sun is out at last which means it's no good for Landscape Photography. But it is good for Infrared Landscape Photography. Yesterday I went up to the Yorkshire Dales in order to try out my new Olympus EM5 which I had converted to Infrared. The conversion was completed by ProTech in the UK and … Continue reading The Sun is Out
My Infrared Conversion Arrives
A couple of weeks back I posted a blog about how I wanted to buy a second EM5 and get it converted to Infrared. Whilst the Infrared GX1 is nice I felt that a second converted EM5 body would fit better with my kit. That way there are less spare batteries and chargers to carry. … Continue reading My Infrared Conversion Arrives
A Little Crazy
I have done something a little crazy. Since talking to my friend about scanning and having done a few scans myself recently, I have had the bug to shoot some film again. In particular I want to shoot Infrared but I might even start shooting some slide film again. Whilst I have around 50 rolls … Continue reading A Little Crazy
Could my RX10 be “Wired Wrong”
I know that it seems far fetched but this is the question I find myself asking given some of my recent experiences. It started with the image you see above. This was a long exposure shot on a tripod using a Lee 6 Stop ND filter. To arrive at this image I had to make … Continue reading Could my RX10 be “Wired Wrong”
Well Done Lee Filters
A couple of weeks back I was in the Lake District enjoying some walking and photography. It was during this time that I came across a rather high contrast scene so reached for my filter kit. Regular readers may know that I am a huge fan of the Lee Seven 5 series of filters which … Continue reading Well Done Lee Filters
Would You Buy the Olympus EM5 MK II
Since Olympus announced the EM5 MK II I seem to have been asked repeatedly will I be buying the new camera. My answer is “not yet” and “probably not” (although I reserve the right to change my mind). The spec for the EM5 MK II is very enticing. There is the 40MP RAW image size … Continue reading Would You Buy the Olympus EM5 MK II
The Lightweight Photographer 