35 millimetre

Happy New Year all! I know the usual “what I did in 2023” posts can be a bit dull. I’m guilty of rarely reading them myself, so I’ll keep this one short. I feel like this year revived my photography passion a little bit, which is a nice contrast to the past few years of creative doldrums. This is likely down to a few factors – my partner has been suffering with health problems for the last 3…

Tropical greenery in Wales

I had the chance to walk around the oddly-named Water-Break-It’s-Neck waterfall in Powys, Wales. I took my Pentax KS-2 with me, as I wanted the flexibility of digital in the low light, and the Sigma Super-Wide 24mm lens. Love a bit of macro, me The valley is steep on either side, and everything is covered in moss. It’s the kind of place you expect to see in Lord of the Rings, and at the end of…

Horizon S3 Pro + Brancaster, North Norfolk

The second outing with the Horizon S3 Pro was more successful – I managed to get through most of a roll without it chewing up the film. It got a little stuck at frame 10, but by pressing the rewind button I managed to get it unstuck a couple of times. There’s a bit of a soft spot over on the right, which I’m not sure is normal. These shots also came out a little overexposed, but luckily Agfa…

Single shot: Horizon S3 Pro

Cheeeeese It’s fair to say I’m mildly obsessed with panoramas. I once owned one of the fabled (and now eye-wateringly expensive) Hasselblad XPan cameras, but couldn’t get on with the rangefinder format. I love compact cameras with masks that fake a panoramic effect on a 35mm frame. I love stitching shots together to make a patchwork of colour and different exposures. To be honest, the more…