Darkroom print using the Lith printing process.
Printed on Foam 313 Resin Coated paper.
6×6 negative using a very old Bessa 6×6 “point and shoot” camera.
Shot on a misty morning in Ermelo.

What is Lith printing?
Lith printing is a simple but ‘different’ Black & White printing technique, using ‘ordinary’ B&W or colour negatives, a suitable black &…Read More

Hard light portrait using a single light with hard reflector.
5D MK3 with 70-200mm lens.

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Hard light portrait using a single light with hard reflector.

5D MK3 with 70-200mm lens.

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Model portrait using a filter. 1 light with a beauty dish and grid.

Hasselblad H4D with 80mm 2.8 lens. Shot at 2.8.

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Long exposure on Ilford FP4 to create this 6×6 negative using a Mamiya C220 TLR camera.

Film suffers from Reciprocity failure. Reciprocity failure is what happens when, at longer exposures (generally shutter speeds of 1 second or more), the law of reciprocity (you guessed it!) fails!

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8×10 Tintype portrait of Bella using the Wet Plate process from 1851.
2″ exposure at f3. Camera is a Kodak 2D 8×10.

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8×10 Tintype portrait of Klara using the Wet Plate process from 1851.
5″ exposure at f3.6 on a 140 year old lens. Camera is a Kodak 2D 8×10 (±100 years old).

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Outdoor beauty shoot. Scrimmed with dappled reflector. 100mm at f2.8

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Outdoor beauty shoot. Scrimmed with dappled gold reflector. Shot with 100mm at f2.8

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Natural light portrait in open shade shot wide open at f2.8

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Sally Mann. Candy Cigarette, 1989
Photo Credit: Whitney Museum of American Art

Sally Mann’s “Candy Cigarette” is one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century. Featuring a young preteen girl gazing directly into the camera, cigarette in hand, the image is striking and resonates with the viewer in its drastic color contrasts.

Through h…Read More