Since I lost my old DURST enlarger moving from Germany to Bulgaria, I had to reinvest in a new one. I would not even consider buying it new these days. High quality new enlargers range from hundreds to thousands of EUR but used ones are being given away for little money usually. Usually I […]
Read MoreContinue the learning
So here we go again. Every day is unique, right? I promised to tell you about my experience with Stand Development and the Dark Room. Look how serious I am Shortly, the door is locked, the lights are shut down, nobody sees nothing. Only one red lamp coming through the […]
Read MoreOne day – three different combinations of cameras, lenses and film
Which one will win the race? So what camera and lens combination will be the most used one on a day out? Setting: Sun is shining, no goal just some shooting around on a trip to the village and back. Ladies and Gentlemen – the participants: Here some more info […]
Read MoreJohannes Huwe – and our LEICA M3
By coincidence I got aware of the German photographer Johannes Huwe. I will not copy and paste some of his pictures here in this blog because you will click on the links in this post. I will rather write, what makes his approach interesting for me and solve the secret, how I […]
Read MoreROLLEI 35 – A roll of KODAK T-MAX 100
Last two weeks I had my first experience shooting analog. I did not expect much and I was realy impressed by the results. I will share some of them with you. Enjoy … ….. and a cat of course :)))
Read MoreLEICA M6 – does it compete with the ROLLEI 35?
So i will write about the ROLLEI 35 because it rocks! Why is this a strange start for a post about the LEICA M6? Well its not! The Leica rocks and because of its price and the price of the lenses, you expect exceptional results. Let me show you two […]
Read MorePhotogram – getting creative in the darkroom
A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. Last weekend we had two extended dark room sessions – of course we had to do some “photogramic experiments”. We […]
Read MoreROLLEI 35S – One roll of Illford HP5 plus 400
Just the most important information: All pictures included – no censorship! For this reason allow me to comment, that right now, I shoot everything – I don’t wait so much for moments to come to me but try to force them on my film. I train my eye for black […]
Read MoreMAMIYA RZ 67 Pro II – One roll of KODAK T-MAX 100
Again – not much to say. Except maybe that you never should shoot portraits at bright sunshine (because of the hard shadows maybe). Also looking at the photographers rule: “Expose for the shadows, develop for the highlights” – my shadows are ok – my highlights – hmmm. There seems to […]
Read MoreZenit out of Focus
Hallo 🙂 I promised to show you the results from FUJIFILM ACROS 100 Neopan Professional and ROLLEI RETRO 80S. So here we go. Before I do, I also want to share with you that the Analog Photography Workshop has started finally! It is so nice, everybody is so inspired, running around with […]
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