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Film diaries: Nine months on
It’s now been a healthy chunk of time since I started shooting film again; enough to have a baby. What kind of child has this experiment turned out to be? Building on an earlier article of random...
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FD Photoessay: In the garden
Contrary to popular belief, I do shoot pedestrian subjects. Quite often, actually; it’s one of those ways you can condition yourself to see differently and pay more attention to light, form and...
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FD Photoessay: Perbadanan Putrajaya and the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque
One of my favourite buildings in the country is the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque – also known as the Iron Mosque due to its stainless-steel clad structure. It’s a very modern building located in...
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FD Photoessay: Prague monochromes, part II
The second part of the monochrome photoessay from Prague was shot on film, with a Hasselblad 501C and my favourite B&W film – Fuji Acros 100. To be honest, given the tight quarters, I’d have...
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FD Photoessay: Amsterdam architecture, part one
No words today, just a series of images for you to enjoy. Various architectural details from my last trip to Amsterdam, shot with the Hasselblad 501C, 80/2.8 CF T* on Fuji Acros. Some of you may...
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Film diaries: revisiting slide film
On the light table. Iphone grab. It’s been a long, long time since I last shot slide film. 2006, to be exact; I stopped for two reasons: one, I was shooting (and developing) through about a third of...
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FD Photoessay: Early large format landscapes
These photoessays will have far fewer images than the usual variety, simply because the number of images taken is necessarily lower. I’ll shoot perhaps 12 frames in a productive day. To confess, I’ve...
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FD Photoessay: A little casual jazz
Sometimes, you can’t help but feel that the mood of a particular event or evening fits a particular camera; some time back I was invited out to a casual evening jazz concert/ jam session. There is...
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Digital resolution: why enough will probably never be enough, and how to...
How often do we have nice regular subjects like this? Hardly ever. The pixel race continues: more resolving power is being crammed into smaller and smaller physical sizes. The recent Hasselblad X1D...
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Opinion: Sensible perspectives on film and digital in current times
Today’s post has been a long time brewing. The recent resurgence in the popularity of film is undeniable, to the point that there are both new brands and revivals of old ones happening on a fairly...
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