Photography
has been a passion of mine for a very long time.
It is a
pursuit
that
you can easily have a love hate relationship with,
I'm happy to
say
there is much more love than hate.
Combining my
love
of motor bike riding and photography
has given me
many
hours of pleasure.
If I am
really
fortunate
I manage to get both a great ride and a passable image or two.
The internet
has
been an excellent way to contact other photographers
and share
methods
and knowledge.
It is through
the
excellent sites provided by many
of these
photographers
I know but may never meet that
I have been
encouraged
to share some of my work.
I shoot both
for
pleasure and profit but the images on this site are all
my "pleasure"
works.
Some
technical
stuff:
I shoot 35mm with an Olympus OM system,
medium
format
with a very ageing Hasselblad and lenses.
And My favourite a 5x4 system based around a Shen Hao
and a 1960's Calumet with a collection of newish and very old lenses.
In the
darkroom I
use a condenser Omega D2V and a DeVere 504 which are wonderful enlargers.
I use mainly
Agfa
APX 100 in 35mm and medium format with Efke 100 and also Foma 200 for 5x4.
With the passing of Agfa and Agfa products I have had to look to other products in my darkroom.
I use Rodinal, D76 and some homebrewed film developers.
After a visit to America in 2005 I began using BTZS as my preferred complete
system of film testing and exposure. Phil Davis the author of the system
has finally solved the mysteries of black and white exposure and development.
http://btzs.org/
For any additional information please contact me.
