I walked around the city for a few hours, watching the post Christmas crowds gradually gather build.

A contact print holds clues and offers a preview of a larger print. They are a heads up for any potential issues not picked up by holding the negative up to the light.

Initial test strips reveal how close I am to where I want to be.

Fresh prints starting to emerge in the darkroom from my latest shoot with musician Sharifa.

Photography in print featuring yours truly. As a printer in the darkroom and in the print room, I am over the moon to be featured in this December’s issue of Black & White. A magazine published in the US for connoisseurs and collectors of black and white fine-art photography.

Using more than two filters for multi grade darkroom prints.

I’m thrilled to be featured in Darkrooms Magazine.

I’ve spent the past couple of evenings working on a print from a photo taken earlier this week on Ilford Delta 100.

What if we use a larger piece of paper? The whole image projected onto a sheet? Then expose our timed increments using both filter grades. Wouldn’t this save paper?

Making prints in the darkroom this time of year is an absolute treat — water at a constant 20° and the portable radiator no where to be seen!

I have some work and words featured over on Photography Chronicle.

When Kentmere 200 launched a few weeks ago I wanted to grab a few rolls and give it a whirl.

Natural light levels in the church were low so a couple of extra stops was a godsend (pun intended).

It’s not just the cost of film that’s rising. Photographic paper costs a pretty penny too. I know shooting expired or out of date film is popular—and fun if you like potentially unexpected results—but it’s not for me. So why would I print with expired paper?

Shooting portraits in harsh sunlight.

Starting to look older than it actually is.

A selection of photographs taken during lockdown walkies.

Finally able to print the full frame of the negative after upgrading the enlarger.