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.

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

Using more than two filters for multi grade darkroom prints.

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

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!

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 I know shooting expired or out of date film is popular—and fun if you like potentially unexpected results—but it’s not for me.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.

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

With the general election just a week away politicians just can’t help themselves. Even at this stage of the race for No. 10 tales of corruption, deceit and general piss-taking fill the air.

Trying to tame highlights from expired film & old paper.

During the lunch break of the Northern Eye Photography Festival, a ‘deflated dad’ window display presented itself to all the hungry photographers.

New work evolving in the darkroom with grit and grain.