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Old negs from my hippy days. Taken in April 1979 on Ferndale, near Uki, NSW, with old FP-4 in an Olympus OM-1. I probably developed it with ID-11 coz that's what I used to do in those days.

Old negs from my hippy days. Taken in April 1979 on Ferndale, near Uki, NSW, with old FP-4 in an Olympus OM-1. I probably developed it with ID-11 coz that's what I used to do in those days.

Another quickie - again lit by the Maggylamp. Shenhao 4x5, Nikon 150/5.6 Fuji Neopan Acros 100 quickload, 60 sec, f/45. Rodinal 1+50, 13.5 min, 20ºC, rotary processor

Tea set from Korea. Lit with a single circular fluorescent lamp. Shenhao 4x5, Nikon 150/5.6 Fuji Neopan Acros 100 quickload, 30 sec, f/45. Rodinal 1+50, 13.5 min, 20ºC, rotary processor

One man band. 15mm Heliar magic. terribly grainy fast film, but that's rock'n'roll. profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction =user.viewprofile... . .

Semi-intentional. I decided on an exposure of 1 second at f/5.6 then decided I wanted a little more depth of field, moved the aperture to f/11 but forgot to change the shutter speed. Heard it shut after one second then said to Helen - "step back into the…

Sometimes while I'm waiting for a negative to dry, I take a quick digital picture of the neg and invert it. It gives a vague idea of how the photo has turned out. In this case - it looks pretty good as an image in its own right. The film sheet is hangi…

My beautiful wife, Helen. A portrait in the last light of day. Shenhao 4x5 camera, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar N 210mm 1:5.6 lens Fuji Acros 100 film, 1 second f/11 Processed in a rotary tank using 1+50 Rodinal - 13 minutes at 20½ºC

Rather slender specimens of boab tree on Old Napier Down Station, Kimberley in WA. Old negative from 1981. This was a very hot and dry high valley in the limestone escarpment. The area had been burnt out and was quite a hostile environment for walking…

The Toowoomba War Memorial. After the ceremony, people were coming up to the memorial for a silent moment alone. Shenhao 4x5, Scheider S/A 1:5.6/90 HP5+ 400ISO D76 1+1, 13 min. 20ºC rotary processor

I tried to get a picture of this fine gentlemean earlier and failed. Suddenly there he was and I shot this from the hip. With the superfast film I was using and the aperture set on f/22, the Skopar 25 gave me enough depth of field that I didn't need to fo…

"The old men march proudly, all bent stiff and sore..." - Eric Bogle Bessa-L, Neopan 1600 D76 1+1, 9 min. 20ºC

Locals looking on. Bessa-L, Neopan 1600 D76 1+1, 9 min. 20ºC

Jeeps. Bessa-L, Neopan 1600 D76 1+1, 9 min. 20ºC

It was difficult, and I felt, obtrusive, to take many photos during the ceremony. Most of these are taken as people were leaving the memorial grounds. Bessa-L, Neopan 1600 D76 1+1, 9 min. 20ºC

Like an Easter Island Statue. Bessa-L, Neopan 1600 D76 1+1, 9 min. 20ºC

Dead wood at Chinchilla Weir. Shenhao, Scheider Super-Angulon 1:5.6/90 T-max 100, 1/8 f/45 T-Max dev 1+4 7min 20ºC

A 4x5 taken from the edge of the Chinchilla Weir. Shenhao 4x5 Efke 25 1/15sec, f/22 Rodinal 1:50 - 10 minutes, 20ºC in rotary tank