I Miss My Dad.

Kodak Specialist No.3 LF Camera


I love this camera. It was the first large format camera that i owned. Purchased for an excellent price, it had no holders or ground glass so I had to make my own holder and ground glass arrangement. I have a rather mangy assortment of under the radar lenses for that camera...........I love them.

I Miss My Dad.

07 Mar 2016 20 12 781
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and inverted, no digital kissing. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light March 2016. People may be interested in this article I wrote several years ago when I fell in love with paper negatives, the journey continues. www.ipernity.com/blog/kiwivagabond/501429 This is my latest Gallery259 Analogue Resistance Mag Vol 4, on 35mm paper negatives. www.joomag.com/magazine/gallery259-analogue-resistance-magazine-vol-4/0231531001430734249?short Vol 1 - 4 are accessible here www.ipernity.com/blog/kiwivagabond/820802

Dresden Nights

07 Mar 2016 11 1 496
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and inverted, no digital kissing. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light March 2016.

Once Upon A Time In The West

07 Mar 2016 12 5 552
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and inverted, no digital kissing. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light March 2016

Cometh The Night

07 Mar 2016 5 668
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and gently digitally kissed. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light.

Waiting For Godo

07 Mar 2016 3 556
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and gently digitally kissed. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light March 2016.

Truths My Mother Told Me

07 Mar 2016 7 1 512
© Graham Hughes 2016 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Unknown expired paper. Kodak No. 3 LF Camera, Unknown brass projection lense. Developed in Moersch Eco 4812 Scanned and gently digitally kissed in Nik Silver FX. Taken inside Gallery259 with natural light March 2016.

Reclining Fruit

05 Feb 2015 416
© Graham Hughes 2015 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process. Taken with Kodak Specialist 3 Camera with an unnamed brass brass lense. Taken inside Gallery259 on a workspace in Jan 2015.

Thunderbirds Are Go

27 Jan 2014 13 5 463
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Un named 6" Brass Projection Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2. The artifacts here are aberations of the lens, or the camera, paper , or process.............havent quite worked out the issue..meantime I love it....

A Manila Afternoon

27 Jan 2014 3 3 354
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Un named 6" Brass Projection Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2. The artifacts here are aberations of the lens, or the camera, paper , or process.............havent quite worked out the issue..meantime I love it....

The Bike Shop

27 Jan 2014 2 302
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, CZ Vintage Protar Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2.

Waiting For Ryder

27 Jan 2014 1 295
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Un named 6" Brass Projection Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2.

The Bike

27 Jan 2014 2 2 298
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa matt seriously expired paper, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Un named 6" Brass Projection Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2.

I Think Therefore I Am

27 Jan 2014 315
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Industar 37 Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2.

ET Phone Home

27 Jan 2014 2 1 251
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative process, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, CZ Vintage Protar Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2.

Outside the Phone Booth

27 Jan 2014 18 11 661
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatine paper negative, agfa glossy grade 1 paper, kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, CZ Vintage Protar Lens. Scanned and processed in Nik SFX2. This is one of my images shot on Sat or Sunday outside Gallery259...........the only digital processing is scanning and cleaning up a bit with spot healing, adjusting levels and toning in Nik. The painterly effect here is mostly the turn of the century CZ Protar, my holder, and the fact this lens has no aperture blades so its always wide open............more to come BUt I LOVE this..........really happy..........this is a bike made by a local weilder, very steampunk, very cool. 1 sec exposure, hand removed lens cover style

Anthony & Cleopatra Behind Closed Doors

24 Jan 2014 2 4 395
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver Gelatin paper negative process, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Unknown Brass Lense, Agfa Glossy paper, Agfa expired multicontrast developer, scanned and processed in Silver FX Pro 2. This image was taken yesterday morning with the details above. I have been having a summer of shooting film and I have missed the immediacy of shooting paper. I am fortunate to have a darkroom at home and at my gallery. There is nothing I love more than loading paper into any of my cameras, going outside (especially in my back yard) making the exposure and then going into the darkroom to develop the paper negative. I use any camera, from home made, 35mm, brownies and up to 5 x 7 LF for my negatives. This was using an unnamed brass lens, expired developer and paper.............. I love the opportunity for random in this.....and me not being total in control and bending everything to my will.

The Day Of Judgement

24 Jan 2014 1 4 355
© Graham Hughes 2014 All Rights Reserved Silver Gelatin paper negative process, Kodak Specialist 3 LF Camera, Unknown Brass Lense, Agfa Glossy paper, Agfa expired multicontrast developer, scanned and processed in Silver FX Pro 2. This image was taken yesterday morning with the details above. I have been having a summer of shooting film and I have missed the immediacy of shooting paper. I am fortunate to have a darkroom at home and at my gallery. There is nothing I love more than loading paper into any of my cameras, going outside (especially in my back yard) making the exposure and then going into the darkroom to develop the paper negative. I use any camera, from home made, 35mm, brownies and up to 5 x 7 LF for my negatives. This was using an unnamed brass lens, expired developer and paper.............. I love the opportunity for random in this.....and me not being total in control and bending everything to my will. This fire like effect may be a light leak on the piece of paper from last time I used that packet, it may the developer..........I dont know. It didnt happen again........and so this is unique and I like that.

In Picasso's Garden No.2

21 Oct 2013 228
© 2013 Graham Hughes All Rights Reserved Silver Gelatin Paper Negative process. Kodak Specialist No.3 LF Camera. CZ Early 1900's Protar Brass Lens. Expired Oct 1972 Ilford Ilfobrom 0 Velvet Stipple Double Weight fibre paper.

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