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  • 35mm Silver Gelatin Paper Negatives

    Shelter From The Storm
    Somehow we have slipped into a 'supersized' world. Maybe as the world has become more consumer driven, the "bigger is better" message has become something we all seek as a means of making our limited resources go further. Big can represent, cultural, artistic and economic power. I realise that this is most likely a very western perspective. Even in the photography world we see the supersize penchant surface in both analogue and digital. I watched this recently fstoppers.com/the-worlds-largest-film-camera-redefines-mobile-photography?relatedposts_exclude=117738 . Beautiful yes, resolution to burn. Small is uncool. I have always taken a stand for the 'little' people among whom I count myself. I have found small to be way cool, affordable and in many ways back to the roots of photography. 35mm paper negatives have huge potential.

  • A week in Ipernity

    I'm here because Flickr annoyed me - I'm not going to dwell on that, though. I've signed up for two years, so now I'm committed thought it would be more positive to sum up my opinions on Ipernity after a week of use. First off, the interface is much cleaner than the new Flickr one. I think some of the navigation is less intuitive, but perhaps that's just because I'm so used to Flickr. It's clearly influenced by the old Flickr interface but there are some subtle differences. It does seem to ta…