Landscapes in Focus,Stories in Silver
Today’s review in my series of Photographers Library will be about two books by Lustrum Press called Darkroom & Darkroom 2. The books have an interesting concept. They bring together the working methods of various photographers. Let’s have a look at both of them. Darkroom Title: Darkroom Author: Lustrum Press Published by: Lustrum Press, 1977, …
Happy birthday to me ! It’s official , this photographer is officially old now. I reached a milestone, and I am 50 now. :-). Nothing wrong with that. right? 50 is apparently new 30. It made me wonder and look back. I have been photographing for at least 35 years (on and off). It seems …
In December last year I came across the eBay listing for large format 4×5 Ilford FP4 film. Well, if you are large format photographer you know that prices for the film are high and still climbing. It was unopened box of 50 sheets. Very tempting. Only problem was that there was no expiry date anywhere …
Hard to believe that it’s already February, right? I haven’t been out with my camera since December 2025. for last couple of months I was pretty much contained to my darkroom. I cannot tell how much am itching to take my large format out soon. As soon as the weather improves. In the UK, it …
Right, I’m back in my darkroom and I’m excited to try out a new enlarger head! I wrapped up a 35mm roll on my half-frame Olympus in December. I thought it would be a good idea to print some family photos as a test. First off, I want to say that the film was Ilford …
A brief introduction to the new member of my dark shed. Since I built my darkroom, , I started with 1 enlarger when I was given an old Durst M 600 enlarger, which was a good companion for its time. But I wanted another to have a permanent setup for medium format. During the summer, …
Back in the darkroom. OOh, how I missed it. This time, I decided to work on printing postcards on Ilford Multigrade IV RC Portfolio paper. Recently, I visited an exhibition by a group of local artists showing the world in the future. The exhibition did not look very cheerful. But it was thought-provoking and very …