Killelagh Parish Church, Swatragh, Co.Londonderry. Photographed with the Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5 ISO400.

Killelagh Parish Church, Swatragh, Co.Londonderry. Photographed with the Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5 ISO400.

I thought I might do an occasional post to illustrate some of the cameras in my collection, and here’s my old Nikon FG20

We have recently moved house. In our last home the water was full of impurities, and film developing was impossible. Negatives were destroyed with multiple little white flecks. Eventually I just gave up.
On Saturday I thought, to while away an hour or two, I’d look through my old darkroom kit and see what was still usable. I found an unopened bottle of Fotospeed developer, (use by 11/2011). It was the colour of black ink, so it was disposed of.
Continue reading Old Film, Old Chemicals, Old Man – and all in Working Order!On Thursday evening, 27th July 2022, Janette and me went down to the West Strand at Portrush to watch the sunset – how romantic is that! But we shared the experience with the Fujifilm X-T4 Camera, and about 100 other people who were gathered there! Here’s what the camera saw…
Continue reading Portrush SunsetI was pleased to be invited to do the start and finish line photos for the Bob and Bert’s North Coast 5K and 10K charity run this year again, The finished images, all 671 of them are in an on-line gallery, for free download for the participants, and can be accessed at this LINK. You’ll need a PASSWORD to access the gallery and that password will be available from the event organisers.

Here’s a wee A40 I spotted along the road, near Millisle, Co. Down.

This week I did quite a lot of car photography, but my favourite was not a car at all! It was a classic Harley Davidson bike, a beautiful, sleek machine; belt driven (instead of a chain) and with abundant chrome.
