Some time ago I wrote a Blog Post called ‘From the Darkroom Floor‘ where I tell that sometimes you HAVE to scan and use all the frames on your film. You never know what those few messed up things can hide, not from viewing the negative.

But when you mess up a whole roll of film….. bummer! No nice ones to be proud of, no hidden few treasures on the roll, just some underdeveloped mess. 

Don’t ask me what went wrong! I shot this roll of HP5 pushed to 3200 ISO (yeah, might be a clue there) and as usual I stand developed it in Rodinal. Never went wrong, never missed…. until yesterday. Continue reading “Development gone Wrong”

This week I will post a little touristic thing, nothing deep and thought provoking ;-). I’ll just take you on a tour through a medieval castle here in Luxembourg, all in black and white. Continue reading “Medieval Castle – Modern use!”

I have finished the last roll of film in my Canon A-1 which is really one of the most good looking cameras I’ve ever owned. 

Not only is it pleasing to the eye but it’s also a real joy to shoot. And as a matter of fact it produces some extraordinarily well exposed photos.

In fact, by the time this camera came out, Canon had their exposure system well tuned. The old fashioned (even for the time) horizontal cloth shutter was terribly reliable, the computerised exposure system was spot on and can handle the trickiest situations. And it even can do so now, after nearly 40 years. Continue reading “Bye bye Canon A-1”

This is the tower of the Railway Station in Luxembourg City, a historical building.

The tower is the main subject of the photograph, there’s no one making silly poses in front of it, it’s no stupid selfie…. and this picture, presented on my humble blog is outlawed here in Luxembourg! Continue reading “This Photo makes me a Criminal!”

The last winter was not exceptionally cold, not exceptionally long, it was just winter.

A bleak and colourless season, made for black and white photography. Not far from the place we’re living for the moment I caught these sights with my trusty Olympus XA2.

Continue reading “Impressions from last Winter”

This week I stumbled upon a website I did not know before…. OK you say, happens all he time, and you are right. The point I want to make is that it’s a special site, for me at least.

You see, I’ve been living in Mauritius for two and a half year from 2007 on and as an amateur photographer (still digital in those days) I would have gone crazy about this museum.

A great place for film and photography, existing since 1966 in Mauritius and I didn’t even know!  Continue reading “Printing our Memories!”

Just one photo today, one that represents a great experience in my life:

No other photos though the final of Generation Art, Photo Edition has just ended with the well deserved win of a great young photographer, Bruno.

Continue reading “Generation Art – The Final”

At last Oscar is back and the first ‘real’ film that was not just some test shots is developed. Black and White of course!

I must say that the camera works beautifully, the wind mechanism is smooth as butter, the shutter sounds terrible great, satisfying even and everything feels like…. well like it must have felt 79 years ago when he saw the light of day in Wetzlar. Continue reading “Oscar in Action!”

Yes, after over a month he is back from the doctor’s! And he’s in great shape. Freshly cleaned, lubed and adjusted by masters of the art of camera maintenance, Will van Manen and his wife Cathy Kuiper from Kamera Service in the Netherlands. Continue reading “Oscar the Leica IIIa is back!”

At last we know the names of our finalists, who made it through the terrible challenges. Each one of them will see the results of their decisive works from the final exhibited at the Rotondes in Luxembourg City.

The final will be broadcast live next Saturday, so even I don’t know who will win first price in the end. Continue reading “Generation Art – The Finalists!”

I can eternally wonder at the inventiveness of the shop-window decorators. Do they know they provide me with prime stuff for early morning shots? Continue reading “Eternal Wonder”