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Long Autumn exposures
Peaceful morning in the #quantocks with the full plate #largeformat #antiquecamera and some self-poured emulsion glass plates and x Ray film to capture the autumnal beauty of the area - great company with @petesworldtoday . Some #longexposure images as the glass plates are only ISO2 and it was a very cloudy day - up to 7 minutes exposure times!
Simon Williams
Oct 151 min read


Celebrating History: The Stephens Car Unveiling in Clevedon
What a privilege to participate in the unveiling ceremony for the Stephens Monument in Clevedon this July (2025) The Stephens car was the first all British production car and the monument is a replica of a local example from 1898 ( still running and visible as a blur in the back of one image as it passes by the monument. Here are the photographs I made in two large format - whole plate - period (early 1900s) cameras - the last two made on glass plates I had hand-coated with s
Simon Williams
Sep 221 min read


Testing an old large-format camera shutter
You don't need an specialist equipment for this! Just a digital camera. Before being able to use any of my old shutters reliably I have...
Simon Williams
Sep 181 min read


Folding Kodak collection
Comparison view of my collection of Folding Kodaks Tempted by the idea of large format negatives without carrying a heavy load of plate...
Simon Williams
Sep 172 min read


Wetplate Collodion
Its been a busy start to 2025 exploring the use of the 19th Century Wetplate collodion technique for making photographs. With long...
Simon Williams
Feb 121 min read


Workshop - Paper photography using old cameras
Workshop Dates & Times Thursday June 6th 14:00-16:30 Friday June 7th 10:30-13:00 Saturday June 8th 10:30-13:00 and 14:00-16:30 There are...
Simon Williams
May 3, 20241 min read


Pictorialist Panoramic
Testing for exposure my recently acquired Kodak Panoram 4B with some slightly fogged film after recent replacement of bellows, I have...
Simon Williams
Sep 15, 20231 min read


Balloons over the Clifton Suspension Bridge - Kodak Panoram
Designed by Kodak in 1890, this particular model (Panoram 4D) was built between 1920 & 1926 the camera is simple to shoot but...
Simon Williams
Aug 15, 20234 min read


Panoram Kodak in the perfect location
Very pleased to have stopped light leaks marring the film in the 100-year-old panoramic Kodak. The solution is a piece of black paper...
Simon Williams
Mar 2, 20231 min read


Getting to know the Panoram Kodak 4 D from 1920
I'm enjoying exploring the capabilities of this 100-year-old panoramic camera - gradually identifying where the light leaks have been...
Simon Williams
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Kodak Panoramic 4 D - repair
Having tracked down a reasonably priced Kodak Panoram 4 D, it needed some cleaning and repair, but the effort was rewarded with a lovely...
Simon Williams
Jan 28, 20233 min read


Dawes Twine Works “through an older eye”©
Dawes Twine Works in West Coker, Somerset is a heritage site for industrial archeology, preserving the story, buildings and artefacts of...
Simon Williams
Jun 26, 20221 min read


3D stereoscopic images - a journey of discovery
#Stereoscopic images when viewed correctly create the illusion of depth and can be quite startling in their effect. From a small boy, I...
Simon Williams
Jun 7, 20221 min read


Pictorialist Tulip
Having discovered by accident the effect seen here, I set out to reproduce it in order to create this image. Starting with a #largeformat...
Simon Williams
Apr 25, 20211 min read


Lockdown learning - Wetplate Collodion
This is one good thing to have come out of lockdown for me - It gave me the time to research and then steadily work through my...
Simon Williams
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Camera in Clovelly
A visit to Clovelly gardens in North Devon was a great chance to use my Thornton Pickard Imperial - full plate camera from the 1900s. I...
Simon Williams
Sep 18, 20201 min read


Still learning – paper negatives
The sky looked promising for clouds above the old Birnbeck Pier, so I took my 1900s Thornton Pickard Imperial camera (Image size 8.5×6.5...
Simon Williams
Jun 15, 20201 min read


My Favourite Images
Here are my favourite images from past few weeks – some digital – some paper negatives, x-ray film etc.. It’s good to take time and look...
Simon Williams
Apr 26, 20201 min read


Glass dry plate – poured emulsion
Self portrait- These are my first attempts at pouring liquid silver gelatine emulsion (Foma from Silverprint) onto a glass plate to make...
Simon Williams
Apr 25, 20201 min read


My new book – Old Parson’s Fruit ‘n’ Veg
Old Parson’s Fruit ‘n’ Veg is the title, Fruit-‘n’-Veg through old glass – is the content of my new Blurb book. created at the suggestion...
Simon Williams
Apr 25, 20201 min read
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