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    Pictorialist Tulip
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Lockdown learning - Wetplate Collodion
    Simon Williams
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lockdown learning - Wetplate Collodion

    This is one good thing to have come out of lockdown for me - given me the time to research and then steadily work through my...
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    Camera in Clovelly
    Simon Williams
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Still learning – paper negatives
    Simon Williams
    • Jun 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    My Favourite Images
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Glass dry plate – poured emulsion
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    My new book – Old Parson’s Fruit ‘n’ Veg
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Looking to the stars with an old eye
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Looking to the stars with an old eye

    I love making star-trail images with my DSLR, but wanted to see what I could achieve with my 100 year old camera (Thornton Pickard...
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    A perfect marriage?
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    A perfect marriage?

    Pleased to have successfully “married” my Dallmeyer 8″ (f2.9-11) to a, recently acquired, Thornton Pickard Imperial (Full Plate). I have...
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    Exploring old cameras
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Exploring old cameras

    Having started with the Victorian bellows cameras I thought I’d explore some other old cameras and see if I could use them with paper...
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    So busy trying new things ……
    Simon Williams
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    So busy trying new things ……

    I was surprised to see my last post was over 3 months ago. But I haven’t been idle – far from it, especially now we are “locked down” at...
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    LArGE lens adds a new dimension
    Simon Williams
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    LArGE lens adds a new dimension

    An exciting find at a local general auction as added a new dimension to the images I can make with my 1900s New Countess 10×8 field...
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    Hazy – delaminating and fungusy lens delivers the look!
    Simon Williams
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Hazy – delaminating and fungusy lens delivers the look!

    New lens producing good results- I bought the lens for its combination of short focus length and small apperture, allowing me to make...
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    Lovely images from aged Kodabrome
    Simon Williams
    • Dec 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lovely images from aged Kodabrome

    Tempted by the low price I have some 10-year-old Kodabrome photographic paper to try as paper negative in my large format 10×8 1900s...
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    10×8 Paper negative success in Bristol
    Simon Williams
    • Dec 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    10×8 Paper negative success in Bristol

    With the arrival of a sturdy period tripod (Gandolfi) I had much more success photographing in Bristol around the Cumberland Basin today....
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    Light leaks overcome
    Simon Williams
    • Nov 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Light leaks overcome

    From my previous post it will be clear there was a serious light leak problem with my 10×8 1909 bellows field camera. Investigations in a...
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    Frustrating couple of days – light leaks
    Simon Williams
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Frustrating couple of days – light leaks

    Saturday – A trip to Lacock Abbey and the Fox Talbot museum with the 10×8 and 4 negatives to shoot – sadly 3 big shadows on the images. I...
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    Simon Williams
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Artists to exhibit work Wrington arts fair | Things to do in Weston | Weston Mercury

    Paintings, sketches, ceramics and photography will be on display at an arts fair in Wrington later this month. — Read on...
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    DIY large format enlarger
    Simon Williams
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    DIY large format enlarger

    Successful experiment to to use 100 yr old field camera as the enlarger for the 5×7 negatives taken with it. Key breakthrough was using a...
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    Some Success with Waterfalls
    Simon Williams
    • Nov 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Some Success with Waterfalls

    Today I took the 100 year old large format (10×8) camera to Wales – waterfall country. Recent heavy rains meant a good flow of water over...
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