still life

I find still-life photography not only interesting, but also challenging, given the limited space I have in my computer room. Here are three photographs I made recently using a Rolleiflex 2.8 film camera. I chose not only to restrict myself to a single light source, but also to include that...

Camera: Mamiya C220 Film: Fuji Acros Developer: Kodak D23 1+1 Development Time: 60 Minutes

Exposed using a Pentax SpotMatic onto FomaPan 200 35mm and developed in 510 Pyro for 8 minutes at 20 degrees.

I picked up 2 teleconverters today with an M42 mount for £1. I know these can be nortorious for introducing softness but I was curious to see how they worked coupled to my Pentax SpotMatic and 55mm lens. I loaded a few frames of FomaPan 200 35mm and exposed a few still life images and then...

Knowing how the Kodak D23 is a soft developer which I like, I wanted to test it with HP5 using the Neewer LED panel as the light source. Rather than use the perspex diffuser, I placed a homemade scrim in-front of the LED panel to see if I could maintain a softer light source in the final image...

I've been AWOL the past few months, recuperating at home from a serious back injury. Will probably require back surgery early next year to fix the problem. In the meantime, at least I can walk again, but not well enough to run around and take pictures. Here's a still life I did the other day in...

Tucked away under the spare wheel of the car I found a box of FomaPan 100 sheet film with a sticker on the top saying 3 unexposed sheets left 2017. So these had been in the car for the past 3 1/2 years... hmmm. Not knowing the condition, I decided to make an exposure and develop it in the...

Low key photo of an old teapot now a family heirloom. Shot using one light and diffuser. Doesn't the spout look like an elephant's trunk with all the scales?

Shot earlier today at home. Just as well, it's pouring rain outside. 12mm extension tube.

Another low-key still life.

Shot this one yesterday in my makeshift home studio using a tulip that was well passed its prime. Getting the water in the spray bottle to work for me was the biggest challenge.

I'm getting desperate to find subjects to shoot around the house. So today I spent some time in the basement. This old copper laundry tub faucet looked interesting. Took forever to set up the shot because I couldn't get close enough to the faucet because of the tripod, so I had to rig up...

This old family heirloom must be at least 100 years old if not more. It was my grandparents passed on to my mom and then to me. It's been sitting on a shelf in the living room for a long time so I thought I'd play around with it during these days of isolation. I should also add that I'm very...

Silk Flowers Still Life. The exposure was made on KODAK T-MAT G/RA double coated emulsion Film which is a high-speed, ortho-sensitive medical x-ray film.

Daffodil Still Life Exposed on FomaPan 200 5x4 Film and developed in Diafine Developer

A late good evening to all, This is my fruitful attempt at still life. I will admit that this may be one of the subjects that presents itself better in color but I took a shot at it anyway. Taken at home on the kitchen table. Cheers, Mark,

Loved the texture of the tree bark.

FomaPan 100 4x5 Film 120 second exposure f/16 Developed in Kodak Xtol

Winter frost will soon be here, I took this last year. Ebony 4x5 150 mm lens Fuji Acros Developed in Kodak HC110 Epson v800 scanner in Vuescan