A wintery weekend away at Saunton Sands Hotel, Devon

https://sauntonsands.co.uk/

In these strange lockdown times I thought I would introduce my daughter to shooting and developing film.

We shot a roll of Ilford HP5 with a Mamiya RB67 and developed it in Cinestill DF96 Monobath with an Ars-Imago Lab-Box. This was my first time using both a Monobath and the Lab-Box and i’ve got to say, I was pleasantly surprised.

For those that don’t know -
“The Lab-box is a multi-format tank that allows to develop film from start to end, in full day light, bypassing the need to load the rolls in the dark. … Since it has a detachable 135 and 120 module, it’s easy to switch between developing 35mm and medium format film when you need to.”

And for those new to developing film, using Monobath makes developing at home so easy by removing the need for separate developer, stop and fixer.
1 chemical does it all… in only 6 minutes!

More on the Lab-Box here - http://www.ars-imago.com/

and the Monobath here - https://cinestillfilm.com/ 

Well this was a first for me, today I shot my first remote photoshoot.

The sun is out and nobody is allowed outside so I messaged Emily to see if she would be up for a quick FaceTime photoshoot.

It was quite a strange but really fun experience with surprisingly good results.
These were only for Instagram but given the small image size luckily they’re not really good for anything else.

It’s not everyday you get to photograph the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, so why not make the most of the situation and ask for a cheeky portrait?

I don’t do gear reviews, but this camera is special… the Polaroid Big Shot