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Shooting from the Mosh: Sex Pistols with Frank Carter

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SHOOTING FROM THE MOSH: SEX PISTOLS WITH FRANK CARTER As a somewhat older gent with extremely varied music tastes, I was excited to learn that one of my favourite bands of all time, the Sex Pistols, was touring the world (and more importantly, coming to Brisbane). Minus their usual frontman John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), the band was bringing vibrant new front man Frank Carter who promised to inject new life and energy into the admittedly now aging four original members of the legendary punk band. I for one was

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Ilford Magazine – GRAPPLERS ON FILM Project

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ILFORD MAGAZINE – GRAPPLERS ON FILM PROJECT It was back in May of this year when @Ilfordphoto slid into my DMs via Instagram with a message – we love your Grapplers on Film Project, would you like to write an article about it for us? Well of COURSE I’d like to write an article about it! So I did, within days. And after a 4 month wait It was finally published this week. So what is the Grapplers on Film project? Well, without giving too much away, I started photographing

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A Study in Self & Light

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A STUDY IN SELF & LIGHT When I need to develop a roll of film and have a few spare shots left, I sometimes fire off some selfies in my “darkroom” – a fancy name that covers the fact I develop in my bathroom. The lighting can be brutally bright and the background decidedly boring, so these don’t normally get shown publicly. But with these I decided to play with some very rudimentary off-camera lighting to see the effect on the final images. If you look closely you’ll see these

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Developing Ilford B&W Film At Home the Easy Way

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DEVELOPING ILFORD B&W FILM AT HOME THE EASY WAY There comes a time in every film photographers life where either general curiosity, or more likely an urgent desire to save on film lab costs, makes us consider trying our hand at developing our own film. I struggled with this for quite a while largely because I figured I’d probably screw up every single roll of film trying to learn it. This is a serious fear considering the cost of film and the potential of destroying your own work. But eventually,

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