I was unable to keep up with my blogging plans this week. Summer has started, but with so many things delayed due to the pandemic, it looks like it will be a while until work quietens down a bit, if it ever will. So there will be no recent photo this week, but today I’m again sharing a photo that is both a throwback and … Continue reading San Pietru fil-Ktajjen
Combining my throwback and film photography posts again this week, with another photo from the same walk I mentioned last week. Indeed the two photos were taken not far from each other. This one, however, looks back to the underside of the cliffs we were walking along, with Qawra and Buġibba in the distance. There are some lovely spots for swimming in these parts, especially … Continue reading Crashing Waves at Tal-Blata
I didn’t get to write a blog post yesterday, so I’ll be hitting two birds with one stone today (so to speak, it’s not like I’ll be hurtling stones at birds any time). This blog post is both a throwback (to autumn of 2018) and film photography one, as I shot this on a roll of Agfa APX 100 that took me forever to finish. … Continue reading St Paul’s Islands
For this film photography Friday post I’m sharing a photo which follows rather well from yesterday’s throwback. It’s rather odd how the this week’s throwback and film posts would both work equally well if swapped over. I took this photo over a year ago, on a walk with R in Mdina. It’s an old city, with many quaint streets and some really lovely (and imposing) … Continue reading 19 20
We’re going quite a way back with today’s throwback photo, just over two years in fact. During a walk in Rabat with R we passed in front of the building that currently houses the head office of the National Archives. The building was once the first hospital in Malta, initially managed by the Franciscans in the latter half of the 14th century, and later under … Continue reading Santo Spirito Hospital
During the holidays last year, Roberta and I went on a walk along the country roads near Rabat. The intent being the walk itself, I only took a camera with a single lens. As it happens, I opted for the film camera, with the 50mm f/1.4 lens. I generally find that the more restrictive my gear, the more relaxed the experience tends to be. In … Continue reading Weathered Gate
Ending this week with another photo from Miġra l-Ferħa. The cleft is just beyond the cliff head I’m on, and you can clearly see the same stairway shown in the photo I shared last week. This is a popular place with locals, as it’s fairly easily accessible. In this photo you can (just about) see the access road that leads to this place, ending in … Continue reading Miġra l-Ferħa
Continuing with the Friday film photography series, this photo is from a walk that I did a few weeks ago, starting in Mtaħleb. I already shared a photo from this walk, a couple weeks ago. From that point I kept walking along the cliffs towards Miġra l-Ferħa, a natural cleft where it is said that the Norman Roger I, Count of Sicily, first landed when … Continue reading Miġra l-Ferħa
While I have such photos to share, Fridays shall be for film photography. I’m not a die-hard film photographer, but I was introduced to photography in the film days, even though I only learnt how to develop film way into the digital age. I do enjoy the process that film photography seems to encourage, though. The more deliberate nature of shooting, the inability to check … Continue reading Buddy
I thought I’d kick off this week with one of the photos from the film I developed last week. As it turns out, this is from a (solo) walk I did a week ago, starting from Mtaħleb. I’m trying to pick the more out-of-the-way tracks for my walks at this time, hoping there will be fewer people around. The more accessible places seem too busy. … Continue reading Buddy
I suppose this is as close to “immediate” as I get. After work, this afternoon, I finally got around to developing the film that had been in my camera for too long. (Only finished shooting this film last Sunday, so perhaps that’s not too bad after all.) I don’t do this often enough, so it’s a huge relief when I see a good range of … Continue reading Drying Negatives
I was wondering what to post today. I tend to keep Thursdays for ‘throwback’ type posts, even though it’s usually not the remember-primary-school thing. I don’t do nostalgia any more. But see what arrived in the post yesterday! Last time I did film was back in England when Bill was kind enough to show me the ropes in development. Except for a still-unexplained mishap with … Continue reading Old School Supplies
Muddy Boots 