This year I’ve been doing a 365 on Tri-X film, so my trusty Contax Aria has always been loaded...
Kirstin Mckee
Adventures in 19th-century photography
Last month I spent a weekend doing “wet-plate collodion photography” course. As you may have noticed, I enjoy the challenge...
Before and After: my iPhone processing tricks and tips
When I post iPhone images on Instagram and Facebook I am often asked which apps I used to process them....
Travelling Light
When I got serious about photography I started carrying around some serious cameras: a Nikon D800 and then, when I...
Seascapes
This image was the first picture I ever took using Portra film in a medium-format camera. It seems appropriate that...
Summer in black and white
I took a peek at the Mobile Pool expecting to find summer colours. Instead I found monochrome black and white...
My Decisive Moment
I have always loved Paris. When I was young we used to go there every year, stopping off on the...
Capturing the Mood
This year I’ve moved on from diptychs and I’ve been working with larger groups of images. One way to do...
Adventures in Tri-X
There’s something wonderfully timeless about black-and-white film photography. It’s what I shot my first film images with as a child,...
Simply Steller
In my previous post I talked about how much I was enjoying storytelling using Exposure, a website that makes it...
Square Vision
Oh my goodness! Your squares are all SO good. It’s been thrilling to look through them all. I’ve selected 4...
April theme – Squares
Lately I’ve been experimenting with some new formats with borrowed film cameras. I have particularly enjoyed the way these unfamiliar...
Holiday Photo Rituals
We have just returned from a wonderful week in Cape Town, a place we have not visited for five years....
A Valentine to Film
Oh film, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. 1. I adore your beauty. (There may...
Sun seeker
Are you a sunseeker, like me? I like to make the most of the sun in the winter, taking great...
Five tips for smartphone silhouettes
I was looking through my camera roll after a long weekend away and realised that pretty much all of it...
Looking forward, looking back
It’s that time of the year again, when we look back and move forward, contrasting old and new. Towards the...
Joy
Tomorrow is the big day. Just one more sleep and it will be here! And in between all the opening...
The case of the missing pictures
On a recent trip to New York I attended a Kinfolk event where I shot a roll of film. It...
A Way of Seeing
In keeping with November’s theme of “Gratitude,” I just wanted to express how happy and grateful I am to be...