Recent content by compulsivehordr

Heavens Above. Some time in the early 1980's, Yashica FXD, Kodachrome (judging by the cardboard mount) prob my Tamron 90mm.

Me and my Mum beneath my nude self-portrait in the Royal Academy Summer Show 1990. Probably a Contax 137MA, Sigma 24mm, some kinda slide film.

Martin ain't a stranger, but the pic was (arguably) taken in a strange way. Rather than use a proper lens, I gaffer-taped a -4 diopter trial lens like they use in an opticians over the mounting hole of my camera, then held a large magnifying glass a few inches away, Freelensing, perhaps. I used...

A hoverfly on my tiny olive bush thing. Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 Ai wide open with a No2 closeup lens and a jammed on extension tube for maximum fuzz. Nikon F5, Ilford PanF

I used cycle grease. Mostly works!

My tiny cactus, shot on a sunny day with a Nikon FE2, 60mm Micro-Nikkor, some s***ty cheap extension tubes that have a tendency to seize / hold the lens captive, on Agfapan APX 25 some decades out of date, and a tripod (obviously). Squirted it with water to make it a bit more sparkly.

My neighbour has an apple tree that hangs over the shared fence, and every year each and every apple gets colonised by some kind of fly or wasp. So these tempting apples are inedible unless you like chomping on half a maggot, which I have done more than once, despite checking very thoroughly for...

Going wild in lockdown... I've gotta make me own entertainment! Model: Me and Stinky. I'm in a Gangsta Granny wig, Kit: Brand new second-hand Nikon F5, this was the test roll. Tokina 28-70 f/2.8 ATX-Pro, the best version, Ilford FP4+, dev'd in rather old R09, I'm not sure why it's so grainy...

It probably wasn't her fault though, some of those 110 cameras were terrible. I bought my girlfriend one that even had a slide-across tele lens, but she kept beheading with it and declared it rubbish. The stupid viewfinder had godawful aiming issues if you weren't exactly square onto it. It...

Love this! It's the wallpaper/the ties/the tables/the crockery/the hair/but mostly what the guy on the right is wearing. That shirt, tie and cardigan combo is epic and brings back some memories!

Saturday lunch-time in the Bantam Cock, Northampton, some point in the early eighties. Yashica FX-D, 24mm Sigma mini-wide, some kinda slide film.

Brilliant! Well done @PeterSpencer!

Oh yeah, the poll for #123 Bottoms is up, almost down again, forgot to say. Soz

Model: Suki, my familiar, a PITA to photograph because she won't keep still and she's glossy black. Kit: Nikon F100 with vintage Tamron 90mm Macro with a Tamron 2X extender, tripod, cheapie Kentmere 400 About 3 seconds @ f11 cropped to square, obvs.

Rightly or wrongly, I have gone with my wifey's suggestion of 'Bottoms'. Photographs from film, please remember that this is a family show, so none of those blurry old pics of yer partners when you were both drunk that time. The following rules apply. Must be taken by you Must be on film...