September 18 - 2023 

Freelensing with Hayo close up lens

All images: XH1 sooc / recipe New Urban

September 6 - 2023 

Working on two recipes for older sensors (X1OOF, XH1, XT20, XT2, XT3)

I get a lot of requests for the FUJICA Half recipe and Urban Vibe. And I get a lot of questions about whether they are suitable for older cameras. I am now developing 2 recipes especially for older sensors. Here some examples of the Faux URBAN.  

All images: XH1 sooc

September 2 - 2023 

Working on two recipes for older sensors (X1OOF, XH1, XT20, XT2, XT3)

I get a lot of requests for the FUJICA Half recipe and Urban Vibe. And I get a lot of questions about whether they are suitable for older cameras. I am now developing 2 recipes especially for older sensors. Here some examples. First the Faux Fujica.  

All images: XH1 sooc

August 31 - 2023

FUJICA Half project - PART 4: printing and presentation

A quest to digitally recreate the photos of my beloved analogue FUJICA Half camera from the 1970s. 

(Article below pictures.)

I do have experience with making because my profession as an artist and art & science teacher (Maker Education). In my class, the students use existing material as much as possible. I also used corrugated cardboard from packaging boxes for this folder. It closes with a so-called Japanese closure: by twisting the string around the metal shaft, it is automatically fixed. 

About printing: I outsource my printing work to Profotonet Rotterdam. The colours they print (on real photo paper) match what I see on my Apple iPad and iMac. They do not correct anything, so it is important not to set the brightness of your screen too bright. You can use a test print to see how clear your screen should be for printing. That works very well.

The whole series is now finished. See [FUJICA HALF]. 

This is the last blog about the FUJICA Half Project. It was fun.

Would you like to respond or request the FUJICA Half recipe or another film recipe? EMAIL ME

August 30 - 2023 

Working on two recipes for older sensors (X1OOF, XH1, XT20, XT2, XT3)

I get a lot of requests for the FUJICA Half recipe and Urban Vibe. And I get a lot of questions about whether they are suitable for older cameras. I am now developing 2 recipes especially for older sensors. Here some examples. First the Faux Fujica.  

All images: sooc

August 26 - 2023 / Next update: September 1

FUJICA Half project - PART 3: subject, half frame, happy accidents

A quest to digitally recreate the photos of my beloved analogue FUJICA Half camera from the 1970s. 

(Article below pictures.)

An analog film camera, and even better a half frame analog 35 mm camera, is ideally suited to capture everyday things. Just the things you encounter when you walk to work, or on the street in your own neighbourhood. Searching and finding those mundane objects and situations forces you to look without judgement. 

Am I looking at the dirty gray ground of the ferry on my way to work, or is it a play of shapes, light and shadow? Is it the football field with artificial grass (which always annoys me, because it's not real grass), or is it an abstract line game of colour and shadow and do you unexpectedly find complementary colours in objects that have been forgotten?

If you use analog film (and especially half frame), all shots are fixed chronologically next to each other on a film strip. The half frame was certainly visible if you had regular prints made from it; there are two images on one printout. Sometimes from a series, sometimes absolutely dissonant with each other because there were images of two different situations that have nothing to do with each other. And sometimes also 'failed' photos next to a good photo. 

These are the 'happy mistakes' that I also try to bring back when I select the photos. Quite tricky, because it's about coincidences that you try to recreate in a DIPTYCH.

The whole series is now finished. See [FUJICA HALF]. Only the photos still have to be printed.

The next blog is about printing and presenting.

Would you like to respond or request the FUJICA Half recipe or another film recipe? EMAIL ME

August 20 - 2023 / Next update: August 27

FUJICA Half project  - PART 2: analog aesthetics

A quest to digitally recreate the photos of my beloved analogue FUJICA Half camera from the 1970s. 

(Article below pictures.)

Are analog cameras a nod to the past? Are pictures a nostalgic memory captured on paper? Do we take them to remember or do we remember because we take pictures? 

However you look at it, the aesthetics of photos from about 50 years ago are different from the aesthetics of today. Digital cameras are great tools: accurate meters, sharp, an automatic white balance and no grain.

Yet there is that penchant for the analog: the grain, the blur, the 'wrong' white balance. And why not? These are not easy tricks, but think of it as an achievement, think of it as extra image elements on your palette. Grain is, in fact, just as important a medium of expression as colour or form. Once a technical limitation, but now a choice. Grain, less sharpness and a fixed white balance are essential parts of my recipe FUJICA Half, of which you see some examples above. Printed on photo paper it gives a nice soft look.

Have a look at this interesting video: 'Mandy: The Art Of Film Grain' 

And to complete the analog style: for this series I use lenses with a vintage design (TTArtisan, 7Artisan). These have a softer drawing, vignetting and they are manual. Or you can use real vintage lenses. See also this well written article by Luís Costa: https://lifeunintended.com/articles/vintage-lenses-perfect-imperfection/

Next blog/part 3: subject, half frame, happy mistakes and selection.

Would you like to respond or request the FUJICA Half recipe or another film recipe? EMAIL ME

August 18 - 2023 

NEW RECIPE: Re-Analog

I get a lot of requests for the FUJICA Half recipe. And rightly so; it is a special recipe with an analogue feeling. But there is another one: Re-Analog. It’s hosted on Justin Gould’s film recipe site, but you can also email me.

All images: sooc / FujiFilm x100v

August 12 - 2023

'New Work' have changed to 'Blog/New'. 

 In this blog I will also present news about current projects. Not just pictures, but also a bit of text about the process, my thoughts, frustrations and everything that comes with 'making'. The first one is about the FUJICA Half project:

FUJICA Half project 

PART 1: How analog and digital go together. 

Sometimes, very occasionally I still take analogue photos with my Fujica Half: a half format based on regular 35 mm film. The surprising thing about that is, if you have them printed as a normal photo, you get two images side by side. Often from the same 'shoot', but also 'failed' photos (whatever that may be) or photos from another shoot from another day combined.

I want to investigate whether this is also possible with digital means. Whether it can achieve an aesthetic (the double frames, the flat fuji recipe FUJICA half and the grain) that I know from the analog. My first blogs will be about this project. 

Would you like to respond or request a film recipe? EMAIL ME.

August 7 - 2023

Today was the last time I photographed at Het HEM (Zaandam, The Netherlands) for the time being. Formerly a munitions factory, now a cultural center and will soon be renovated. The series has been supplemented with 15 images from today and you can view them via this link: Het HEM

 FujiFilm x100v -xe4 + TTArtisan 27/ Recipe: URBAN VIBE

August 6  - 2023

Yesterday it was finally half a day of nice weather, and what do you do? Of course go outside. The sun was shining and then The recipe 'FUJICA half' is in its element. Look at the colours of the fruit and the flowers in the vegetable garden of Groeneveld Castle (Baarn, the Netherlands).

 FujiFilm x100v / Recipe: FUJICA half

August 3  - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm / RECIPE: URBAN VIBE

August 2  - 2023 / FujiFilm - x100v - multiple exposure sooc RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

MAIL ME FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

July 30  - 2023 / FujiFilm - x100v/RECIPE: ACROS DARK

 Het HEM July 25  - 2023 / FujiFilm - x100v/RECIPE: ACROS DARK

July 23  - 2023 / FujiFilm -xe4 /RECIPE: FUJICA half

July 18  - 2023 / FujiFilm -xe4 /RECIPE: FUJICA half

Het HEM July 14  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v-xe4 /RECIPE: URBAN VIBE

July 7  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

July 4  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: FUJICA half

See recipe page.

June 6  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

MAIL ME FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

June 4  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

MAIL ME FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

June 3  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

MAIL ME FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

Het HEM May 31 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE 

May 29  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /RECIPE: BLCK and CHILDHOOD VACATION

May 20  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /RECIPE: URBAN VIBE

May 17  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v /NEW RECIPE: SUMMER ASTIA

MAIL ME FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

May 9 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm, Fujinon 50mm, x100v /NEW RECIPE: RE-ANALOG

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE DETAILS.

April 18 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

April 12 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

April 11 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - Fujinon 50 mm  / recipe 11: PRO NEGATIVE PLUS

April 3 - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v  / recipe 11: PRO NEGATIVE PLUS

March 24 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - ttArtisan 27mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

March 15 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - 7Artisan 35mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

March 12 - 2023 /  FujiFilm x100v / recipe 9: BLCK

March 10 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - 7Artisan 35mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

March 5  - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - 7Artisan 35mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

March 2 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - 7Artisan 35mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

March 1 - 2023 / FujiFilm xe4 - 7Artisan 35mm / recipe 7: URBAN VIBE

February 26  - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v / recipe 9: BLCK

February 20 - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v / recipe 9: BLCK

February 18 - 2023 / FujiFilm x100v / recipe 9: BLCK