Field Notes

A slow photo notebook

Film rolls, long walks and the occasional camera repair. New entries when a roll comes back from the lab.

October 2026

Roll 41: the harbour before the fog

Portra 400 pushed one stop. The light came in low over the cranes and stayed for about ten minutes; I got four frames I like and thirty-two of a grey wall.

September 2026

Fixing a sticky shutter on a 1970s rangefinder

Lighter fluid, a cotton swab and patience. The slow speeds are honest again; the fast ones were never honest to begin with.

August 2026

Forty kilometres along the old railway line

One body, one lens, two rolls. Notes on what I would carry next time — mostly more water and fewer filters.