I still work pretty quickly, especially in post-processing, but I think I spend more time on each shot. Of course, film slows me down and the new large format camera will slow me to a near standstill.
It was a year of very hard work, mainly in my business. It was better than last year which lacked sufficient interesting job-work. 2011 was when I bet everything on my company, but it wouldn't be till the last quarter of 2012 that this decision began to feel like it was paying off.
What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
These two Pan-F Plus 50 films were processed in 1+3 Microphen with approximately 30% over-development.
There is something very special about film, something which digital photography doesn't quite match. I can't put my finger on what the difference is, so I'll simply say that film has got "soul".
I have to be up-front and say it: this was one of the most challenging photo-shoots I've done in a long time. This is not a bad thing — I like a challenge — but saying so helps remind me how much I learned today. Dr Cat is a friend who, gorgeous as she is, does not work as a model. In fact she was simultaneously hesitant and excited to pose: this was a test of herself, and I was very flattered that she trusted me to be the chosen photographer for it.
