Falls of Dochart, near Killin
One from last year when the family went spent a bit of time in Aberfeldy. We drove to Killin to see the falls. It was quite extraordinary.
The “Room with a View” series is something that I’ve been working on for a while now, especially during my illness in the last year, but it will be coming to a definite end shortly. We’re moving and that means the view goes too. I’ll be collating my best of the best during the next month to release as a gallery on my website. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and maybe there will be a few gems still to come before we leave.
Usually I try to preserve things as best I can out of historical interest. I bought this camera for $70, and it was a hot mess, leather cracked and falling off, metal parts badly oxidized. I said screw it, and stripped the leather, diluted the old horse glue, and refinished the wood, which as it turns out is Honduran Mahogany IIRC.
The result was, what I believe to be a pretty beautiful camera. I do, however, urge you to not do the same to a camera that is in good condition. If you want to modify or customize a Graflex, please find one that is in rough enough shape that it is very difficult to restore.
Another example of a stripped down Anniversary Speed Graphic - this camera is quite beautiful.
Even though I am not a fan of football, the end of season routine is one that fascinates me. Within days of the final match, the diggers move in and lift the turf from the pitch before the soil is reseeded. Over the next few weeks we see the brown pitch turn a luminous green and then lawnmowers are out in time for the first game.

I thank you all for the love and support you have shown my father through the years and i hope to still continue the uploads, not daily but at least frequent.
- Jack
This is incredibly sad news. Andy was a stand out character in the film photography Tumblr community.
If you follow me on Instagram then you’ll know that I’m in the process of fixing and customising an Anniversary Speed Graphic that I bought from eBay.
Originally I wanted to simply make my own bellows and then start using it. As time went on though, I realised that creating your own bellows is trickier than I had appreciated so I’ve now outsourced it to a guy in Belgium who is a pro at this kind of thing.
I didn’t stop there though, while the bellows were away, I started to break down the camera into it’s individual components to clean up and create the look I want for this camera.
I’m having a lot of fun with this project and you can follow me on Instagram to keep up with it.