About

For me, it all started the same way it did for so many others around that time — with a second-hand Kodak Instamatic. I can’t remember exactly which model it was, but most likely a 133. It was the mid 70s, and I was about ten years old. There was something magical about being able to capture a moment in that little box. But it wasn’t long before photography became a real interest of mine. My sister, who was 14 years older than me, bought herself a nice SLR camera. If I remember correctly, it was a Minolta. She also bought an enlarger and developed both film and prints herself. I loved spending time at her place, and I quickly became completely fascinated by it all. There was so much more to photography than simply pressing the shutter button. This was sometime between the mid and late 70s.

It would still be a few more years before I bought my first SLR of my own. The year was 1984, and the camera was a Pentax Program A with the classic 50mm f/1.7 lens. It had only just been released. I also joined a photography club and spent many nights there developing film and making prints in the darkroom. Later, I added a Pentax Super A to my small but loved collection. The years went by, and around the turn of the millennium I switched to Nikon. Eventually, I even owned a Nikon F5 — their flagship camera for many years. Then digital photography came along and ruined everything. 😉 Well, not quite. Over the years, I ended up owning a few Nikon DSLRs too.

But in 2013, I decided to return to film. I started with my parents’ beautiful Leica M3 and a Summicron-M 50mm f/2. And what an amazing camera it is. With its huge 0.91x viewfinder, you feel as if you’re simply looking straight at the world, with nothing getting in the way. My interest in film photography came roaring back. I started buying more analogue cameras at flea markets and online auctions, and before long I had quite a mixed collection: Pentax, Nikon, Olympus, Yashica, medium format, Polaroid — a little bit of everything. I was well and truly hooked again. Eventually, though, a digital Fuji X100T somehow managed to sneak its way into the collection. And for several years, that became the camera I most often took with me.

But now I’ve decided it’s time to bring the analogue side of things back to life again. I was recently looking through some old photographs and realised, once again, that there really is something special about images shot on film. So I started by creating this page, giving myself a new place to share my photography. To begin with, I’ll be uploading some older photographs — partly to revisit the past, and partly to find inspiration for yet another fresh start.

— September 2026