Ben Hutchings

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Analogue only. #BelieveInFilm. Bothering Pentaxes and experimenting with charity shop finds. ベン。 —   Cameras and Tees: @filmcameras.uk

A scanned Polaroid image of a basketball backboard at one end of an outdoor court. Behind the board there’s blue sky dotted with vapour trails
A green neon sign inside the window of a coffee shop illuminates the condensation and rain covering the glass in a bloom of light. The sign reads “Corner Coffee Co.”. Visible to the right of the corner window is a deep purple sky of late twilight. This is a colour film photo.
A black and white film photograph of the someone’s back. The person it sat down, and the words “Follow the leader” are printed across the back of their t-shirt.
A Blue Morpho butterfly landed on a vertical stem of a large shrub, with brown and patterned underside showing. Shot DoF has only the wing in focus. This is a colour film photograph
A black and white film photograph of a person doing a detailed pencil drawing of a woman in a painting that’s hung on a wall at the national gallery. The image was accidentally underexposed by 2 stops (the whole roll was). Only the artist’s head and drawing pad, and part of the painting are lit enough to see details.
A black and white film photograph of a person studying a small painting on a wall of similarly sized paintings at the national gallery. The image was accidentally underexposed by 2 stops (the whole roll was)
A black and white film photo taken inside the National Gallery in London, facing into one of the gallery connecting rooms with it’s beautiful arched and vaulted ceiling. Visitors are milling about between galleries in the foreground.
A black and white film photo of several skyscrapers in London, that show external frameworks that make them resemble children’s play blocks. The buildings are clustered from the foreground fading back in tone, height and distance.
Bristol’s Princes Wharf in black and white, in the rain. One of the large dock cranes looms over rails and the M-Shed buildings, as well as a few pedestrians.
A white dog holding a ball in its mouth stood on a park bench next to its owner, whose arm is in view. It was late winter afternoon and the flash has picked out just the foreground scene. This is a black and white image on film.
A large black dog sits next to its owner as the owner tires to shield them both with a wire umbrella. The pair sit in front of some shutters on a building. This is a black and white film photograph
My hand holding a black unmarked reusable 35mm film cassette, in front of some developing chemicals.
An old Apple Bluetooth keyboard with all the keys removed, sitting on a wooden table. The keys are strewn in front of the keyboard bed.
A book entitled ‘Collecting and Using Classic Cameras’, laying on a wooden table. The book has four cameras on the cover, two folders, a Rollei and an early Leica type.
A Retina 2a 35mm film camera with folding (bellows) lens. Held by my hand, for a quick snap to post here.
An Indian ink blue tee with a mock logo on it saying Franke & Heidecke’s. The pic has been placed over a closeup pic of a Rolleiflex TLR. It’s a product shot.
A turquoise Blue Monitor Lizard Perched on a log shot through glass at the zoo. Only the head and some bark below it are in focus. The expired film gives a lovely colour cast that’s warm. The scales and bark texture are in harmony. Shot on colour 35mm film.
A diagram that says A Guide to LEGO Grammar. At the top it shows one LEGO sheep with the caption “One LEGO sheep”. At the bottom five sheep are shown with the caption “Five sheep built with LEGO”. To a British English speaker the point being made is pretty clear.
Sea defences? No but I do see de curvy wall! Um… this is a Medium Format film photograph of a curved sea wall above some large rocks designed to break waves, at Torcross in Devon. It’s a misty and overcast day. Two figures are skimming stones in the distance
A metal stepped and slatted shelf with three levels, each supporting several succulents in terracotta pots. The colours suggest bright afternoon sun. This is a colour medium format film photo
Two older guys peer into the engine bay of a vintage race car, whilst one of them makes adjustments to a carburettor. The image is square format on medium format colour film.
A twin lens reflex camera in a partial leather case sitting on a grey surface in front of a grey wall. The camera has additional attachments on both lenses.
A bucolic scene of a hill side, with various trees and shrubs and grasslands leading into a valley, basin and more distant hills. In the foreground a stone wall disappears off to the right. This is a colour film photo.
A girl running across a beach holding some seaweed. A black and white film photo.
A closeup image of a polished aluminium crank case on a classic Ducati. A colour film photo.
A mid-grey plastic 3D printed battery box designed to hold AA batteries, being held in my left hand, next to a window with some plants on the sill.
A light pink thistle flower in focus while the background and surround thistle thorns are blurred. Then image is a photograph taken on colour film.
A close-up image of a poly brush-type target used for axe throwing. The target circles are yellow, red, white and blue from inside to out.
A cotton pad sat on top of a Polaroid ONE600 Classic, which is itself sitting on a table. The cotton pad has dirt marks on it in a line, where it’s been used to clean the rollers on the Polaroid
A Polaroid photo of part of my hand, taken accidentally. Everything is extremely blurred and reduces to skin tones and shade.
A black and white medium format film photo of a peaked Welsh hill that’s not quite a mountain, and it’s almost identical reflection in a still lake below it. There’s also a small boat house on the lake shore.
A top-down view of my TLR camera, looking at the waist level viewfinder, where the scene from the previous post can be seen. Colour iPhone snap
A colour medium format photo of a small hill with a few trees on it. In the foreground there’s a stone wall punctuated by a water trough. The sky is blue with some cloud.
A person sat in the sun, relaxed in a wooden garden chair with his feet up, holding a cup of tea. This is a black and white film image.
A black-and-white photograph at 6 x 9 ratio on 120 film. The image is of a mountain that isn’t actually a mountain, technically it’s slightly too short, and the lake in front of it featuring a nice little boathouse.
A frame full of magnolia tree flowers in dusky pink with pale blue sky between the blossoms and leaves. This image is a medium format film photograph.
A fairly close up shot of a Cotswold dry stone wall. A dry cluster of roots have made their way up the wall then disappeared into it, appearing again slightly further up. This is a medium format 6x6 film photo
The rear of the camera showing the missing cover.
Cover artwork from the album Incunabula by Autechre. It’s a blurred and very heavily distorted image of the ban members with icons scattered over it and large letters Ae in the centre.
A colour film photograph of the White Tower in the grounds of the Tower of London. The sandstone coloured building is lit by full afternoon sun and the background sky it blue with wispy high level cloud.
Two chicken wire sculptures sit atop a wall. They are parent and child baboons. The background is wall and ornate windows across a courtyard. The weather is full sun and the sculptures cast shadows. This is a film photograph on expired film and the colours are muted.
A suit of armour on a stand in a very dimly lit rooms behind the suit is a wall of breastplates, not in focus. This is a colour film photograph.
A small bunch of bright red Japanese Maple leaves hang on a thin branch in front of a blurred bokeh background of muted greens and reflected sky. This is a film photo with evident grain and imperfections
Phone snap of a Keks light meter attached to a grey 3D printed base that’s attached to a watch strap band. All are laying on a white table.
Phone snap of a developing tank and some drying clips, with grads containing chemicals in the background
A phone snap of a black 3D printed case containing a Raspberry Pi, and a separate power supply.
A Polaroid Land Camera and two Polaroid images laying on a grey cutting mat.
A Leica CL camera with modern light meter attached, sat on a table in front of a pot plant.
A top down view of a TLR camera with its waist-level viewfinder open, being held pointer at a sunny hillock with a tree on it.
Two black plastic bottles of Eco Zonefix photographic chemicals, on a shelf next to some bottles of whisky.
A phone snap of the battery door on a Sigma flash gun, showing acid green corrosion on one of the terminals. Next to the flash is a small syringe.
An iPhone pic of a Nikon F5 film camera laying on a wooden table, sporting a black 3D printed body cap
A urinal toilet with a screen above it in an airport. gross