John Martin

@temlightimages.bsky.social

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#believeinfilm photographer based in West Wales. Mostly large Format (10x8,7x5 and 5x4). Now retired from "normal" work and pretending to be a serious photographer...... www.temporallightimages.com

A path leads out of a churchyard. Dappled light from overhead branches highlights the path and the light coming from the outside illuminates the entrance.
Black and White image of a glass of white wine left on the wall of a chapel near the town centre of Newcastle Emlyn. The image made on a Bronica ETRS using Ilford FP4+ film stock. The camera shoots 645 format negatives (The Texas Half Frame format)
Long ago I owned a Bronica ETRS and loved it and decided it was time to rekindle the love. The roll this image is from was the second test roll (don't ask about the first failed roll) from a newly acquired and beautifully functional version with a 75mm E II lens and an AE II prism finder, The plan being to have a camera I can have in a bag, shoot responsively and for it to become my daily carry. So far this camera is fitting the bill. There is a house down the road which sits right next to the public path and has a shed, accessible by camera from the path. I never fail to shoot this window with every camera I am trying out (there have been a few). Once the chap "caught" me making an image and wondered why and also offered to "tidy it up a bit". I respectfully requested that this window is never tidied up and so far so good (it has remained the same for the last 8 years and I thank him for that.) This shot was exposed at F4 and 1/60th handheld (the mode I wish to use for this camera) on slightly out of date Ilford FP4+. Development was in Fx39ii at 1+14 for 9 minutes. The negative was scanned on an EPSON V800 using a bespoke negative carrier with the key being that it absolutely nails the distance the negative should be above the glass (crucial crucial crucial and nailed by many many trials and errors using index card stacks as spacers until I got the sharpest scan) I shot this test roll with WWHFPD25 in mind and have another roll of colour to look through at some point as well. #BelieveInFilm #WWHFPD25
Black and white photo of a disused building in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales. The widows and doors are boarded up and a steel gate is secured with a padlock in front of the door. Ivy is creeping up and graffiti on the boarded up window is reminiscent of the Starfleet insignia.
A black and white multiple exposure image of Newcastle Emlyn on a very wet day. The camera, a Holga GSN120 needed 8 exposures to bring the negative up to the required exposure. All exposures are mis-aligned a little to create a blurred surreal rendition of the scene.
Multiple exposure of the bridge crossing the river Teifi at the bottom of Newcastle Emlyn. The multiple exposures create a chaotic image, toned red to increase a feeling of unease. Made with a Holga GSN and Rollei RPX25 film.
Black and White image of an oak tree at Cilgerran Wildlife Park. Made with a Koni Omega Rapid 6x7cm camera and Ilford FP4+ film.
A red telephone box in Longleat Forest photographed against a backdrop of huge forest trees on black and white Infrared film.
Black and White Infrared image of Longleat Forest in bright sunlight. Made with a Marshhal Press 6x9cm camera on Rollei IR400 film stock.
Black and White Photograph made at Stinky Bay on the Western Isles. The sun is obscured behind a small cloud and a gull is being literally blown across the image backwards! Image was made handheld with a Large format Field Camera
Washing hangs to dry on a foggy morning on the Isle of Eriskay, Scotland. The sun is visible through the thick fog.
Black and white photograph of a South Uist Beach made with a large format field camera. The image was made with the camera handheld and the burst of light in the sky was momentary and not to return. A fleeting moment of sun.
An abandoned croft, on the southern shore of South Uist overlooks the islands of Barra and Eriskay to the south.
Black and White Woodland scene made using a 5x4 large format camera and Infrared film. Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales
Black and White photograph of woodland near Henllan Bridge, West Wales, UK. Made with a John Nesbitt 7x5 field camera and Fomapan 100 sheet film.
Black and white Infrared film photograph made in Longleat forest in June 2023.
The Kodak Specialist 2 nicknamed ""The Beast of Dartmoor"