I've been walking dogs in my local area for the past 2 years, I quite enjoy it, I have 4 of my own dogs anyway and the money's good, well better than I can get from photography!  I've just quit my final furry friend so that I can dedicate more time to my photography practice (whatever that turns out to be?)

To make a start I thought I'd have a rummage around in the studio to see if I can make the space a bit less cluttered and maybe have a go at fathoming a work flow of sorts.  I definitely have started to notice what's working and what's in the way.

I really need to start putting the plates away on a daily basis now as I'm starting to get them muddled up.  It's also not very good to have them all over the place.  With that in mind I've started to wax/varnish then scan them all...Boooorrriiinggg!

I made 2 larger plates a few weeks ago that have both peeled.  This one though has lifted in one piece so I'm going to have a go at lifting and re-siting it.

Learning through play!

I bought this little camera at the car boot sale along the A3 in Guildford about 3/4 years ago. I paid £90 as that's all I had. The man selling it was keen for someone that wanted to use it to have it rather than a dealer.  I was very excited, got it home, poked it a bit and not really sure what to do with it promptly forgot about it! Anyway, last week I rediscovered it sitting on a shelf (with all the other old cameras I've accumulated). With my new found invincibility I thought I might have a go.

I didn't do anything to it, not even clean the lens so these plates are just made for fun, to test me, the camera, lens etc.  I had to cut the plates down,  I did this with scissors and it was ok, maybe a bit rough but it did the job.



I made 3 plates (quarter plate) The exposure was much faster than the MPP I've been using. It's possible there's a light leak and the lovely dark slides are a bit shitty on the inside.  Anyway, who cares!  It works and I got some lovely little plates so I'm calling it a success ;)

I've set some traps locally and hope to snare a few victims this weekend, I'll let ya know what I'm up to soon.

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Found these 3 plates in the drying rack, I made them a week or so ago and would have written notes in my little book about how they were made.  My little book has been 'borrowed' by one of my offspring so I have no recollection of any of the info, can't even remember exactly when it was made!  I'm considering finding a way to connect the mains electricity to the doorhandles of my studio :|