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John Martin
@temlightimages.bsky.social
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#believeinfilm photographer based in West Wales. Mostly 5x7 and 4x5 but some 120 and 35mm for good measure. Now retired from "normal" work and pretending to be a serious photographer......

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Very nice !! I had a 120N pimped up earlier this year until the body and the lens decided to part company !
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I have a similar set up which I have likewise grown to love. Had one many many years ago as my “ main” camera system and now as a “daily carry” and have to agree to it being very capable indeed !
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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“May or may not” ….. it most certainly will be …. Enjoy
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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The Texas Half Frame Files

Discarded Chablis on Chapel Wall, Newcastle Emlyn

#TexasHalfFrame v2
#FP4+
#BelieveInFilm
#BlackandWhitePhoto
#BronicaETRS

#wwhfpd25
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)
September 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"That Chap that lives down the road's" shed window.

#wwhfpd25

#TexasHalfFrame v2
#FP4+
#BelieveInFilm
#BlackandWhitePhoto
#BronicaETRS
#ShedWindowAppreciationGroup

Made with a Bronica ETRS and FP4+

More info in Alt Text
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
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The Texas Half-Frame Files

Former Starfleet Admin Office (Now Mothballed)
Newcastle Emlyn

FujiGS645S and Rollei RPX400

#TexasHalfFrame

#BelieveInFilm
#BlackandWhitePhoto
#UrbanPhoto
#FilmWillNeverDie
#FujiGS645S
#StarFleet
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.
August 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Vignettes of Newcastle Emlyn (*)
The ATS Depot

Made with a Fuji GS645S and Kodak Portra 400
(The GS645S is hereby christened "the Texas Half frame")

(*) Not as interesting as Ipswich
(tip of the hat to @apkeedle.bsky.social)

#BelieveInFilm
#Photo
#UrbanPhoto
#FilmWillNeverDie
#FujiGS645S
August 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Rainy Day - Newcastle Emlyn # 2
Caution - Zebra Crossing

My alter ego "Juan" borrowed my Holga GSN again and took it out into an absolute downpour in town.

Kentmere 100 needing 8 exposures

#thedailyholga #holga #photography #filmphotography #film #filmisnotdead #toycamera

#believeinfilm
August 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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An orange filter to make the effective ISO 25 and on a dull wet day at a fixed F10 or so and 1/100 - multi exposures all the way !

The camera was absolutely drenched in the 20 minutes of downpour.....unfortunately no damage was done !
August 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Rainy Day - Newcastle Emlyn

My alter ego "Juan" borrowed my Holga GSN again and took it out into an absolute downpour in town.

Kentmere 100 needing 8 exposures

(Needs to be expanded)

#thedailyholga #holga #photography #filmphotography #film #filmisnotdead #toycamera

#believeinfilm
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.
August 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Congratulations @harmanphoto.co.uk and thanks to @analoguewonderland.bsky.social for the speedy dispatch !

#ShamelessNameDropping
#BelieveinFilm

#WhatsColourFilmThen
July 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Bridge Nightmares # 1

My alter ego "Juan" took this with my borrowed Holga GSN as he is more creative than "me" when he was walking back from the "doctor's"

RPX25 and 4 exposures on the bridge

#thedailyholga #holga #photography #filmphotography #film #filmisnotdead #toycamera

#believeinfilm
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.
July 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Invisible Light

Longleat Forest August 2024

Marshal Press 6x9cm camera and Rollei IR400 film

#BelieveInFilm
#BlackandWhitePhotography
#InfraredPhotography
#FilmisnotDead
#CentreParcs
June 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The Light of Other Days

Oak Tree, Cilgerran, West Wales

Made with the Koni Omega Rapid and FP4+ 120 film stock with a Y2 filter.

#BelieveInFilm

#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#WestWales
#OakTree
#IntoTheLight
#ContreJour
Black and White image of an oak tree at Cilgerran Wildlife Park. Made with a Koni Omega Rapid 6x7cm camera and Ilford FP4+ film.
June 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Invisible Light II

(What does a red telephone box look like on Infrared Film ?)

Longleat Forest 2024
Made with a Marshal Press 6x9cm camera and Rollei IR400 film.

#BelieveInFilm
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#InfraredPhotography
#TelephoneBox
#Forest
A red telephone box in Longleat Forest photographed against a backdrop of huge forest trees on black and white Infrared film.
June 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Invisible Light

Longleat Forest August 2024
made with a Marshal Press 6x9cm camera with Rollei IR400 film.

#BelieveInFilm
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#InfraredPhotography
#RolleiFilm
#FilmWillNeverDie
Black and White Infrared image of Longleat Forest in bright sunlight. Made with a Marshhal Press 6x9cm camera on Rollei IR400 film stock.
June 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Cyanotype of a 5 x 4 negative.

I tried cyanotype printing as not able to get out much at the mo.

It is addictive and deeper than just exposure and water. I have been seen burning in highlights...for 15 minutes with a black card mask lol

#BelieveInFilm
#Cyanotype
#AlternativeProcesses
April 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Henllan Bridge, West Wales, UK

▪️Made with a John Nesbitt 7x5 fieldcamera, 120mm lens and Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal 1+200 for a 1 hour Semi-Stand.

#BelieveInFilm
#LargeFormatPhotography
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#LandscapePhotography

#WestWales #Carmarthenshire #RiverTeifi

#BelieveInBoFs
March 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Stinky Bay, Benbecula, Western Isles

Made with the Horseman45FA , handheld with a 150mm F5.6 Lens
#IlfordHP5+ film rated at 800ISO.

#BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography
#Scotland
#LargeFormatPhotography
#5x4
#FilmIsNotDead
#WesternIsles
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
February 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Washing Day

Isle of Eriskay, Western Isles , Scotland, 2024

#BelieveInFilm
#Ilford #Hp5+
#Fog #Scotland
#BlackAndWhitePhotograph
#FilmIsNotDead
Washing hangs to dry on a foggy morning on the Isle of Eriskay, Scotland. The sun is visible through the thick fog.
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Light of Other Days
Somewhere near a Premier Inn, somewhere near Preston
UK, 2024

Horseman45FA and 150mm lens
Rollei IR 400 and R72 filter
Kodak HC110(b) 5 1/2 mins

#BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LargeFormatPhotography #Canal #InfraRedPhoto
January 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Fleeting Light
South Uist Beach, Western Isles, Scotland 2024

Horseman45FA and 150mm lens Handheld.
FP4+ and FX39ii developer.

#BelieveInFilm #LargeFormatPhotography #5x4
#BlackAndWhitePhotography #Beach
#Scotland #SouthUist #WesternIsles

1/2
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.
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Not easy, but with care possible. I took a few like this on this particular trip so had a bit of practise before this shot. (Camera is depicted with 150mm lens on)
January 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Abandoned Croft, South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland, 2024.

Horseman 45FA and 300mm Fuji T lens, Handheld.
F16 at 1/125

Ilford FP4+ and FX30ii development.

#BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LargeFormatPhotography #5x4Camera
#Scotland #SouthUist #
An abandoned croft, on the southern shore of South Uist overlooks the islands of Barra and Eriskay to the south.
January 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM