by Tim Parkin | Aug 30, 2024 | Colour Negative, Testimonial
It is an absolute pleasure working with Tim and Charlotte. They go far beyond a typical photographer-lab relationship, offering a breath of fresh air with their kindness, attention to detail, and personable nature. They devote the necessary time to ensure each project...
by Tim Parkin | Jun 9, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
I have been photographing motorsport since the early 1980s primarily using 35mm slide film as well as 120 roll film using a rather cumbersome Pentax 67. When I decided to create a book of my photography it was inevitable that many of my images would come from this...
by Tim Parkin | May 4, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
Just upstream from Stockghyll force near Ambleside are a series of falls, including this one. One rainy day I took a Linhof Technika with a Grandagon and some Portra 400 in a 6×9 roll film back, also brought along a Leica M240 with a Summilux. Getting the film...
by Tim Parkin | Apr 29, 2024 | artwork, Film Type, Testimonial
The Grand Tour illustrations In 1987 I produced a series of seven panoramic illustrations for Thames Television’s historical drama documentary ‘The Grand Tour’. The original panoramas were shot as a series of pans on a rostrum camera using 16mm film. The original...
by Tim Parkin | Feb 17, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
I have been shooting slide film for 8 years and I have always used an Epson v850 for my scans. I have always considered the scans from the v850 good/adequate especially when the slide is accurately exposed (not so much when it’s not). I recently sent some slides...
by Tim Parkin | Jan 18, 2024 | Film Type, Testimonial, Transparency
Here is a sample of a scan that was returned to me from an inexperienced scanner operator. He didn’t notice the flaw in the image where one section was out of alignment. This is how I learned the hard way that it’s a waste of time and money to try and save...
