Sutton Sunset

The Sutton landscape summons me to Rohan in The Lord of the Rings. Golden grasses and jagged schist cover the landscape. These seemingly go on forever, until they hit the Rock and Pillar Range in the northwest which always stands in shadow at this time of the day.

Sutton.

Sutton.

I wanted to be at Pukerangi to shoot the railway shelter illuminated by the …


The Taieri River Tunnel

The Taieri River diverted through the tunnel.

The Taieri River diverted through the tunnel.

The Taieri River starts in the Lammerlaw Range, flows north through the Maniototo Plain, before taking a sharp turn south down the Strath Taieri and Taieri Plain into the Pacific Ocean. The 1860s brought a gold rush to Otago, and while sites along the Taieri …


Melbourne Photography XIV

If I told you I was trying to focus on the central leaf you may not believe me.

If I told you I was trying to focus on the central leaf you may not believe me.

Two rolls of black and white film and two ideas: shooting a lens wide open at f/1.4, and double exposures.

Shooting the Voigtlander 58mm lens at f/1.4 gives images a unique look. The images lack contrast, …


Analog Photography Assistant - 1.2.0

February 13 2026 · analog-photography-assistant
Home Screen
Home Screen
Light Meter Screen
Light Meter

Analog Photography Assistant (APA) is a free, ad-free, privacy-first android app for film photographers. I have just released v1.2.0 which introduces a Depth of Field Calculator. With this you can calculate:

  • DoF from the film plane — The nearest and farthest points that will be acceptably sharp, measured from the film plane.
  • DoF from the subject — How far the zone of acceptable sharpness extends in front of and behind your focus point.
  • Hyperfocal Distance …

Landscapes of Giuseppe De Nittis

February 2 2026 ·
By the Ofantino channel (1866)

By the Ofantino channel (1866)

Crossing the Apenninesm - Memories (1867)

Crossing the Apenninesm - Memories (1867)