As an owner builder 27 years ago, my idea of the perfect darkroom was an area 1.6 metres x 2.6 metres; big enough to process E6 transparencies and make the occasional 8x10 cibachrome print. Fortunately I constructed this room within…
View Camera Australia is about to launch a new series simply called Darkroom. This new series will give an insight into individual photographers' darkrooms and their work practices processing film and making prints. If your want to submit an article…
My first trip into Karijini National Park was made in 1985 in a 15 year old dust ridden Holden sedan, but carrying a near new Minolta SRT 101 camera, and probably a couple of rolls of Kodachrome 25. Back then…
Gale E Spring is an Adjunct A/Professor of Biomedical and Forensic Photography at RMIT University, School of Science. Melbourne. Contributor & Editor: Danielle Edwards a photographer and Director of Communications with the BioCommunications Association. Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738-1822) first…
Polaroid is such a wonderful film, I could never really bring myself to use it instantly. To use it instantly would risk losing the negative. Early Experiences with Polaroid Film Type 55 My first experience with Polaroid Film Type 55 was…
View Camera Australia has been online since 2017 and despite there being only around 200 people in Australia who use large format cameras the readership of the site is very impressive, encompassing both national and international readers. Some articles have received…
View Camera Australia wishes all our readers the very best for the festive season and for the coming year 2023. We’ll be back in 2023 with more news, reviews, articles and with more photographers featured in our Folio series and in our…
A report of the ‘Pinhole photography weekend’ led by David Tatnall, 22-24 May 2015 Full disclosure: before this workshop, I was a complete pinhole photography…