In tandem with scanning old film transparencies, I have been taking photographs on some donated film for the first time in years.

The rolls are black and white print film, the type I roared through about ten years ago when I was printing as many images as I could at various dark rooms across the city.

As I work through the fourth roll, I realise that I won’t have the time to develop my own photos. Also, the usual labs that I went to for prints has now shut. There will be a search for a new lab to post these rolls to.

As I said, I am also scanning through a large amount of old transparencies, which I took roughly between 2005-2010. I am amazed at the quality of some shots and the latitude of tones and colours therein. Most have been on 35mm, but a fair amount have been on medium format film. These latter shots have been stunning to look at.

During the photography webinar I took part in with Wendy Catling and Dr. Natasha Barrett, the convenor Dr. Matt Finch asked us what we wanted to do next in photography. I said that I very much wanted to return to medium format photography, and even try large format photography at some point. Taking photos on film, and looking at the results, has made me very aware of wanting to take time over crafting a photograph in future.