Charlie Francis Photography After a stuttering start, I’m relaunching my large format career. My excuses are moving house last year and lots of decorating, so they will have to do. My backpack is all ready with my Chamonix 045F1 packed away and I’m ready to go, along with my new very light (compared to previous ones) Manfrotto 055CXPro […]Read Post ›
I can’t believe it, but I’ve finally gone and bought a large format view camera after 25 years of dithering about it. So that’s another of life’s ambitions achieved. My early years as a photographer were spent taking black and white landscapes, having my own darkroom, learning the Zone System and going on workshops with […]Read Post ›
I first came across Michael Kenna in the early 1980s when I devoured anything to do with black and white photography. I saw his prints at The Photographers Gallery in London where they were for sale. In 1984 I left an advertising agency I was working for and was asked if I had any thoughts […]Read Post ›
I’m exhibiting my photographs in a joint exhibition with two painters and a potter later this month. The exhibition is part of a wider scheme called Devon Open Studios where artists of all types are showing their work between the 8th and 23rd of September. Details of our exhibition are below and if you can […]Read Post ›
So, back from Vietnam and ready to report on the Olympus ZX-1 and my first experience of using a compact camera. I decided to only take a compact as I had had so many experiences on holiday of taking my larger SLR and then not having it with me all the time and missing photo […]Read Post ›
I’m delighted to have had two prints chosen in the competition run by the new Magdalen Chapter Hotel in Exeter. They ran a national competion to find prints to use in the hotel which is due to open at the end of May. Just over 50 prints were accepted with 11 coming from my club, […]Read Post ›
At last I have got there and my first compact is the Olympus XZ-1 and most importantly, it’s coupled up with the VF-2 viewfinder. Perhaps in the end it all boiled down to which compact had the best viewfinder for my needs. All my life I have used a camera that I put up to […]Read Post ›
For me, adding a texture to a photograph adds a little magic. It’s not something to do all the time and not every image suits it. I’m intrigued when I look at a textured photograph wondering what has been added. It adds a painterly, impressionistic effect that I really like. Frustrated painter? Maybe. Here is […]Read Post ›
A few weeks ago I upgraded my printer from the Epson R800 model to the Epson R3000. This was primarily so that I could print at A3 size but also so I could take advantage of the excellent Epson ABW (Advanced Black & White) feature. I’m delighted with the printer and the black and white output […]Read Post ›
My first blog!! It was going to be a New Year’s resolution but I’ve jumped the gun and got in early. I live in Devon (in England for any overseas readers) in a village just outside Exeter so lots of lovely landscape around. In starting a blog I decided that it needed to be in […]Read Post ›
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