Of course it wouldn't be me if I didn't include a close up view of something overgrown! Even when I'm working with infrared film...

Focusing is something of a challenge at close range!

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Olympus OM1n & Zukio 50mm f1.8 lens
Rollei Infrared 400 
Exposed at ISO 25 with 720 IR filter
June 2021

Morag Perkins

Here's another one from around this time last year - my first go at infrared film. Pretty happy with the results!

I bracketed the roll at ISO 6 / 12 / 25 - most of the time ISO 6 seemed to work the best for me.

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Olympus OM1n & Zukio 50mm f1.8 lens
Rollei Infrared 400 
Exposed at ISO 6 with 720 IR filter
June 2021



Haven't posted in ages! I've been able to get out with the camera again a bit more recently though and it feels like things are beginning to wake up.

I can't resist sitting down in the long grass to take photographs though! Somebody remind me to take an antihistamine next time 🤧

Here's a couple of frames from this time last year for inspiration - I really love the combination of Reala with the Helios lens, somehow they have their own special magic together that can look like a painting in places.

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Canon EOS 300 
Adapted Helios 44M lens
Expired Fuji Superia Reala 100
June 2021

Haven't posted in ages! I've been able to get out with the camera again a bit more recently though and it feels like things are beginning to wake up.

Here's a couple of frames from this time last year for inspiration - I really love the combination of Reala with the Helios lens, somehow they have their own special magic together that can look like a painting in places.

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Canon EOS 300 
Adapted Helios 44M lens
Expired Fuji Superia Reala 100
June 2021

I took a roll of Svema Color 125 out today, hoping it will work it's unique colour magic again with those spring greens; these two frames are from a roll I shot in March & April 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic.

Love the colours in this film, wish I could get my hands on more of it!

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Canon EOS 300 / 100mm f2.8 macro lens
Film Photography Project Svema Color 125
March 2020


A little golden hour set from a hot sticky evening last summer. It's the only time of day I can comfortably get out in that weather, but it's worth the wait!

Focus is overrated anyway.

I couldn't quite decide so you're getting all three! Sets next please Glass!

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Canon EOS 300 with an adapted Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens
Very expired Kodak Elite Chrome 400
E6 processed

July 2021

A little golden hour set from a hot sticky evening last summer. It's the only time of day I can comfortably get out in that weather, but it's worth the wait!

Focus is overrated anyway.

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Canon EOS 300 with an adapted Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens
Very expired Kodak Elite Chrome 400
E6 processed

July 2021

While I'm on a roll with the tiny worlds of moss - here's the very first moment I found one.

This photograph from early 2020 marks something of a turning point in my photography - it represents the first time I started to really explore things like moss, and also the first time I discovered how much I love Fuji Superia 400 for this style of work!

...and all from what I thought was going to be a throwaway roll, testing a camera body I picked up for £7.99 on eBay with a roll of apparently basic consumer film I got in a Secret Santa gift.

You never know where these things might lead!

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm f2.8 macro USM
Fuji Superia X-Tra 400
February 2020

I was just talking about how I love discovering tiny worlds in moss - here's the winter version, found on top of an ice-covered wall on New Years Day 2021

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Canon EOS 300 & EF 100mm f2.8 macro lens
Fuji Superia X-Tra 400
January 2021

Inspired by my interview with Ilford, I’ve been doing a bit more quiet black & white work this winter.

This is Delta 400, which is fast becoming my favourite film stock for this sort of work!

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Canon EOS 300 & Canon EF 100mm f2.8 macro lens
Ilford Delta 400
January 2022


Following on from my previous post, here’s another from that Twitter cheap digital challenge.

Original photo is Ilford HP5 Plus with a Yashica Mat 124G (you can see the original somewhere further down my photostream!)

Rephotographed with a very cheap old Olympus digital camera, shooting through a CD box with a circular polariser to add colour.

OK so here’s something a little out of my usual style for the self-portrait month!

This one came about as part of a fun little cheap digital camera challenge on Twitter.

The original photo was shot on Ilford HP5 Plus, part of the first ever roll I processed myself at home.

For the challenge, I bought a tiny ancient Olympus digital camera for about a tenner on eBay, and used it to re-photograph these black and white shots, shooting through a CD box with a circular polariser to add colour.

The results exceeded all expectations! 

In real life my eyeshadow game is nowhere near as good as this 😆

This winter has been terrible photography weather so far, nothing but flat grey cloud, wind and rain.

Trying to will it into some proper winter weather by posting photos from one day last February when we had the perfect combination of sun and snow!

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Canon EOS 300 / 100mm macro lens 
Fuji Superia 400
February 2021

This winter has been terrible photography weather so far, nothing but flat grey cloud, wind and rain.

Trying to will it into some proper winter weather by posting photos from one day last February when we had the perfect combination of sun and snow!

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Canon EOS 300 / 100mm macro lens 
Fuji Superia 400

I know it’s been a while, finally posting something!

I was really pleased to be interviewed by Ilford Photo recently for their website - you can read it here: https://www.ilfordphoto.com//in-focus-morag-perkins

Here are a couple of photos featured in that article - shot on Ilford FP4 for the #FP4Party back in 2020.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Ilford FP4 Plus
March 2020

Still in my purple phase!

There is one particular patch of moss on top of a wall near my home that I revisit every winter to catch it as the sun sets behind it. 

Each time I revisit it I discover a new alien landscape - this time transported by snow and very expired slide film. 

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Canon EOS 300 / 100mm macro lens 
Very expired Kodak Ektachrome E100G, exposed at EV-1
February 2021


Slight departure from my usual style to show you one from a couple of years ago that I recently rediscovered.

Dug out the old Canon point and shoot that I was given for my 18th birthday for the wonderfully-named Shitty Camera Challenge over on Twitter….and I kind of loved the results! This was taken with HP5 in the Mackintosh-designed Queens Cross church in Glasgow.

I just repaired the battery door on this camera and am once again rediscovering it - it’s a great wee camera and a joy to shoot with!

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Canon SureShot AF-7 / SureShot Owl 🦉 
Ilford HP5 Plus
June 2018


Throwback to last summer on Lomo Purple film

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Canon EOS 300 / 100mm macro lens 
Lomochrome Purple XR 100-400 at ISO 160
June 2020


Something a little different since it’s the autumnal forest time of year - is this the first instance of APS film on Glass?

On a particularly anxious day I took the worst roll of film I had in the worst film format to the forest in the rain.

Magic happened.

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Canon EOS IX Lite with adapted Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens 
Very expired Lloyds Pharmacy branded APS colour film 

October 2020


Just a plant outside the front door but somehow this one really has something 

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Expired Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Xpro 

Cross processed Ektachrome E100VS  turns out to be really quite lovely in overcast light

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Expired Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Xpro 


The cat on the Yashica Mat

From my first - and to date, only! - go with a medium format TLR 

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Yashica Mat 124G 
Ilford HP5 Plus
May 2020


The last vestiges of summer on Dubblefilm bubblegum

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Canon EOS 300 & Pentacon 50mm f1.8
Dubblefilm Bubblegum
August 2021


Somebody on Twitter asked “do you live next to an actual enchanted forest?” 

I mean…maybe?

Pleased I managed to retrieve this one, film broke off inside the camera and I had to dive into a dark bag to retrieve it - worth it though!

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Zenit EM / Helios 44-M
Fuji Superia X-Tra 400
September 2021


Sticking to the dreamy theme - this is Washi F, an X-ray film stock that produces these wonderful glowing highlights

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens 
Washi F
September 2020


More pink to purple gradient

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Pre-exposed Fuji C200
June 2020

More of my experiments with pre-exposed film - this one used a pink to purple gradient, which turned out to be my favourite colour combination to work with! Goes especially well with spring green tones.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Pre-exposed Fuji C200
June 2020


I don’t know exactly how this happened but I’m glad it did! 

Pink light leaks?!?

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Canon EOS 300 & adapted Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens 
Kodak Gold 200, expired 2000-2005
October 2020


Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens 
Kodak Ektachrome E100G, expired 2005
February 2021

Expired slide film on an overcast winter day is the stuff dreams are made of.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens 
Kodak Ektachrome E100G, expired 2005
February 2021

This one’s a little bit out there but I like it!

I often experiment with pre-exposing film with a continuous wash of bright colour - this was an aqua green to blue gradient.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm f2.8 macro lens
Pre-exposed Fuji C200


Comments on an earlier photo about mathematics in nature made me think of this one!

This monkey puzzle tree draws me in every time.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Kodak Professional Ultra Colour 400UC - expired 2005

September 2020


Very old Elite Chrome 400 from a golden hour walk in the park last September - I had intended this roll to be cross processed but it ended up being accidentally E6 and I’m so happy it did!

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Canon EOS 300 & Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens 
Kodak Elite Chrome 400, expired 2000-2005


One of my favourite things to work with is expired slide film.

Many people would just throw it away, it’s too old and the colours are all wrong. Others will try to ‘correct’ the colours in post.

I’m going a different way.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100VS, expired 2005
April 2021


This photo marks one of the very first moments my current style began to emerge. 

It’s still a favourite.

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens
Pre-exposed Agfa Vista 200
August 2019



I often find myself trying to get less and less in the frame - especially when working in black and white!

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Canon EOS 300 & 100mm macro lens 
Ilford Delta 400
April 2021

So this is me. I spend a lot of time in my local park, using photography as a  way to clear my head. Sometimes it works.

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Canon EOS 300 with Helios 44M lens
Very expired Fuji Superia Reala 100
May 2021