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

I was really pleased to be interviewed by Ilford Photo recently for their website - find it via the “Featured” section on my website (link in bio) or copy: 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

Morag Perkins

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