i'm Brian Cowley, Husband, Dad, grumpy old bloke, photographer, brickmaker.

I live work and shoot in the West Midlands, but get around a bit shooting whatever interests me at the time.

I've been shooting film since 1977 when I borrowed a FED4 from school for a field trip. Learned to develop & print the resulting five rolls and been hooked ever since.

I spent a couple of years with only digital kit after giving up my darkroom due to lack of space and new son,

I was never entirely happy or comfortable with the results or the kit, so bought some film kit and a scanner.

What equipment do I use?

In the past I've used;

Praktica MTL3 & B200

Olympus om40

Pentax Programme A & LX

Canon T90 EOS600 EOS5

Mamiya 645J

Minolta Dimage 7i (digital yuk)

I currently use

Pentax K-5 (digital, quick, convienient, like fast food---lacks soul) but allows use of all K-mount lenses

a brace of Pentax LX (what is the plural)

an MX and a Super A

I develop my own B&W to scan on an Epson V600 into Lightroom

Film of choice?

Kodak Tri-X400

Ilford FP4

Kodachrome 64 (sadly a choice no longer available)