In Spring during our initial COVID-19 lockdown here in Scotland I decided I wanted to learn something new so I made an impulse purchase of an old Graflex Speed Graphic 4×5 camera. The Speed Graphic is specifically a press camera, this means it’s fairly restricted in terms of camera movements. It only has some front […]
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Zine Pre-order!
Buzzing to announce that my zine “21” is now finally available for pre-order through Static Age. It contains 21 black and white photographs of the Scottish landscape and is also available as a limited edition box set of 21 – containing a hand numbered and signed, mounted darkroom print and other goodies.
Selenium Toning
Selenium is one of my favourite chemical toners for darkroom prints, so much that at the moment pretty much the majority of my prints are toned with it. I love its flexibility, and depending on your paper choice – the colour change can be as subtle or dramatic as your vision for the print dictates. […]
One Image, Four Prints…
Since upgrading my darkroom to the heavenly delights of running water and a nice big sink, I’ve been exploring chemical toning and to an extent different types of paper – specifically Ilford Warmtone FB paper which generally responds a bit more enthusiastically to colour changes with toners than a neutral paper like standard Ilford […]
Ilford Multigrade Enlarger Head
I recently acquired a new enlarger for my darkroom – a De Vere 504 no less. It’s a complete monster, it really is huge. It’s the floor standing model and must be at least 8 feet tall, prints 35mm through to large format 4×5 negatives and is more than capable of producing prints a lot […]
Rannoch Moor
I spent some time on the western side of Rannoch Moor at the end of 2019. I find its quite a sombre place really – it’s full of interesting trees and islands but it doesn’t really resonate with a vibe that could be described as pretty. But it really is a unique location. I was […]
Exhibition
The following two of my images will be on display the Glasgow Gallery of Photography popup exhibition at Colab running from July 17th to July 20th!
Zine!
Super excited to announce I will be working with Static Age to publish a physical release of my images! One of my aims at the start of this year was to focus on creating a body of work that could be reflected in some form as a self published zine, needless to say I’m buzzing that […]
First Post!
Hello and welcome! My name is Jason Connelly – I am a photographer based in Falkirk, Scotland and this is my little corner of digital dust. My work at the moment is primarily shot on black and white film, developed in chemistry and printed onto photographic paper using a traditional darkroom. I love it. There’s […]