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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 25/09/2026

Reindeer skull circled by antlers, Sarek, Sweden. Photo made with a homemade pinhole camera. #landscape #filmphotography #believeinfilm #pinhole #ilfordfp4

Reindeer antlers arranged in a circle with a skull in the middle. Distant mountains with patchy snow fields.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 17/09/2026

Camp in Sarvesvágge, Sarek, Sweden. I really felt like I was out in the wilderness here. Nearby was an old elk carcass where bones had been dragged away by scavengers, perhaps wolverines. The day after I saw three golden eagles. #filmphotography @ilfordphoto.com #ilfordfp4 #pinhole #believeinfilm

Pinhole photograph of a tent in a valley (Sarvesvágge) with deep cliffs on the sides and distant mountains cut of the valley in the middle of the frame. At the end of the valley lies "rovdjurstorget" (the predator square) where tracks from all five big Swedish predators have been seen (bear, wolf, lynx, wolverine, and golden eagle).

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 11/09/2026

Snow and rain over Njoatsosvágge, Sarek, Sweden. Photo taken with my homemade wooden pinhole camera. #pinhole #landscape #sweden #believeinfilm #filmphotography @ilfordphoto.com #ilfordfp4

The photo was taken standing in a stream high above a valley. Snow and rain falls in the distance.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/09/2026

This summer I back packed in Sarek national Park, Sweden, around the Pårte (Bårdde) mountain. Njoatsosvágge was one of the impressive valleys I had the pleasure of visiting. More info in the alt texts. #sweden #landscape #photography #nature #backpacking

The bend in Njoatsosvágge. Goabrekbákte in the centre.

Midnight with fresh snow on the mountain tops. Tsahtsa mountain in the center.

Tent spot overlooking Njoatsosvágge. The dramatic weather gave sun, snow and rain during the day. I was completely alone on this night, just like the other five nights during this trip.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 18/07/2026

Starting a 7 day backpacking trip in Sarek, Sweden today. No trails, reception or huts. Of course I brought my pinhole camera.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 23/06/2026

Reindeer skull in Sarek, Sweden. Photo taken with a wooden pinhole camera. Digital scan. #pinhole #filmphotography #ilfordfp4+

A skill from a reindeer amongst rocks. A distant peak (Niether) in the background with a snow field.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 20/06/2026

I fitted a filter thread on my wooden pinhole camera. Testing it out with a yellow filter. #pinhole #filmphotography

Wooden pinhole camera with yellow filter on tripod.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 23/05/2026

Here are a few build pics from when I build my wooden pinhole camera back in 2024, almost exclusively using hand tools. The inner part is 3d printed though. #pinhole #woodworking #handtools

Planing oak with an old wooden handplane.

Ripping thin slices of oak, that I later planed to 6mm thick.

Main parts layed out: oak box, 3d printed interior with stainless steel roller for film transport, brass tripod threaded insert, and brass film winders.

Front view of the finished pinhole camera

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 15/05/2026

Sarek National Park, Sweden. Walking the "high route" in Rapadalen. Inkjet print on Hahnemüle Bamboo. This is a A5 size proof. An A2 size framed print is hanging at a local restaurant in my hometown. #photography #nature #sverige #sweden #landscape

Two stones in the foreground, between which a small stream is meandering. Distant mountains in the background where larger streams hurl down. Snow and small glaciers sit on the mountain tops. Rapaselet, a part of the unique Rapa valley in Sarek, Sweden, is seen on the right. This place is a 2-3 days hike from the nearest road. Sarek has no marked trails, so you have to be totally self-reliant.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/04/2026

My favorite darkroom print is hanging in my living room. It was made with a homemade pinhole camera in the "Rapa" valley in Sarek national park, Sweden. I'm planning on making a larger print of the this negative in the near future.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 28/01/2026

Brought my x100v cross-country skiing on a wonderful, crisp -18°C morning. #landscapephotography #naturephotography

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 22/01/2026

My daughter in a dress knitted by my mom. Darkroom print on Ilford MGFB Classic Matt toned in sepia and selenium. From a HP5+ negative taken with a Rolleicord IV. #filmphotography #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto #ilfordhp5 #ilfordMGFB

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 02/01/2026

Strapped a Rolleicord to my back instead of a wax belt when out cross country skiing. Silver gelatin print on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB Classic Glossy, toned in sepia and selenium. From a FP4+ negative taken with a Rolleicord IV. #filmphotography #darkroom #believeinfilm

A tree, a tree trunk, and a stick standing in the snow. A snow covered moss with distant trees in the background.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 30/12/2025

Tonight I had a productive evening in the darkroom. Three fiber prints from FP4+ negatives taken with my homemade pinhole camera during the 100km+ hike me and my wife did this summer. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #darkroom #pinhole

Still wet silver gelatin fiber paper prints drying on a towel.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 02/12/2025

I just published the daylight developing tray I've designed and used to develop my 4x5 negatives. I've used 120ml of D76 1:1. Even development and no light leaks so far. I printed it in black PetG. www.printables.com/model/132181... #largeformat #4x5 #3dprinting

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 23/08/2025

I taped my home made wooden pinhole camera to my guitar and danced around the living room to smoothen out the background. My family thinks I'm weird. I entered this to a competition (theme: music) at my local camera club for fun. Digital scan. #filmphotography #pinhole #BelieveInFilm

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 21/08/2025

Two weeks ago me and my wife went on a 100 km-something backpack through Femundsmarka, Rogen, and Långfjället with tent. We had very mixed weather, which resulted in some beautiful photographic conditions. I also had my pinhole camera, but the negs need to be developed. #x100v #fujifilm #landscape

A backpacker walking towards distant sun-lit mountains through the barren Nordic tundra. Heavy clouds above.

A small lake on the barren Nordic tundra. Birch lines a crest, with distant Norwegian mountains in the background. The sky is cloudy.

Stones dominate the barren landscape. A sun-lit rain shower illuminates a distant mountain. A lonely pine stands out on a crest

Stones dominate the barren landscape. A lonely pine stands out on a crest

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/07/2025

Fog, fields and tree. Recent silver gelatin print on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB Classic Glossy, toned in sepia and selenium. From a FP4+ negative taken with a Rolleicord IV. Might have turned out a little dark. #filmphotography #darkroom #believeinfilm

Lone tree on a grass field next to a plowed field, fog.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 07/07/2025

Two photographs from yesterday's beautiful sunset. #fujifilm #x100v

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 01/07/2025

Apple orchard, fog, fence. A recent silver gelatin print on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB Classic Glossy from a PanF+ negative. Split-toned with sepia and selenium. Taken with a home made wooden pinhole camera (6x6). #filmphotography #darkroom #BelieveInFilm #pinhole

Lines of apple trees disappearing into fog. A fence with drops of water in the foreground. Split-toned silver gelatin print mounted on a cold white album page.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 23/06/2025

Foggy path near my home. Selenium toned silver gelatin print on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB Classic Glossy from a FP4+ negative. Taken with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x6 with a Novar Anastigmat lens. From 2022. #filmphotography #darkroom #BelieveInFilm

A monochrome silver gelatin print of a dark tree leaning over a footpath disappearing into the mist.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 13/06/2025

Lone pine in fog. Selenium toned silver gelatin print from 2022. Made on @ilfordphoto.com MGFB Classic Glossy from a FP4+ negative. The camera was a Zeiss Ikon Nettar (6x6) with the Novar Anastigmat lens. #filmphotography #darkroom #BelieveInFilm

A lone pine standing on a field, enshrouded in mist.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/06/2025

Alder and ice. Silver gelatin print on @ilfordphoto.com fibre paper from a FP4+ negative, toned in selenium, from 2022. One of my first darkroom print. #filmphotography #darkroom

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 27/05/2025

My most successful toning of a cyanotype so far: fenugreek tea without prior bleaching. I think I prefer the untoned one for this particular subject. #cyanotype #stillife #alternativeprocess #largeformat

Cyanotype toned in tea made from fenugreek, yielding a greenish blue color with slightly yellowing of the paper base.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 16/05/2025

Dried flowers. Experimenting with cyanotypes from my first set of 4x5 negatives. I will try some different toning techniques in the coming days. #cyanotype #alternativeprocess #filmphotography #largeformat

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/05/2025

I love reading old books about the Swedish mountains and its surroundings. This one is a gem: Sarek by Svante Lundgren, published in 1946. The cover page photo was taken on the same spot that I was last summer, but 80-something years earlier.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 30/04/2025

Some pinhole shots from world wide pinhole day. One will be uploaded to pinholeday.org Homemade wooden 6x6 pinhole camera. #pinhole @ilfordphoto.com PanF+ in ID11 1:1.

Pinhole self-portrait in hotel room. 6min exposure.

Beach with seashells and rocks. Sea and distant land in the background.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 26/04/2025

Loading up the homemade 6x6 pinhole camera with some Pan F+ for world wide pinhole photography day. #pinhole #filmphotography

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 23/04/2025

Exposing my first few sheets of 4x5 film. I think I managed to load some of the sheets in the dark slide slot 🤔😄 #largeformat #filmphotography

Toyo field 4-3/4 5-1/2 camera with 4x5 back.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 08/04/2025

Northern Rapa valley (lat. 67.32375, lon. 17.76247) during a 7 day solo backpack through Sarek last summer. #pinhole #filmphotography #darkroom @ilfordphoto.com FP4+ and MGFB classic glossy.

Fibre base print of a pinhole photo of my tent pitched above northern Rapa valley. Snow and glaciers are visible on the mountains in the distance.

Split-grade printing was used to manipulate local contrast. The contrast in the river and distant mountains was increased by dodging the soft exposure and burning the hard exposure. The foreground was dodged during the soft exposure to lighten it and increase contrast. The sky was burned down during the soft exposure.

The print is split-tone in sepia and selenium, then mounted to an album page using heat-activated adhesive.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 03/04/2025

Lonely little tree. Made with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar, 6x6. Silver gelatin print from 2022. @ilfordphoto.com FP4+ film and MGRC paper. #filmphotography #darkroom

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 25/03/2025

Revisiting f-stop printing to be able to locally manipulate contrast. In the final print (will post when mounted) I increased the contrast in the foreground and distant mountains, and burned in the sky. #darkroom #filmphotography #pinhole

Three test strips. The leftmost is made with filter 5 in 1/6 stop increments starting at 8s. The middle is the same but with filter 00. The rightmost is the sum of the selected filter 5 and filter 00 exposures.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 13/03/2025

Apple trees in fog. Made with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar, 6x6. I love that little Novar Anastigmat lens. Silver gelatin print from 2022. @ilfordphoto.com FP4+ film and MGRC paper. #filmphotography #darkroom

Rows of apple trees disappear into fog. Silver gelatin print on Ilford MGRCIV.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 03/03/2025

I hade a beautiful day at a local "mountain" (Hunneberg) this weekend. Frost partially covered the scenery. #x100v #fujifilm #landscapephotography

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 27/02/2025

Two favorites from the last roll I developed from my homemade 6x6 pinhole camera. Digital scans for now, but I'm probably going to print these eventually. #filmphotography

Self portrait. The sea disappearing into mist behind two wind-beaten trees. Orust, Sweden.

Wetlands close to the shore. Orust, Sweden.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 19/02/2025

I just "finished" a homemade timer for "f-stop" printing. Here's a demonstration of making a test strip in 1/3 stop increments from 8 to 32 seconds. #darkroom #woodworking #electronics

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 09/02/2025

Pictures of my homemade pinhole camera. It's made of European oak using hand tools (saw, plane and chisel) and a drill press. #pinhole #filmphotography #woodworking

Homemade pinhole camera made of European oak.

Side view of pinhole camera showing the dovetail joints.

Back of the pinhole camera showing the red film window.

Pinhole camera with the back open. The middle part holding the stainless steel film transport rollers is 3d printed.

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 28/01/2025

Silver gelatin print from last year. @ilfordphoto.com MGFB1K toned in selenium, FP4+, Zeiss Ikon Nettar (6x6). This was a very low contrast negative. #filmphotography #darkroom

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 26/01/2025

From last summer: my tent pitched at a wonderful view of northern Rapa valley in #Sarek, Sweden. Homemade #pinhole camera, Ilford FP4+, digital scan. Should I make a silver gelatin print of this? #filmphotography

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Mikael Mårtensson @mikaelmartensson.com · 22/01/2025

As my first post on Bluesky, I'm sharing my two favorite darkroom prints. These were taking in Sarek, Sweden, during a 7 day backpack, with a homemade pinhole camera. The are printed on fibre-based paper and toned in sepia and selenium, then dry-mounted and matted. #filmphotography #darkroom

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