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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 9h

Kid has started absolutely destroying broccoli, so much so that I was inspired to make this short film #BroccoliHorror

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seeing if anyone gets this reference #Fanjambo

A London Underground sign with the station name of "Nine witches"

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cross between Agent Smith and Alfred Krupp?

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In today's game of "Is it pictures?", we discover that you can dunk Rollei IR and T-max 100 at the same time! Rollei should be overdeveloped (should be 6'30") but is lovely, T-max is underexposed and remains not worth the money. HC110 1:31, 9.5 mins #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmBeNice #LargeFormat

A valley with a dam shot on Rollei IR 4*5 film, inverted negative. Looks lovely.

A valley with a reservoir surrounded by trees shot on Kodak T-max 100 with an orange filter, inverted negative. Looks washed out despite exposure being spot on from the meter.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Have realised I've been far too passive in trying to locate this light-leak, it's time to get active... #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #KnackeredMinolta

A white LED connected to a button battery so it lights up, in front of a black SLR camera with a persistent light leak that I can't find

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The set-up for what I was shooting that T-max with today. Also a couple sheets Rollei Infrared! Should probably Dev them at some point. #BelieveInFilm #LargeFormatPhotography

A black large format camera (Intrepid Mk 4 4*5) pointing at a reservoir over a hedge.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And finally, a shot from another roll I took, which is much better exposed and didn't seem to suffer with the blotches. It does a quite nice weirdly saturated effect on the greens (which don't seem to colour swap like much of the pallette). #BelieveInFilm #Azure

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Disclaimer: Azure doesn't seem to like underexposure much (bracketed some of these and included the best). The roll also sat in my bag for a month and got far too hot (heatwave) which probably did it no favours and may explain the blotches. ##BelieveInFilm #Azure

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I recently got some scans back of @harmanphoto.co.uk #Azure ! Where I ask the important question, "What on earth happens if you use it with colour filters??" Well let's find out! Here's a reference image... For each colour filter, I moved the respective rainbow colour round #BelieveInFilm

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eh, this was as good as I got (slightly manked up the pinhole so it wasn't perfectly round, for one) #Eclipse #ExtremelyAnalogPhotography #ApartFromThePhoneCamera

Pinhole box picture the eclipse, showing about 20 percent totality

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Could someone explain why PowerPoint (is not responding) has decided that THIS is how I should lay out text in a graphic? #academicSky

A PowerPoint graphic with a header saying "practicalities" and the text underneath saying "Missed opportunities", but is inexplicably upside down.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Also available in 35mm and 4*5! (Not tried it yet but HAVE shot Washi F which is an old fluoroscope film, so blue&green sensitive and no halation layer)

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Been wandering around a local park for #fp4party

A black Minolta XD7 camera on a wooden worktop. It has some issues with light proofing, but you can't see that here

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Life has been insane recently, but today I decided I should document the wonderful results, so went to load up some bulk #FP4+ . Couldn't find the usual paper tape to attach it, so had to use some alternative stuff.... (Didn't get to shoot a single frame, but will try tomorrow!) #BelieveinFilm

Brown paper tape with reindeer on it we use for wrapping Xmas presents, but that will in a pinch attach bulk 35mm film to a spindle

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#FridayFavourites Ilford FP4+ printed on Ilford Multigrade V paper Musee D'orsay restaurant

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last home #Darkroom session for a while I fear. Musee D'orsay restaurant (not super original!). @ilfordphoto.com FP4+ on Ilford Multigrade paper. #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhite #ShootFilmBeNice

Very small cellar home darkroom setup with the lights on. Big print on the Right wall of a poster for a Ukrainian book fair.

Black and white print of people silhouetted I. Front of the big clock in the Musee D'orsay restaurant

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It's going to be that kind of morning...

A travel mug with hardly any coffee in it, due to a miscalculation

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Here she is. #Ilford FP4+ at 125 iso. Shot on a Minolta XD7, dev'd in HC-110 at 1:31 for 9 mins #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmBeNice #HomeDeveloping 5/5

A black and white photo of a nun paddling in a lake

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Here is that bottle. Most of the darkness is just the film base left in there. It's not yet bubbling or anything, but I am quite scared of it.... #BelieveInFilm

A very dark looking bottle of T-max fixer

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I brought a book! I fear this might result in me getting blocked a lot... #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmBeNice

A book cover, titled "Criticizing photographs"

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Tired: Arguing about pineapple on pizza Wired: Mint on pizza #pizza

Pizza with House sausage, pepperonata, chilli, basil, Mint and cheese

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Cat was sleeping on our laundry basket. Then we left the lid open the other night so he did the only logical thing.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Was Wordy based off one of those spherical electric typewriter heads??

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Working on some "Basic image interpretation and Fractures" slides for our new #Radiography students. Do you think this is clear enough? (It flashes on the real slide) #Radiology #MedSky

A PowerPoint slide showing a graphic of a motorbike with a big "forbidden" cross over it

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Well it spits out some error about deprecated commands, and I've not properly checked the resolution, but it bloody works!! Thanks so much!

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

GODS AND MEN SAID IT COULD NOT BE, BUT TODAY I STAND TRIUMPHANT That's right ALL THE FILM IS SCANNED #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmBeNice

A folder information and properties screen (Fedora Linux) showing a folder called "Film scans" holding over 4k items totalling over 120 Gigabytes.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Had an afternoon off yesterday so went and took some shots of wind turbines. Having now developed them, it looks like I've almost completely fixed the light leaks! (There's like, 2 subtle ones across the rolls rather than a solid line every 2nd frame) #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography

An inverted black and white negative, still wet from the final wash, showing a pic of a pine of wind turbines

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

In exciting news, the film scanning backlog continues to fall. All previously scanned stuff now re-scanned at better resolution. Now working through the stuff that's never been in the scanner. Currently on sleeve number 117, 30ish to go... #BelieveInFilm #ShootFilmBeNice

Scan window for VueScan software showing a bunch of black and white preview images of Hastings Seafront down the right side

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If you hold a black and white negative against a dark background and light it just right... #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #Black&White

Black and white negative of a donkey in a film holder, but lit so that it looks positive

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Evidence: (Not all 2913 are negs, some are also text files with info about the film and dev. Not enough of those, to be honest...) I used to own a 1.6 GB HDD and thought that would basically last me forever... #BelieveInFilm #ButAlsoScanIt #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmBuyHardDrives

A Fedora Linux "folder properties" window for a folder called "film scans" containing 2913 items that total 87.2 GB

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Marking assignments today, and totally misread this citation the first few times ... #AcademicSky

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Big question, has the new light proofing stopped the light leaks?? Answer: No. It's a lot better (there's a couple per roll rather than every couple of frames), but it's still there. Bugger. Also, last T-max for a long while. #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmStayBroke

A black and white negative drying with a big dark stripe across it

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Has my 3rd attempt at light proofing repair worked? Let's find out! (Foam AND Felt!) #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhoyltography #BlackAndWhite #ShootFilmStayBroke

A black Minolta SLR camera lying on a green sofa.

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Paris on #Ilford FP4+ (neg shot on a lightbox in a diffusing neg sleeve and inverted via rubbish phone app, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA). Need a darkroom day! #BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #ShootFilmStayBroke

Fuzzy (diffuser by neg sleeve) black and white image of people in silhouette behind a big ornate clock face

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Rollei IR sheet film from yesterday, still wet from the final wash (trying distilled water!). Metered @ 6, hc-110 (1:31) for 8'30" (No processing marks from the stearman tank on THIS one. Not so much on others). #BelieveinFilm #Analogaphotography #ShootFilmStayBroke #LargeFormat

Black and white picture showing. Bare tree with another in the background and dark sky with whispery clouds

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Jim Hughes @sideshow-jim.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Another pic of my favourite tree, taken on a "I need to get out the house after working from home" walk. @ilfordphoto.com FP4+ , box speed Dev'd in HC-110 (1:39 at 9 mins ) #BelieveInFilm #ShootFilmStayBroke #AnalogPhotography

Black and white photo of a tree. It's a really good tree.

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