To receive the famous 100-year-old Telegram from the Queen and famous in the UK for reaching the ripe old age of 100 years is a rare opportunity for some and people are lucky enough to reach this grand age which is a landmark for them. Jack Brown my grandfather was one of these lucky few. This journal post is my own remembrance, a salute to  Jack on V.E. Day, and he saw so many of these special days and with today being 75 years a little celebration around the UK is being held. Jack Brown was a very independent man who lived on his own with…

ANALOG FILM & PROCESSING BLACK AND WHITE PROCESS I started at University processing my own black and white film and prints; this included later on colour prints C-types and Cibachrome prints from slides. I became very good in the darkroom and specialised in the black and white side of things with my special formula for printing great prints using AGFA papers, which was fibre-based. I then processed this in Agfa Chemicals and finally warm toning in selenium toners to get a beautiful, subtle, warm black. Films shot would be all sorts, including Ilford HP5, FP4, Kodak Tmax 100, 200, 400 and 3200…