Andrew Bartram 🎞️ ✝️📷
@warboyssnapper.bsky.social
Hosting the Lensless & Lo-Fi Podcast and an incurable analogue dreamer.
Posting photo and darkroom thoughts and images whilst avoiding political discussions best held elsewhere (read this last part before following me)
Fenland is my home and muse.
Posting photo and darkroom thoughts and images whilst avoiding political discussions best held elsewhere (read this last part before following me)
Fenland is my home and muse.
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The Fenland of Cambridgeshire is my photographic “backyard” -a place of wide open landscape broken by drains, droves and lines. The rich black peat , slowly eroding contrasts against constantly changing light.
Using pinhole, polaroid and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
Using pinhole, polaroid and Holga cameras I try to capture the still beauty of the place.
Was chatting to someone in a Polaroid group about Bodie State park - I shared some Polaroid 669 images with him from 10 years ago.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Was chatting to someone in a Polaroid group about Bodie State park - I shared some Polaroid 669 images with him from 10 years ago.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
The weather is still in the Fenlands today, perfect conditions with diffused low sun.
Drove only 5 miles from home but the landscape is always changing.
Stay close to home and watch the light.
#Filmphotography #Believeinfilm
Drove only 5 miles from home but the landscape is always changing.
Stay close to home and watch the light.
#Filmphotography #Believeinfilm
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The weather is still in the Fenlands today, perfect conditions with diffused low sun.
Drove only 5 miles from home but the landscape is always changing.
Stay close to home and watch the light.
#Filmphotography #Believeinfilm
Drove only 5 miles from home but the landscape is always changing.
Stay close to home and watch the light.
#Filmphotography #Believeinfilm
As the clouds build in the afternoon tomorrow it looks like another trip into the fens with the large format camera is called for .
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
As the clouds build in the afternoon tomorrow it looks like another trip into the fens with the large format camera is called for .
I used ID II 1:3 for a reduced time of 14.5mins as I know how contrast can build up with fomapan 100.
I exposed at 64iso to make sure I get shadow detail.
Negs look ok and this is what the inside of a CombiPlan tank looks like if you haven’t seen one
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
I exposed at 64iso to make sure I get shadow detail.
Negs look ok and this is what the inside of a CombiPlan tank looks like if you haven’t seen one
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I used ID II 1:3 for a reduced time of 14.5mins as I know how contrast can build up with fomapan 100.
I exposed at 64iso to make sure I get shadow detail.
Negs look ok and this is what the inside of a CombiPlan tank looks like if you haven’t seen one
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
I exposed at 64iso to make sure I get shadow detail.
Negs look ok and this is what the inside of a CombiPlan tank looks like if you haven’t seen one
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
This morning in the land of the retired I have mostly been loading the 6 sheets of Fomapan100 I exposed yesterday into a CombiPlan tank - then loaded 6 sheets of Atomic X into the film holders.
Coffee then development , two separate activities.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Coffee then development , two separate activities.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This morning in the land of the retired I have mostly been loading the 6 sheets of Fomapan100 I exposed yesterday into a CombiPlan tank - then loaded 6 sheets of Atomic X into the film holders.
Coffee then development , two separate activities.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Coffee then development , two separate activities.
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
First time in well over a year that I’ve been out with the 4x5 - lovely late afternoon light.
Took me ages as I was so out of practice
#Filmphotography #believeinfilm
Took me ages as I was so out of practice
#Filmphotography #believeinfilm
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
First time in well over a year that I’ve been out with the 4x5 - lovely late afternoon light.
Took me ages as I was so out of practice
#Filmphotography #believeinfilm
Took me ages as I was so out of practice
#Filmphotography #believeinfilm
I have to say internet radio is a revelation
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I have to say internet radio is a revelation
A photograph I reprinted today with a hugely personal story attached.
This is my cousin, she has a beautiful cottage backing onto the Norfolk Broads and her late husband (in the drawing) loved it and spent hours on a ride on lawn mower.
I had my Rolleiflex with me one day and we made this photo.
This is my cousin, she has a beautiful cottage backing onto the Norfolk Broads and her late husband (in the drawing) loved it and spent hours on a ride on lawn mower.
I had my Rolleiflex with me one day and we made this photo.
January 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A photograph I reprinted today with a hugely personal story attached.
This is my cousin, she has a beautiful cottage backing onto the Norfolk Broads and her late husband (in the drawing) loved it and spent hours on a ride on lawn mower.
I had my Rolleiflex with me one day and we made this photo.
This is my cousin, she has a beautiful cottage backing onto the Norfolk Broads and her late husband (in the drawing) loved it and spent hours on a ride on lawn mower.
I had my Rolleiflex with me one day and we made this photo.
In the summer I played with the prism filters I have for my Holgas - the results are interesting enough for me to keep persevering…. I think …
Anyway I made a couple of darkroom prints today - the film was Gold 200 in case anyone cares….
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Anyway I made a couple of darkroom prints today - the film was Gold 200 in case anyone cares….
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In the summer I played with the prism filters I have for my Holgas - the results are interesting enough for me to keep persevering…. I think …
Anyway I made a couple of darkroom prints today - the film was Gold 200 in case anyone cares….
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Anyway I made a couple of darkroom prints today - the film was Gold 200 in case anyone cares….
#believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Aside from colour work my black and white darkroom projects are these - all 5x7 - I finally feel a bit more organised …
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Aside from colour work my black and white darkroom projects are these - all 5x7 - I finally feel a bit more organised …
Even the most innocuous subjects can be transformed into something of interest given the right light and conditions.
I drive past this barn often and this time I stopped with my GW690 II to continue my print project “Fenland, another view”
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
I drive past this barn often and this time I stopped with my GW690 II to continue my print project “Fenland, another view”
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Even the most innocuous subjects can be transformed into something of interest given the right light and conditions.
I drive past this barn often and this time I stopped with my GW690 II to continue my print project “Fenland, another view”
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
I drive past this barn often and this time I stopped with my GW690 II to continue my print project “Fenland, another view”
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
Had a few hours back in the colour darkroom this afternoon - two Rolleiflex and a Holga neg to print.
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Had a few hours back in the colour darkroom this afternoon - two Rolleiflex and a Holga neg to print.
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
Been looking through a print box of 12x16 prints and hadn’t looked at this since it was printed 10 years ago or so with an afternoon spent with friend Graham Vasey - think I used my Bomm 4x5 - the print didn’t do anything for me at the time but now I rather like it…
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Been looking through a print box of 12x16 prints and hadn’t looked at this since it was printed 10 years ago or so with an afternoon spent with friend Graham Vasey - think I used my Bomm 4x5 - the print didn’t do anything for me at the time but now I rather like it…
So very happy with the new internet radio - discovered Aadvark Blues 2FM channel which is SUPERB I have to say.
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
So very happy with the new internet radio - discovered Aadvark Blues 2FM channel which is SUPERB I have to say.
In 2017 I started another Fenland print project called Lines, Drains and droves - I have neglected the project for a few years now but it will be resurrected this year God willing - using my Toyo 45a
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
In 2017 I started another Fenland print project called Lines, Drains and droves - I have neglected the project for a few years now but it will be resurrected this year God willing - using my Toyo 45a
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
“fenland - another view” print project.
This house has a tragic back story.
Photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
This house has a tragic back story.
Photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“fenland - another view” print project.
This house has a tragic back story.
Photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
This house has a tragic back story.
Photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
From my darkroom print project “Fenland - another view” - photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
From my darkroom print project “Fenland - another view” - photographed with my GW690 II
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
Part of my 60th birthday present is this internet radio - I have a new turntable coming as well, to replace my late 80s Rega (a newer Rega).
The Majority radio is superb I have to say, I’ve found all sorts of jazz and blues channels - sounds great out of my Celestian speakers.
The Majority radio is superb I have to say, I’ve found all sorts of jazz and blues channels - sounds great out of my Celestian speakers.
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Part of my 60th birthday present is this internet radio - I have a new turntable coming as well, to replace my late 80s Rega (a newer Rega).
The Majority radio is superb I have to say, I’ve found all sorts of jazz and blues channels - sounds great out of my Celestian speakers.
The Majority radio is superb I have to say, I’ve found all sorts of jazz and blues channels - sounds great out of my Celestian speakers.
When it comes to making darkroom prints the light makes more difference to colour than to black and white. The latter has contrast controls, toning and bleaching to help realise the final vision but with colour it’s the light at the time. Both these are with Lomo 100 - but the light.
#believeinfilm
#believeinfilm
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
When it comes to making darkroom prints the light makes more difference to colour than to black and white. The latter has contrast controls, toning and bleaching to help realise the final vision but with colour it’s the light at the time. Both these are with Lomo 100 - but the light.
#believeinfilm
#believeinfilm
Probably not the Miles Davis album to start with but it is now my favourite- in the land of the retired (whilst waiting for a new hip) - “Miles burns the voodoo down” is just sublime listening - off into the darkroom for a few hours now.
Work is over rated .
Work is over rated .
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Probably not the Miles Davis album to start with but it is now my favourite- in the land of the retired (whilst waiting for a new hip) - “Miles burns the voodoo down” is just sublime listening - off into the darkroom for a few hours now.
Work is over rated .
Work is over rated .
From my Fenland print project - “Fenland, another view.
Roadside near Whittlesey.
#Believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Roadside near Whittlesey.
#Believeinfilm #Filmphotography
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From my Fenland print project - “Fenland, another view.
Roadside near Whittlesey.
#Believeinfilm #Filmphotography
Roadside near Whittlesey.
#Believeinfilm #Filmphotography
In Cambridge back in 2022 with @olu-gh.bsky.social and my Holga.
This chap from the local punt hire company was happy to pose.
#believeinfilm #filmphotograhy
This chap from the local punt hire company was happy to pose.
#believeinfilm #filmphotograhy
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
In Cambridge back in 2022 with @olu-gh.bsky.social and my Holga.
This chap from the local punt hire company was happy to pose.
#believeinfilm #filmphotograhy
This chap from the local punt hire company was happy to pose.
#believeinfilm #filmphotograhy
This evening’s tipple
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This evening’s tipple
Staying in the “S” section of the vinyl collection ….
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Staying in the “S” section of the vinyl collection ….
Rolling back the years with Sade
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Rolling back the years with Sade