Dave’s retro life
@djroot.bsky.social
Where we refuse to accept that anything since 1993 has happened!
British nerd, into arts and crafts. Love books, music, writing and old things - typewriters, cameras and musical instruments, stuff like that. Unapologetic woke lefty 🇺🇦 🌈
British nerd, into arts and crafts. Love books, music, writing and old things - typewriters, cameras and musical instruments, stuff like that. Unapologetic woke lefty 🇺🇦 🌈
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just another #hipstamatic phone #snapshot from the world’s prettiest #Railway #Station in Kemble, near Cirencester, because I’m still prioritising other things over developing new rolls of film!
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just another #hipstamatic phone #snapshot from the world’s prettiest #Railway #Station in Kemble, near Cirencester, because I’m still prioritising other things over developing new rolls of film!
When I visited the famous #railway #station at #Kemble I took a load of photos with the OM4 but I seem to be too nervous to get around to developing my first rolls of colour film and keep finding excuses not to do it. So here’s a #hipstamatic #snapshot #blackandwhite #photo I snapped on my phone!
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When I visited the famous #railway #station at #Kemble I took a load of photos with the OM4 but I seem to be too nervous to get around to developing my first rolls of colour film and keep finding excuses not to do it. So here’s a #hipstamatic #snapshot #blackandwhite #photo I snapped on my phone!
A shot I wouldn’t dare take on a digital camera!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A shot I wouldn’t dare take on a digital camera!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
Summer berries
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Summer berries
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
A really old post box!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A really old post box!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
September 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Testing depth of field on this wiry old fence post.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
September 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Testing depth of field on this wiry old fence post.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
Maybe I’ll try to find this one again with some colour film in the camera!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
September 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Maybe I’ll try to find this one again with some colour film in the camera!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
I think books have the same effect on his brain as they do on mine! 😴
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
September 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think books have the same effect on his brain as they do on mine! 😴
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books
Cool old bike I saw on my walk low on the hill.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
August 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Cool old bike I saw on my walk low on the hill.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
Cottages on a hillside
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
August 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Cottages on a hillside
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
Transcription of the text in comments. The area was very overgrown and I couldn’t see the “air damping vessel” it refers to!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Transcription of the text in comments. The area was very overgrown and I couldn’t see the “air damping vessel” it refers to!
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
I haven’t got anything much to share at the moment, just some snaps that I rattled off to test the OM1
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I haven’t got anything much to share at the moment, just some snaps that I rattled off to test the OM1
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
I finally got a roll to work in my Olympus OM1n! This is from the houses that back onto the disused canal at the bottom of my hill.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
August 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I finally got a roll to work in my Olympus OM1n! This is from the houses that back onto the disused canal at the bottom of my hill.
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
I don't know why I've settled on sharing a load of #photos from last year's trip to #Venice while I wait to get around to developing my next film, I just have ok! :D
#blackandwhitephotography
#blackandwhitephotography
August 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I don't know why I've settled on sharing a load of #photos from last year's trip to #Venice while I wait to get around to developing my next film, I just have ok! :D
#blackandwhitephotography
#blackandwhitephotography
Another from #Venice, just another #blackandwhite #snaphot I took on my phone on holidays last year.
August 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Another from #Venice, just another #blackandwhite #snaphot I took on my phone on holidays last year.
And here’s her ‘brother’. He’s a live wire so I haven’t managed to get a good photo of him yet, but I thought this sofa gargoyle pic was cute. Usually he insists on sitting right on my chest in front of my face, but today he wanted to encompass the chair arm.
July 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
And here’s her ‘brother’. He’s a live wire so I haven’t managed to get a good photo of him yet, but I thought this sofa gargoyle pic was cute. Usually he insists on sitting right on my chest in front of my face, but today he wanted to encompass the chair arm.
I’m not going to become a primarily cat photo feed, but here’s a pick of my new feline family member ❤️
She’s still very shy but starting to warm up to me as the days go by.
#cats
She’s still very shy but starting to warm up to me as the days go by.
#cats
July 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I’m not going to become a primarily cat photo feed, but here’s a pick of my new feline family member ❤️
She’s still very shy but starting to warm up to me as the days go by.
#cats
She’s still very shy but starting to warm up to me as the days go by.
#cats
Here’s another shot of St Mary’s in Tadcaster, this one shot with my #Yashica Electro on #IlfordPhoto Delta 400.
#FilmInNotDead #BlackAndWhite #Photography #BelieveInFilm
#FilmInNotDead #BlackAndWhite #Photography #BelieveInFilm
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here’s another shot of St Mary’s in Tadcaster, this one shot with my #Yashica Electro on #IlfordPhoto Delta 400.
#FilmInNotDead #BlackAndWhite #Photography #BelieveInFilm
#FilmInNotDead #BlackAndWhite #Photography #BelieveInFilm
A little way along from the tunnel entrance I shared the other day, there’s a walk along a drained section of canal that has a strange archaeological feeling about it, like something unearthed from the distant past.
#mediumformat #6x6 #bronica #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm ##ilfordphoto
#mediumformat #6x6 #bronica #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm ##ilfordphoto
July 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A little way along from the tunnel entrance I shared the other day, there’s a walk along a drained section of canal that has a strange archaeological feeling about it, like something unearthed from the distant past.
#mediumformat #6x6 #bronica #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm ##ilfordphoto
#mediumformat #6x6 #bronica #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm ##ilfordphoto
A little street scene from a nearby village.
Shot with the #Yashica electro 35 on #IlfordPhoto Delta 100
#filmIsNotDead #classicMono #believeInFilm #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
Shot with the #Yashica electro 35 on #IlfordPhoto Delta 100
#filmIsNotDead #classicMono #believeInFilm #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
July 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A little street scene from a nearby village.
Shot with the #Yashica electro 35 on #IlfordPhoto Delta 100
#filmIsNotDead #classicMono #believeInFilm #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
Shot with the #Yashica electro 35 on #IlfordPhoto Delta 100
#filmIsNotDead #classicMono #believeInFilm #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
I’ve got the #summer bug so here’s another #snapshot from #Venice
I’m not going on holiday this year so I have to use my memories from last year!
These are just snaps off my phone, maybe when it’s not so hot I’ll get on my PC and dig out some proper photos!
#blackandwhitephotography
I’m not going on holiday this year so I have to use my memories from last year!
These are just snaps off my phone, maybe when it’s not so hot I’ll get on my PC and dig out some proper photos!
#blackandwhitephotography
July 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’ve got the #summer bug so here’s another #snapshot from #Venice
I’m not going on holiday this year so I have to use my memories from last year!
These are just snaps off my phone, maybe when it’s not so hot I’ll get on my PC and dig out some proper photos!
#blackandwhitephotography
I’m not going on holiday this year so I have to use my memories from last year!
These are just snaps off my phone, maybe when it’s not so hot I’ll get on my PC and dig out some proper photos!
#blackandwhitephotography
Some rooftops in #Venice, #travel #snapshots
#blackandwhite #photography
Shot on my phone last summer.
#blackandwhite #photography
Shot on my phone last summer.
July 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Some rooftops in #Venice, #travel #snapshots
#blackandwhite #photography
Shot on my phone last summer.
#blackandwhite #photography
Shot on my phone last summer.
A dramatic #sky heralds a welcome change in the #weather.
I’ve worked 9 hours a day all weekend in sweltering conditions to finish preparing my house for my new arrivals! I’ve rarely been so tired in my life, but the results are worth it!
#hipstamatic #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
I’ve worked 9 hours a day all weekend in sweltering conditions to finish preparing my house for my new arrivals! I’ve rarely been so tired in my life, but the results are worth it!
#hipstamatic #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
July 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A dramatic #sky heralds a welcome change in the #weather.
I’ve worked 9 hours a day all weekend in sweltering conditions to finish preparing my house for my new arrivals! I’ve rarely been so tired in my life, but the results are worth it!
#hipstamatic #lomo #blackandwhite #photography
I’ve worked 9 hours a day all weekend in sweltering conditions to finish preparing my house for my new arrivals! I’ve rarely been so tired in my life, but the results are worth it!
#hipstamatic #lomo #blackandwhite #photography