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Duncan Shepherd
@duncanshepherd.bsky.social
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Photographer and educator in art, design and media.
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Two more from the aforementioned #urban #landscape series. #largeformatphotography #concrete #4x5 #fomapan #analogphoto #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
4x5 large format photograph, concrete coastal defence harbour wall Large format monochrome urban landscape/architecture photography of a concrete flyover.
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Rediscovered my #MPP Micro Technical after many years. After some recommissioning, I have been using it for some #abstract #urban #landscape studies. Here’s a couple of examples. #largeformatphotography #filmisnotdead #fomapan #4x5 #filmphotography #blackandwhite #believeinfilm
Large format monochrome photo of a concrete bridge taken from bellow. MPP Micro technical camera, Fomapan 400 Monochrome photo of a pedestrian underpass taken with a MPP large format camera and Fomapan 100 4x5 film
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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From the archives. Shot with my #MPP Micro Technical back in the late 1980s #StillLife #largeformat #IlfordFP4 #filmphotography #analogphoto
Still life of cherry blossoms photographed on a lightbox
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Final day of our pop-up gallery in Petersfield as part of #Hampshire Open Studios event. Showing with my artist friends David Futcher and Lester Handley, listed as ‘ The Visual Collective’. Open till 4pm. #hampshirearts #hampshireartists #alternativephotography #cyanotype #pinhole
Cyanotype and pinhole prints and postcards exhibited for sale Pop up gallery showing Infra Red photography along with cyanotype prints and pinhole images Paintings by Lester Handley displayed in a popup gallery marquee Wet-on-wet cyanotypes presented as postcards
August 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Been making more wet on wet #cyanotype prints. This one made with #gladioli grown by my neighbour on her allotment
#altprocess #analogphoto #botanicals #sunprinting
Wet on wet cyanotype print of gladioli flowers
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#StillLife #largeformat #8x10 #IlfordHP5 #believeinfilm #analogphotography #intrepidcamera #filmphotography #blackandwhite #largeformatfilm #ilfordphoto
July 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Two from my recent studio session, quick scans from work prints
#largeformat #largeformatphotography #StillLife #abstract #fomapan #4x5 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #toyo #analogphoto #blackandwhite
Close-up abstract still life monochrome photograph of machined steel and aluminium tubes Close-up abstract still life monochrome photograph of machined steel and aluminium tubes
July 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Spent some more #studio time working on #StillLife ideas. Not quite sure where I’m going with this, but doing it anyway.
#largeformat #largeformatphotography
#toyo #believeinfilm #analoguephoto #Ilfordfilm #fomapan
Toyo 45g large format camera in photo studio Still life photo studio set up using Intrepid 8x10 camera
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Made #cyanotype prints from inkjet negatives today. The hot pressed #watercolor paper seems to benefit from two coats of emulsion.
#flowers #altprocess #alternativeprocess #AltPhotography #blue #macrophotography
Tulips in close-up. Cyanotype print from digital transparency Allium in Flower. Cyanotype print from digital/inkjet negative
May 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Street Corner Laundromat
#pinhole #NoonCamera #Kentmere #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #MediumFormat #altphotography #blackandwhite #lenslessphotography #cameralessphotography
May 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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An experimental #abstract #cyanotype using a #4x5 neg from the #stilllife session I posted a little while back, with shadows cast from the same objects featured. #largeformat #analogphoto #believeinfilm #alternativeprocess #
Large format negative being exposed onto cyanotype coated watercolour paper in direct sunlight, with sections off steel cylinders casting shadows across the print. Abstract cyanotype print
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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More wet on wet #cyanotype action... this is in danger of becoming a project
#analogphoto #alternativeprocess #tulips #blue #analogprint #cameralessphotography #altprocess #alternativephotography
Wet on wet cyanotype print of tulips on watercolour paper Wet on wet cyanotype print of tulips on watercolour paper
May 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Shortlist for my submission to this year's #worldwidepinholephotographyday gallery. Currently favouring the picture of #SouthParadePier
#Pinhole #filmphotography #analogphoto #wppd #wwppd #filmisnotdead #alternativeprocess #southsea #mediumformat #RolleiRPX
Pinhole photography of a classic Volkswagen on a driveway in Southsea, Hampshire. Pinhole photograph South Parade Pier, Southsea, UK 'Paul Loads his Ondu' - Pinhole photo of figure blurred by movement Pinhole photograph of a tree in an open urban setting, Southsea, UK
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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#Southsea sea front with my RSS 6x17 #pinholecamera on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2025 using #Kentmere Pan100 @realitysosubtle.bsky.social #filmisnotdead #wppd #alternativeprocess #panorama #analogphoto
Panoramic pinhole camera Montage of four 6x17 Pinhole photos
April 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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First darkroom session after worldwide pinhole photography day
#pinholephotography #wwppd #worldpinholeday #alternativeprocess #filmphotography #RolleiRPX #kentmerepan #mediumformat #believeinfilm
April 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Out and about on #wwppd First roll complete #pinholephotography #believeinfilm #worldpinholeday #noonpinhole #RolleiRPX #alternativeprocess #mediumformat
April 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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First #film neg with my new #8x10 #IntrepidCamera. #Stilllife composition using objects found lying around in my workshop.
#LargeFormat #Ilfordphoto #IlfordHP5 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #monochrome
I have posted an initial review of this camera here youtu.be/Up8MiNOZUGA
Intrepid 8x10 large format camera in home studio set up to take still life from above 8x10 monochrome negative on a lightbox Monochrome still life composition taken on Ilford HP5 8x10 film and darkroom contact printed
April 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#Cyanotype #doubleexposure experiment. Started off making a wet on wet print earlier in the week (using cherry blossom), then 2 days later recoated and made a dry exposure of #tulips
#altprocess #analogprint #analogphotography #blue #botanical
Cyanotype double exposure print made with botanicals
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Possibly the most successful outcome from yesterday’s #cyanotype Wet on wet with cherry blossom and tulip petals
#cameralessphotography #alternativeprocess #analogphotography
Wet cyanotype print of tree blossoms and tulips
April 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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#cyanotype #alternativeprocess #analogphotography #cameralessphotography
Cyanotype print with dandelions in seed Cyanotype contact print of dried tulip
April 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Last ditch #cyanotype session today, before the weather breaks. Will post some results later #alternativeprocess #botanicals #lenslessphotography #cameralessphotography
Cyanotype prints in frames being exposed to direct sunlight Paper cyanotype printed drying on a rack
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Wet #cyanotype of cherry blossom and magnolia petals on hot pressed #watercolour paper, exposed for 2hours
#cameralessphotography #alternativeprocess #analogphotography
Cyanotype print of spring blossoms
April 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Great spring weather here in the UK this weekend. Collected tree blossom whilst out walking and spent the afternoon making #cyanotype prints
#alternativeprocess #analogphotography #lenslessphotography
Cyanotype print of collected tree blossoms
April 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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More urban pinhole, this time with my RSS #6x17, taken a couple of years ago. Not used this camera as much as I should. A good candidate for this year’s #WorldwidePinholePhotographyDay perhaps?

@realitysosubtle.bsky.social #analoguephotography
#pinhole #filmisnotdead #mediumformat #Ilford
April 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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From my #pinhole archive, a homage to Frederick Evans’s ‘A Sea of Steps’, Wells Cathedral. 6min exposure on #Kodak #TMax 400
#ZeroImage #4x5
#pinholephotography #largeformat #alternativeprocesses #believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#darkroomprint
April 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM