As another year comes to a close it’s time for my annual selection of favourite pictures, one from each month. As is always the case with these things, the list is based on my thoughts in the moment and the selection could easily change if I were to pick them yesterday or tomorrow.
Looking back through the year I was curious as to which camera has been used most for my photography. I thought there might be two or three contenders for the prize but, in actuality, there was a clear lead in the shape of my Bronica ETRSi, which has been used to shoot sixteen rolls of film in 2023. In distant second place was my Yashicamat 124G with six rolls (including one I developed today and have yet to scan), and then a tie for bronze between the Olympus Trip 35, and the Fujica GW690. I wonder which camera will be most used in 2024? Tune in this time next year!
January
Kodak Gold
Converted to B&W in Lightroom
I struggled to get colours I was happy with using Negative Lab Pro for this roll. It usually works very well, but this roll was having none of it, so I resorted to a monochrome conversion.
February
Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE
Ilford HP5+
8sec exposure @ f/22
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
March
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
April
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 12 mins @ 20°
1/30sec @ f/32
May
Kodak Colorplus
Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
June
G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 @ 20° 15mins 45secs
July
Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE
Kodak Portra 400
Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro
August
Zenzanon 150mm f/3.5 MC
Ilford HP5+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 9mins
September
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
October
Kodak Portra 400 NC (expired 2007)
Lab Developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
November
Kodak Gold
Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
December
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins
I expect that December’s picture might be changed as I still have a bunch of other stuff to develop and scan, and there may be shots amongst those that I prefer.
So that’s another year’s round-up. Now onto 2024! Have a happy New Year everyone.
Steel City Snapper photography 
October’s was exquisite.
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Thanks Matt. It’s one of my favourites of the year and jumped out at me as soon as I saw the scan emerge.
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Lovely selections all around! Happy New Year to you, too.
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Thanks -N-. Happy New Year!
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A wonderful selection! I like Feb. and Oct. best.
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Thanks Jim. I’m pretty happy with how February’s shot turned out as it’s the the first time I’ve attempted that sort of thing on film. October’s is one I’m particularly happy with too, especially given it was an unknown quantity in terms of the expired film.
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Very nice! This reminds me that I need to go through this year’s pics and do something similar. I got a bit exhausted from all my “end of year” posts, so hopefully I’ll find the energy for it.
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Thanks. I have all my photos catalogued in Lightroom so it’s quite easy to select the images from each month and make a selection. Without that, I expect the exercise might have been more time consuming. It’s also surprising to see just which and how many photos were made in a given month.
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I usually go through my flickr to figure it out, since that also sorts it for you.
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