I am getting more used to taking pictures with a film camera, being unable to look at them on a screen immediately, and going through the meditative process of developing the film before I see what good or bad I have done. I am glad that the pictures are not available instantly. There is anticipation and excitement finishing the steps of the development and getting a first glimpse of the negatives. At this point, the final image still cannot he seen – just the fact that at least there are images and, to my astonishment, the magical process has worked again.

There is a fairly low rate of useable images. This is what I need to concentrate my attention on: looking carefully before I take each picture to weigh up what will make a good composition. I need to read more about composition and I think that with practise I might see the ratio of good to unusable pictures go up.