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Simon Allis

@simonallis.bsky.social

I'm Cornish, centre left and no, I'm not getting over loosing my EU citizenship. Avid reader, love music from the 70s and a vintage camera user.

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Oslo skyline, image taken from the Holmenkollen Ski Area, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

07.02.2026 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holmenkollen Ski Area, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

04.02.2026 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

02.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the colour

31.01.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Stig

31.01.2026 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Foot ferry to the islands - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm

31.01.2026 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to mow the roof - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm

29.01.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dress form in the living room. This looks like my life, married to a knitwear designer @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

26.01.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sun through the grasses - Fredrikstad fortress, Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

26.01.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are inspiring me to go out and photograph some rotting hulks near Plymouth - just waiting for some free time and better weather to coincide.

26.01.2026 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frozen moat - Fredrikstad fortress, Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

24.01.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the fire station shot, great light

22.01.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Drawbridge over a frozen moat

Drawbridge over a frozen moat

Drawbridge - Fredrikstad, a port city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

22.01.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DrΓΈbak, municipality of Frogn, Akershus county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

21.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn't agree more - stop all this nonsense and just let me take my silly photographs.

21.01.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DrΓΈbak, municipality of Frogn, Akershus county, Norway.

With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

19.01.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bright tree - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm #tree

18.01.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition

The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away

What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse

The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

17.01.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14738    πŸ” 3158    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 111

Love Italy, can’t wait to go back this spring.

17.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful colours

17.01.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another beautiful image Stig, well done.

17.01.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kirke - Hvisten, Akershus county, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm

17.01.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Petrol station - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

16.01.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pumping gas - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

14.01.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Winter scene of fencing and small wooden houses

Winter scene of fencing and small wooden houses

Fence - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

12.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A horse in a frozen muddy field.

A horse in a frozen muddy field.

Hest - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #35mm

11.01.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🎞️

11.01.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white image of a medieval building with icicles hanging from the eves.

Black and white image of a medieval building with icicles hanging from the eves.

Icicles - Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Kodak ColorPlus 200 converted to B/W

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm

10.01.2026 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great image and good The The quote πŸ‘

10.01.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white image of people waiting for the tram, with Oslo city hall in the background

Black and white image of people waiting for the tram, with Oslo city hall in the background

Down at the old docks - Oslo, Norway.
With @yarnaddictanni.bsky.social

Camera - Ricoh 500 ME
Film - Ilford XP2 400

#photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #norway #ilford #blackandwhite #monochrome #35mm

09.01.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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