Author name: Recky

In another life, Recky worked as a music producer/engineer, composer and author. When the music biz was broken beyond repair (at least for non-superstars) he reinvented himself as a restaurant chef and owner in Germany's Eifel mountains. Back in his recording studios days he was an analogue tape anorak; these days he shoots a handful of classic film cameras and prints his images in the darkroom above the restaurant.

Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck

By / May 20, 2020 / Philosophy & Reflections / 18 Comments

It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold their analogue gear by the early 2000s; the stuff was, until recently, virtually being given away on eBay, at flea markets, or ended up in landfill. Film was dead. …

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Rolleiflex SL35 mini-review- A Gorgeous Under-The-Radar SLR – By Recky Reck.

By / May 19, 2020 / 5 frames with... / 10 Comments

In early 2019, my interest in analogue photography was suddenly rekindled after a hiatus of a mere 35 years – as a teenager I had discovered my grandfather’s 6×6 folder and learnt photography using this 1940s camera, shooting in B&W and having prints made at the local photo shop. Alas, few of those pictures have …

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