When you get right down to it, there are only three things a camera needs to do: form an image, record that image, and be otherwise…
DIY & Pinhole Cameras• Learning Journeys• Tutorials & Guides
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Nine Homemade Cameras: Pinhole Adventures Part 1 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
September 21, 2020Aren't humans amazing. We develop sophisticated technology – high-resolution sensors, superfast lenses – to record images. But we also make, and express ourselves with, the simplest…
Tutorials & Guides
How to Get Started Developing Black & White Film for £25 (or Less) – by Sroyon Mukherjee
September 7, 2020If you're thinking of dipping your toe into black-and-white film development but feel put off because it seems too expensive or too complicated, this post is…
Gear Theory• Tutorials & Guides
Monkeying Around with Focal Length and Perspective – by Sroyon Mukherjee
August 24, 2020When we zoom in or use a longer focal length, the subject looks bigger... other things being equal, of course. But other things need not be…
Gear Theory• Photos & Projects
3 Focal Lengths in Danish Marshland – by Sroyon Mukherjee
June 16, 2020If you saw the recent "Guess the Focal Length" Twitter post, this is where we reveal the answers. You can of course jump straight to the…
Photos & Projects
Lockdown Lumen Pt 2 – Artists around the World Printing with Sunlight
May 31, 2020Lockdown Lumen is a collaborative project by 12 artists in 8 different countries in various stages of COVID-19 lockdown. Using the medium of lumen, an alternative…
Lockdown Lumen is a collaborative project by 12 artists in 8 different countries in various stages of COVID-19 lockdown. Using the medium of lumen, an alternative…
Tutorials & Guides
Dodge, Burn and Other Heresies – Darkroom Technique Part 5 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
May 4, 2020So far in this series I’ve only talked about ‘straight printing’, which is to say, no part of the image was locally manipulated. I tweaked exposure…
Tutorials & Guides
Split Grade Printing – Darkroom Technique Part 4 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 27, 2020As I read and learnt more about printing, a mysterious phrase appeared on my radar – split grade (or split filtration) printing. Its advocates claim miraculous…
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Cat-and-Mouse with Exposure and Contrast – Darkroom Technique Part 3 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 20, 2020Part 3 is the most (only?) technical part of my ongoing series about darkroom technique. If you like technical, you’re in for some fun. If you…
