12 April, 2022
The Joy of Small Prints – by Sroyon
Big photographs are impressive. From 1950 to 1990, New York's Grand Central Terminal had a changing display of 60×18 feet (18×5.5 m) backlit transparencies. This display was a K...
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Rebecca wrote a great introduction to stereoscopic (3D) photography which was published on 35mmc yesterday, and which some of you have probably read already. I only got into ste...
Most major manufacturers of film and photographic paper release datasheets with technical details about their product. If you've ever looked at such a datasheet, you may have se...
24 December, 2021
A Whole Roll of (Mostly Failed) Experiments with a Minolta Autocord TLR – by Sroyon
There is no such thing as a failed experiment because you can always learn from them. Well that’s what they say on LinkedIn… but I hate failed experiments. Why can&#...
29 October, 2021
“Blur is a Part of Life” – A Collaborative Project
When asked if blur in photographs is undesirable because it obscures what is there, William Klein disagreed: "If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur ...
25 October, 2021
Contrast and Tonality Part 2: The Curves Tool, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Contrast – By Sroyon
In Part 1 of this three-part series, I used histograms of famous photographs to introduce some fundamental ideas about contrast and tonality. In this part I’ll talk about ...
20 September, 2021
Contrast and Tonality Part 1: Histograms of Famous Photographs and What They Can Teach Us – By Sroyon
Let’s face it, “analysing” photos with histograms can only take us so far. A hundred years later, people may or may not look at your photographs and gasp in ad...
I’ve been part of the 35mmc team for the past year or so; some of you may have come across my articles, but behind the scenes, I also try and look for contributors who can...