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17 March, 2022

What the Heck is “Chimping?” – By Cire Llissat

By Cire Llissat

Back in the day, when taking photographs, we gave little thought to viewing our photos on the spot. For those “thrill seekers,” who needed such immediate gratification, Polaroid...

16 March, 2022

5 Frames of a Ukraine Invasion Protest – By Thorsten Wulff

By thorsten

Berlin, Saturday, February 26. Day three of the russian invasion of Ukraine. The russian embassy, located on the posh boulevard Unter den Linden, is a stalinistic monument of ba...

15 March, 2022

5 Frames with a Bronica SQ-B, Zenzanon PS 80mm lens and HP5 plus – By Stelios Themelakis

By Stelios Themelakis

Mist is a somewhat rare occurrence in Athens, Greece, and I’ve always envied photographers that live in places where they can shoot black n’ white film in the mist every other d...

14 March, 2022

Lomography Daguerrotype Achromat Mini Review – Street Portraits – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

The Lomography Daguerrotype Achromat has been around for a few years now- a replica of one of the original portrait lenses from way back in the day, it’s based on a formula from...

13 March, 2022

5 Frames of Milan With a Mamiya Six Folder and Fuji Provia – By Rodrigo Verissimo

By Rodrigo Verissimo

What’s a more portable way to do a trip and still shoot medium format? A folder camera of course! Back in October 2019, I needed to go to Milan with some friends for a conferen...

12 March, 2022

5 Frames in the Rain – Portra 160 in a Nikonos III – by David Hume

By David Hume

The day I made these shots I was woken up by surreal yellow light coming through the window of the shack. We’ve stayed at this beach each summer for thirty or more years and I’...

11 March, 2022

Using a Mobile Phone And a Free App To Scan Negatives – By George Griffin

By George G

When I first got back into analogue photography back in 2015, the biggest problem for me was how do I get these analogue images into a digital format to post on either a blog, F...

10 March, 2022

5 Frames With a Minolta XE1 on Ilford FP4 – By Conor O’Brien

By Conor O'Brien

My journey back to film, by now I’m sure, is a common enough story; however it still surprises me every time I think about it. As a child of the 70’s and 80’s with photography ...

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Christian Hogue on Fuji X-Half – Trying to prove Hamish wrong… and failing
Good breakdown! I itialky I thought it was a silly toy camera. A gimmick! Then I played with one a…
Ibraar Hussain on Leica IIIa – Buying a Barnack Leica and enjoying it visiting Castles in the Loire Valley
Really enjoyed the read, your mission accomplished! I The Loire Valley looks beautiful - enjoyed your photos as well of…
moodywarlock on There are no divine rights to earn a living as a photographer
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