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23 December, 2015

One camera, four conversations – Pieter Geloen

By Pieter Geloen

The man with his cigarette I met when I asked him if there was some nice scenery to take a picture of (I was in a town I never was before) He told me there wasn’t really anythin...

22 December, 2015

A 35mm compact camera lens conversion – Part 1 – Choosing the lens

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to have one of my compact camera lenses converted to Leica thread mount by MS-Optical in Japan. Rather than wait until the end of the project to document the whole ...

21 December, 2015

Not shooting / won’t shoot – What to do to find and build inspiration – by Ryan Neilan

By Ryan Neilan

‘I wanna live. I wish I was dead.’ So screams Henry Rollins through my headphones, screaming at me from Black Flag’s debut album,’Damaged.’ Ever since I was about eleven or twel...

16 December, 2015

A Birthday at the Birmingham German Christmas Market

By Hamish Gill

For the second year running, a few weeks ago me and a bunch of mates visited the Birmingham German Christmas Market. I must be honest, the non-consumable things on sale don̵...

13 December, 2015

Voigtlander Bessa L – (not really a) review

By Hamish Gill

The Voigtlander Bessa L is a camera I've owned twice. I've bought it twice thinking it'd be perfect for a type of shooting I thought I might give a go. Unfortunately, on both oc...

12 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – My First Roll – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 3 My journey exploring film photography continues (read Part 2 here)… After shooting three rolls of film with my first film camera (a M...

10 December, 2015

Kodak Tri-X – Finding my Photo Mojo in Forty Rolls – by Ryan Neilan

By Ryan Neilan

Until recently it was nearly ten years since I had shot a roll of film...

8 December, 2015

Canon 85mm f1.8 LTM Review – James Fox-Davies

By jfd

My choice of short telephoto lens is slightly out of the ordinary. In the past I’ve tried a few Leica lenses (90mm f4 Elmar etc) but haven’t been too impressed with ...

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