Philosophy & Reflections Archives

20 January, 2026

In Terms of “Terms”, and Giving, Taking, or Harvesting a Photograph

By Simon King

A recent article by Tom Warland caught my eye, as it very succinctly offered thoughts from a perspective that to me seems to stand opposed to the conclusions I arrived at in my ...

19 January, 2026

High Risk, High Reward (or, Against Spray and Pray)

By Andrea Monti

I have recently stumbled upon a video of a guy ‘debunking’ the alleged myth of ‘one shot, one keeper’ —actually the orginal Japanese version was hikken, ...

12 January, 2026

My Doubts about Film Photography

By David Pauley

There are moments when I ask myself why I bother shooting these old film cameras. Often that question comes when I’m exasperated or discouraged. Maybe the color on a batch...

3 January, 2026

Photography experiencing architecture

By Marco Andrés

Featured image: Ramon C. Cortinés High School of Performing Arts, HMC (executive architect) and Coop Himmelb(l)au (design architect) How do people experience great works of arch...

view of a sliver of blue sky looking up through a narrow brown rocky slot canyon

1 January, 2026

The Balm in Ordering a Photo Print and Planning a Photo Walk

By Kary Schumpert

I was having a listless morning at home, halfheartedly folding laundry and cleaning out my email box, plopped on my bed and feeling stuck and sad in my small world. I looked ove...

31 December, 2025

The Technical Side of My Photography – A Reflection on How I Shoot

By Alexandre Kreisman

This post will be a mix of reflections on my technical approach, things I have observed while shooting. Let’s start at the beginning: Me! I tend to be a perfectionist. I s...

22 December, 2025

The Immediate, the Medium, the Media & the Median.

By Peter Ots

In 2013, Impossible Project first teased — and then actually delivered — a miracle device: the Instant Lab, which printed onto Polaroid film. Reviews and press coverage savored ...

15 December, 2025

A New Take on “Take”

By Tom Warland

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the vocabulary we use in photography—specifically the words we reach for without even realising. Words like take, capture, and shoot. They’...

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Paul Quellin on 100 or 200 skies – Kentmere vs Kentmere – Not really a fair contest
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Paul Quellin on 100 or 200 skies – Kentmere vs Kentmere – Not really a fair contest
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Paul Quellin on 100 or 200 skies – Kentmere vs Kentmere – Not really a fair contest
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