18 March, 2025
Remembering an old, broken camera.
More than a decade ago, and I remember this as though it were yesterday, I was sitting in a North London pub waiting for my girlfriend to arrive. I had been taking photos with d...
7 March, 2025
Marilyn Monroe in Banff – A Zero Shot Story
This story is for all the great photos we miss when we don’t have our cameras with us… Marilyn Monroe had an outsize presence in my childhood growing up in Pittsburg...
At some point in life, everyone needs a “Jim.” A Jim is someone who comes along during that crucial time (generally your early-20s), when you start to believe you have everythin...
24 February, 2025
To Do or To Own? (or the Photographer’s Dilemma)
To Own or To Do is the photographer’s version of Erich Fromm’s dilemma posed in his famous essay, ‘To Have or to Be’. I don’t have the authority to...
19 February, 2025
Adventures with my 50-year-old OM-1 and some new issues with scanning
This was going to be about my old original Olympus OM-1 but it really just reflects a journey that might feel familiar to many within the world of film photography today… ...
18 February, 2025
Never leave a roll behind…
In June of 2023, I set off on a two-week trip to Scotland. For weeks before I left, I agonized over what to bring, as we were trying to travel light. In the end, I decided on my...
8 February, 2025
Don’t Take It So Seriously – Putting the Funny Back Into Photography
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” — E. B. White If you read the comments on YouTube, Facebook or Instag...
