18 August, 2026
Don’t Talk To Strangers
The catalyst: Covid-19 When I was in my twenties, I loved to sketch strangers on buses and trains. When I emigrated to London, I turned my drawings into watercolours, etchings, ...
17 August, 2026
Why I’m Choosing the W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8 LTM or Omnar NK35-18 MkII Conversion as my 35mm (Pt. 1 of 3)
It all started with Sonnar Love. Like many regulars of 35mmc, over ten-years ago I was enlightened and soon began pursuing Sonnar-formula lenses because of community founder Ham...
2 August, 2026
Why I shoot film
Process. Process. Process. Purpose dictates decisions about kit (as well as timing, location etc.): do I have a pre-planned set of images I want to take, or is it a photo-walk s...
30 July, 2026
Robert Frank’s Disappearing New York Neighborhood
Above: 7 Bleecker Street: With the property sold, workers remove the last possessions of Robert Frank and June Leaf After my recent 35mmc article, describing our April trip to B...
There is a specific moment on a shoot that I never enjoyed. The light is doing something interesting and about to stop doing it, and instead of looking at the scene I am staring...
24 July, 2026
On Insincerity
This is a rant. It was caused by the umpteenth self-promotional, vertically shot from above video made toting a smartphone, in which, after the hideous opening — ‘hey guys’ — th...
Part one of this article looked at how, after very humble beginnings, NASA realised the potential photography could bring to the Space Program – how the cameras used in space we...
11 July, 2026
Digital B&W … … with filters?
Should I use colour filters when shooting B&W on a digital camera? The resounding answer on the internet is, no, shoot RAW and you have more flexibility in casting to B&...
