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9 September, 2026

Windows, Tripods and Strobes: Lighting Indoor Portraits on Film

By David Pauley

An overriding goal in my photography this past year has been to expand my ability to use lighting to create expressive indoor portraits, whether in a studio or on the fly. Pract...

30 April, 2026

Print, Hold, Spend: Making a £175 Consumer Photobook and What It Taught Me

By Danilo Leonardi

This article is partly a process note and partly a reflection on working with a consumer photobook service. It comes out of a small group project to make books for an in-store d...

6 March, 2026

My Favorite Failures

By Scott Ferguson

I remember a line in the movie ‘Girl, Interrupted’ where Vanessa Redgrave explains the meaning of the word ‘ambivalence.’ It’s not something you d...

17 February, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my failures Part II — Your Turn First

By Alexandre Kreisman

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been genuinely touched by the reactions to my previous article about failures (the previous article is available here). I wasn’t sure how people wo...

11 February, 2026

The Aritistic Side of my Photography – A Reflection on When I Shoot

By Alexandre Kreisman

Now that the technical basics have become second nature – the things that let me work faster, think less, and shoot more deliberately – I would like to dive into the...

23 January, 2026

My 2025 on Colour Film – 9 rolls, 8 emulsions, 6 cameras

By Sroyon

I predominantly shoot black-and-white film, preferring digital if I want to take colour photos. But in 2025, besides my usual quota of B&W, I also shot nine rolls of 35mm co...

21 January, 2026

Reflecting on a few of my own failures

By Michael Murray

Inspired by a post from Alexandre Kreisman, I wanted to present some misses to the community to look for ideas and opportunities for growth. Below, you’ll find 8 images t...

An actor balances a beach umbrella while flying a kite.

15 January, 2026

Relearning Film – Notes from a Returning Shooter

By Ned MacFadden

I’m relearning 35mm film. I grew up shooting on film. I’m 55 now, so my first camera was around 1984, when I was sixteen: a Minolta X-700, which I still have. Getting back into ...

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