10 January, 2023
Gear Theory – Shooting Film in the Rain – By Ted Ayre
I grew up on my neighbours’ farm in the Lake District, England and spent lots of time as a child helping the adults outside with the sheep, lambs and cows in the pouring r...
30 December, 2022
Shooting infrared with a rangefinder camera, Rollei Infrared film and a Retina IIc – By Tony Warren
A comment on my review of Rollei Infrared film triggered this follow up. In his comment, Neal Wellons pointed out, quite correctly, that, for infrared photography, using a range...
20 December, 2022
Scan and Destroy – My blasphemous quest to be free of my negatives – By Max Cooper
The issue of SHOTS magazine current at the time of this writing contains images central to my thesis: Recovered slides from my grandfather’s collection. On the off-chance you mi...
Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...
11 December, 2022
The Humble Strap: From Shoelace to Salvation – By Tim Snow
The epitome of simplicity; it’s a strap. It attaches to your camera to help you suspend it from your shoulder or neck to keep your hands free to drink tea. To help avoid acciden...
First, a disclaimer: This is flash novices experience. I confess, that I have just touched the tip of iceberg with flash photography and there might be a lot of aspects that I h...
As someone with a fairly modest stockpile of photographic equipment, I often find myself praised for not succumbing to the so-called Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Which is funny. B...
3 December, 2022
My Second First Roll of Film – By Reyazul Haque
This is how I remember that day: it was a day when the university of my town received the foundation stone for a campus of its own. And in the far west US army occupied the capi...
