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11 June, 2020

Discovering Bromide Drag and New Developers – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 6 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

After a while I was using the Cinestill mono bath, I noticed some stripes on my negatives and I did not know what it was. I asked Hamish and he came back with the answer "bromid...

9 June, 2020

Architectural photography with a 50mm lens (and some thoughts on minimalism) – By Daniel Sigg

By Daniel Sigg

I love modern design, and in particular also interior and exterior architectural design. Most recently, I have been focusing on architectural subjects in my photography. It turn...

7 June, 2020

Scanning/Digitising My Life – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

In normal times, moderately active people, whatever their age, have occupations and hobbies that fill their time - this freedom is essential and with it we can do a lot of thing...

4 June, 2020

First Experiments in Home Developing Colour – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 5 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

Carrying on my path of improvements, I wanted to experiment with colour films as well, so I decided to get myself onto Analogue wonderland and pick some up to try. Luckily I hav...

3 June, 2020

The Waitress, the Tarantula, the Body in the Bathtub and Why I Had To Buy My Girlfriend a New Pentax

By Gerard Exupery

The amount of damage was difficult for me to comprehend. The first time, trying to put the debacle into perspective, I thought this must be what it is like to fall out of an air...

3 June, 2020

5 Frames Composed in Layers, with a 35mm Lens – by Simon King

By Simon King

The last piece I wrote featuring images made with this lens was on the topic of its strength when applied to fast paced, from-the-hip shooting situations. This is certainly not ...

28 May, 2020

My First Roll of 120 Film – My First Steps into Analogue – Part 4 – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

In this unusual period we are all living through, I have tried to keep the momentum going, reading quite a few articles on internet and trying to stay focused on what/how to imp...

27 May, 2020

Everything Goes Back to the Beginning – By Marcel Zyskind

By Marcel Zyskind

It’s April 9th 2020; 03.08am. I’m sitting in a small hallway under the stairs leading down to our basement. Here I have a computer set up with my old Nikon 400...

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