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16 September, 2019

Extreme GAS! I don’t need a new camera, I need a new Helicopter!

By Hamish Gill

For Christmas last year, my wife bought me a flight in a helicopter - it was one of those “red-letter day” gifts. I’ve always quite liked the idea of going for a ride in such a ...

2 September, 2019

The Value of Inspiration

By Hamish Gill

I’ve been feeling a little exhausted by photography and cameras lately. It’s a funny thing writing a blog about all this stuff, it just becomes relentless. What sometimes helps ...

28 August, 2019

Kodak Portra 800: My Latest Crush In Film Photography – By Aukje

By Aukje

When it comes to choosing film I am not the most adventurous person, I tend to stick to Kodak Ektar and Portra 400 with the occasional Velvia. Last year I decided to try Portra ...

26 August, 2019

Video: Chatting to Ashley Carr in a Carpark in Stourport

By Hamish Gill

A little while back I decided I fancied making a few (hopefully) more interesting videos for my YouTube channel. I’ve tried the odd bit of “vlogging”, some of it seems to go dow...

12 August, 2019

Kodak Ektachrome E100 – Forgetting my Expectations & Embracing a bit of Failure

By Hamish Gill

A little while ago now I shot a roll of Ektachrome E100 in a camera that turned out to be broken. The camera itself feels pretty irrelevant to this story, other than the fact th...

8 August, 2019

My “Reason for Visit,” stage 3B cancer – By Nicolás Hagen

By nicolas.himself

Hello, I’m Nicolás Hagen. I'm 22, an artist, photographer, and cancer survivor. Soon, I’ll be officially releasing my fully Polaroid photography book, Reason for Visit. I was di...

17 July, 2019

Finding a style not a camera – By Taylor Ervin

By tervin1121

Of course we are all here because we love cameras. But after over a year and a half of shooting film seriously, I’ve come to the conclusion that the camera doesn’t matter. Ok it...

15 July, 2019

No, your Pentax Spotmatic F is not better than my Leica M6! / Don’t be like Frank

By Hamish Gill

I often get accused of writing click bait titles. I’m really not sure what people think the purpose of an article title is if it’s not designed to get people to read it, but non...

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