18 May, 2022
Travel Broadens the Mind – By Bob Janes
The single thing that is most likely to get you good shots is not that particular camera, or that lens. It is not a method of processing or a new scanner. It is travel. Travel b...
9 May, 2022
The Descent of a Film Photographer Part 2: From Black and White to “Coloured” – By Nandakumar
In my previous piece, I mentioned how colour photography on film has become completely unaffordable for me since 2016. In 2018, having shot most of my remaining colour films, I ...
This is my story of film photography over the past two decades. I come from an era where film photography was the only form of photography known to the common man. Unfortunately...
The moment digital photography became accessible to the greater population without significant barriers to entry, film became a luxury good.
I do not mean that film photography...
12 April, 2022
The Joy of Small Prints – by Sroyon
Big photographs are impressive. From 1950 to 1990, New York's Grand Central Terminal had a changing display of 60×18 feet (18×5.5 m) backlit transparencies. This display was a K...
30 March, 2022
The Mother and The Photographer – By Ailbíona McLochlainn
Having a child later in life has its benefits.
By the time I met my daughter at the age of 40, I had transformed into a mellow and patient adult, liberated from the angsty inne...
25 March, 2022
No Word for Light Blue – By Ailbíona McLochlainn
The English language lacks a dedicated word to describe the colour light-blue. In the same manner, for instance, that 'light-red' is called pink, and 'light-purple' is lilac, t...
17 March, 2022
What the Heck is “Chimping?” – By Cire Llissat
Back in the day, when taking photographs, we gave little thought to viewing our photos on the spot. For those “thrill seekers,” who needed such immediate gratification, Polaroid...
