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30 November, 2020

“Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus” and “Out of Focus”: Pinhole Adventures Part 4 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Another Monday, another episode of my Pinhole Adventures series… but this one is a bit different. So far, I’ve mainly focused on designing and building cameras. Part 4 is less a...

4 November, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 2 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

In this chapter I am going to dig a little deeper into the results of my nonsense endeavour. I will show you some of the images I have obtained while searching for a photographi...

2 November, 2020

Katie Melua on Shooting the “Album No.8” Cover with Film – Interview by Sroyon Mukherjee

By Sroyon

Katie Melua's latest album, Album No.8, came out on October 16th. It’s the Georgian-British singer-songwriter’s eighth studio album (hence the name), and also her eighth consec...

30 October, 2020

The Remains of the Abandoned Microscopy Lab – Shooting Expired Film – Pt 1 – by Ricardo Andrade

By Ricardo Andrade

I work as a microscopist in life sciences at the University of the Basque Country, in Bilbao, Northern Spain. I started using microscopes in 1993, while doing my PhD in the fiel...

6 October, 2020

When You Pray, Be Specific – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and grain, the feeling of an impr...

1 October, 2020

Overcoming Creative Block – A Few Tips – By Daniel Sigg

By Daniel Sigg

Creative block has been defined as the mind's inability to access its own creativity. So while creative block is a phenomenon of the mind, it is nevertheless real and plagues ma...

24 September, 2020

The Wet Side – My Early Career in NYC Darkrooms – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

Working as a photographer’s assistant, especially for fashion photographers, got old fast. The first job I had was for a guy, let’s call him Tasso, who turned out to be a… well,...

31 August, 2020

Searching for Relevant Difference in a Digital Commercial World – By Tim Cole

By Tim Cole

I’ve often struggled with the digital age, the chase for visual perfection. Always feeling behind the curve. Hounded constantly by camera brand marketing, ‘to be a great photogr...

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Vincent on Introducing Frames – A New App to Log and Sync Film Photography Metadata
Hi Tom, Thanks for your question! Right now, the Pro version removes the limit of 10 film rolls. I’m also…
Vincent on Introducing Frames – A New App to Log and Sync Film Photography Metadata
Hi Ramón, .TIFF support was added to the app a few days ago and I'm currently working on .DNG and…
Tom on Introducing Frames – A New App to Log and Sync Film Photography Metadata
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