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9 February, 2020

Thanks for the memories – Finishing a Roll of Neopan 1600 I started in 2012 – by Dave Donnelly

By Dave Donnelly

I guess it was bound to happen, too many film cameras loaded at the same time and lots happening. Having three Olympus OM10s plus a similar looking OM1 can be confusing, As a r...

4 February, 2020

Finding Subjects in Familiar Sights – by Chris Illing

By Chris

It’s December the 23. 2018. Midnight. I’m standing in the bathroom of my parents house brushing my teeth. It felt like nothing had changed since my childhood. Everything as usua...

3 February, 2020

Own Your Workflow and Goals (and don’t get too distracted by the mantras of others)

By Hamish Gill

One of the wonderful things about photography is how broad it is as a pastime. The options are absolutely endless, from capture media, camera type, process to display. In fact, ...

5 January, 2020

My Joy in Getting back into Film Photography – by David Mitchell

By David Mitchell

Like many others my introduction to photography was through film - my Dad’s 35mm Yashica originally before moving on to digital. I developed and printed my own prints for a few ...

2 January, 2020

On Finding inspiration (Don’t hold your breath) – By David Hume

By David Hume

“It is a mistake for any artist to think that their personal world is interesting. It is not. What is interesting is to use the personal to arrive at the universal.”The above is...

13 December, 2019

A Beginner’s Exploration of Documentary Photography – By Hugo Morgan

By hugomorgan

After a summer spent overexposing bulk bought colour negative film on trips to the beach and praying that the airport scanners weren’t going to fry my film on the way home, I de...

11 December, 2019

Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck

By Recky

It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold their analogue gear b...

7 December, 2019

Reflecting on Some Film Photography Failures – by Simon King

By Simon King

As we approach the end of the year, and nights draw in closer, and colder, I'm taking the opportunity to go through my archive of photographs, in order to start curating them in...

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