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25 January, 2022

3D Printing For My Photography Projects – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

A few months ago, after a bit of thinking, I bought a 3d printer. I say, "after a bit of thinking" because I did not want to spend my free time still in front of a monitor to de...

25 November, 2021

“Scanning” Film with a Digital Camera and a Slide Copier – 5 Mins for a Whole Roll! – By Christof Bircher

By Christof Bircher

Scanning film in good quality can be a challenge: Good scanners are very expensive and scarce. When I re-entered analog photography, scanning films quickly and in great quality ...

17 November, 2021

The Challenges (and Joys) of Travelling with Film – Reflections on Vanuatu – By Ali MC

By Ali MC

People often ask me at presentations and tutorials: ‘what are some the challenges of travelling with film?’ To be honest, after emerging from 262 cumulative days in the world’s ...

25 October, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 2: The Curves Tool, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Contrast – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

In Part 1 of this three-part series, I used histograms of famous photographs to introduce some fundamental ideas about contrast and tonality. In this part I’ll talk about ...

12 October, 2021

Wet Collodion Geekery – Some Tips and Tricks – By Markus Hoffstätter

By Markus Hofstätter

I have recently produced a series of videos that geek out on and provide various tips and tricks about various elements of the wet plate photography process, so thought I would ...

20 September, 2021

Contrast and Tonality Part 1: Histograms of Famous Photographs and What They Can Teach Us – By Sroyon

By Sroyon

Let’s face it, “analysing” photos with histograms can only take us so far. A hundred years later, people may or may not look at your photographs and gasp in ad...

29 August, 2021

Juggling Parenting and Film Photography – by Richard McKenzie

By Richard McKenzie

It’s a cliché but it’s true: everything changes the moment you become a parent. There’s the stuff they tell you about—the crying, the nappies, the many, many sleepless nights—an...

18 August, 2021

Joys and Challenges of Publishing Zines – By Floyd K. Takeuchi

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

I thought I knew a thing or two about publishing a zine. In a previous life, I ran a Honolulu, Hawaii-based media company that published six monthly consumer magazines. We cove...

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