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21 December, 2025

Here Comes The Bride – A One-Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

21 December, 2025

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This photograph is a reminder of the benefits of waiting, combined with some local knowledge. It was made at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, a Shinto religious complex built to honor the Meiji Emperor who guided Japan’s entry into the modern world at t...

21 December, 2025

A Warm Summer Night – My photo of the year 2025

By Rollin Banderob

21 December, 2025

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When I read about sharing my photo of the year on 35mmc I immediately thought of this image from a community event on a warm August night in Iowa. Early this year I decided to try to get back to my photojournalism roots and volunteered for a staff...

21 December, 2025

By Eagle Omomuro

21 December, 2025

/ Abstract Photography, Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35, /

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The first roll from my recently acquired Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 is soft, partly due to its toyish optics and partly because of its quirky AF mechanism. It is so soft that I can hardly tell whether the focus point is lost somewhere inside or ...

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From a 50 to a 35 – How I Changed My Perspective

By Nik Stanbridge

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Konica IIIM – Caves, Fog, and Review

By David Tan

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20 October, 2024

The night Venice talked to me

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The dark, silky, smooth waters of the canals are silent now, only a few late boats are disturbing the lights that are dancing in the rhythm of the waves. Where there were armies...

20 October, 2024

5 Frames with a Canon G1 – a Little Known Classic

By John Andrews

I wonder how many of you photographers out there can remember your very first film camera? I can… A Petri TTL, purchased from Mr Cad, when he had his shop in West Croydon ...

19 October, 2024

Shooting Fast Alfa Romeo on a Race Track

By Andrea Monti

“The Citroen went into second and remained there; slowly we puffed up the long ascent. We had gone about a mile, when we became aware of a noise coming up from the valley, a noi...

A crowd of people at a gallery exhibition

19 October, 2024

Shooting Cinestill 800T at My Neighbor’s Gallery Exhibition

By Sam Forrest

Early in 2023 a new family moved into the house across the street from me. When they moved in my wife and I did the neighborly thing and went across the street to introduce ours...

The elegant Olympus XA and my muddy shoes after 16km on wet mountain trails.

18 October, 2024

Running with cameras

By Eirik Holmøyvik

The great Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami wrote a book titled What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Let’s talk about running and photography. I am a passionate photogra...

18 October, 2024

Nikkor-H Auto 2.8cm f/3.5 – Wakimoto’s Triumph and Nikon’s Hidden Legacy

By Andrew Bibee

In the late 1950s, one of Nikon’s lead designers at the time, Zenji Wakimoto, was handed down an arduous task that would prove to be one of his greatest triumphs: “Make a lens t...

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