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2 July, 2025

Pêche sur l’herbe – A one shot story

By Peter Roberts

2 July, 2025

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16 February, 2024

Trying Darkroom Printing for the First Time

By Ted Ayre

Well, it’s been quite a journey down the rabbit-hole of film photography! Can you believe it’s been over a year since I first started? I’ve gone from writing &...

16 February, 2024

5 Frames with Five Fifties and a Leica SL (Typ 601)

By Marc Volovic

The bearded man passed the grey box to me. It was heavy, heavier than I expected. It also had it inside. It sensed I had it and it called to me. I hefted the box, looking uncert...

15 February, 2024

5 Frames in Greece with the Contax T3

By Chantel Wakefield

First: WOW. What a privilege to even type the title of this one. Me? Jetting off to Greece? For 10 days? With a Contax T3?! Yeah, that happened. I stuffed my essentials in a sin...

15 February, 2024

5-ish Frames with a Kodak Tourist II

By Art Meripol

Like many photographers who have been shooting for years I have a cabinet of old cameras. Some were given to me as gifts and quite a few are cameras I used in my work over the y...

14 February, 2024

Home Run Towards Happiness – One Shot Story

By Joanna Uruchima

Last summer, I attended my first Chicago White Sox game with someone I was once close to at the time. I was always eager to attend their games, especially since I grew up playin...

14 February, 2024

The Black and White Paper Reversal Process

By DaveTheWalker

I recently wrote about my adventures in RA4 colour reversal and the Pinsta pinhole camera. Once I had a workable method, I got to wondering about how difficult it might be to pe...

13 February, 2024

Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

By Andrea Monti

The Internet is full of columns and videos about why ‘I left brand X for brand Y’, magnifiying this or that ‘new feature’ that forced a photographer to d...

13 February, 2024

Exploring Urban Exploration Photography

By Paul David Smith

Urban exploration photography is a captivating genre that encapsulates the essence of forgotten or unseen urban spaces. Exploring abandoned buildings, derelict structures, and f...

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Klaus Wirz on Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods
Hello David, an impressive photo essay. I especially like the portraits of your son and the other children as well.…
Art Meripol on Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods
Good stuff! I liked the portraits. The faces show how well you put people at ease before the lens. Probably…
Bill Brown on Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods
Having in the not too distant past seen my daughter pass through her teen years I suspect you will encounter…

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