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16 December, 2025

Country Church – My photo of the year 2025

By Leon Winnert

16 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Still Life Photography, /

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I have always found myself being drawn to churches. Particularly small country churches. I don’t really seek them out. Mostly I just happen across them. Nevertheless, I was out and about with a camera in the late afternoon of a Sunday in late A...

16 December, 2025

Three-Card Monte in Rome – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

16 December, 2025

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Every now and then, Three-Card Monte scammers appear in unexpected places such as the narrow cobblestone streets between the Parliament and the Pantheon, in the centre of Rome. This was a textbook execution. The game was fast-paced. Hooks pretende...

16 December, 2025

Exploring an Empty Art Gallery – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Gordon Ownby

16 December, 2025

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In 2025, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of quality time with my photography, not only taking the most keepers in nearly 10 years but also adding some vintage Nikon kit to the stable. (Nikon was my aspirational brand when I was photo editor o...

16 December, 2025

Hedeco Spot One Review – New Compact Spot Meter Launched on Kickstarter

By Hamish Gill

16 December, 2025

/ Hedeco Spot One, Light Meter, Spot meter, /

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Hedeco have just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Hedeco Spot One spot meter. This is a brand new, compact sized, well featured spot meter that’s been designed to make spot metering a more viable option for those who don’t want to car...

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5 August, 2019

That Time I Shot a Instamatic Lens on a Fuji XE-1 – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The Kodak Instamatic 500 might look like a common Instamatic camera. Boxy, thick, pocketable and simple, quickly loaded with a 126-film cassette. But once you take a closer look...

5 August, 2019

Canon 50mm f/1.5 LTM Review – Exploring the Classic Sonnars Pt.9

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently got my hands on a Canon 50mm f/1.5 Leica thread mount lens. A Sonnar derived gem with a bit of a mixed reputation, it’s a lens I’ve been interested for a long time...

4 August, 2019

5 frames with Minox B and HR50 – by Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

I stumbled upon it in a local camera shop, lying among the used gear, so small and beautiful. I just can not resist the brushed aluminium flair, even if I had no hope to actuall...

4 August, 2019

5 Frames with a Leica M6 and Pro Image 100 – By Greg May

By Greg May

Oh hey another Leica M6... let us not worry about that too much. Enough has been said. The feeling. The simplicity. The expense. Either way, it was a camera I bought myself to d...

3 August, 2019

FujiFilm Neopan 400 – Trying Not to Get Too Attached to a Dead Film – by Simon King

By Simon King

My first exposure to Neopan 400 (Professional/Presto) was in the work of one of my favourite film photographers; Walter Rothwell. When I first discovered his work I wasn't too i...

2 August, 2019

Olympus Pen-FV review – Less is more (literally) – By Tim Lebedin

By Timmeh129

As any aspiring film photographer (or at least, any I can imagine), with time I found my perfectly fine Minolta Srt-101 lacking for some reason. Collector’s syndrome much? Yeah,...

1 August, 2019

5 Frames with a Hasselblad 500C and Kodak Portra 160 – By Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

It follows a pattern, every time: I am convinced that I have tried enough, that I have found the photographic technique I like the most. Then there comes another photographer wh...

31 July, 2019

5 Frames with a Canon EOS 1 – By James Greenoff

By James Greenoff-Cairns

My history with Canon EOS 1 Series 35mm cameras began with an EOS 1V, ages ago. I bought it, fell in love with it and then sold it. Later I bought an EOS 1N to augment an EOS 3 ...

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