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2 July, 2025

Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods

By David Smith

2 July, 2025

/ Portrait Photography, /

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Photograph of a 35mm negative sheet filled with Kodak High Speed Infrared (HIE) negatives over a light table, with a Nikon FM film camera and deep red lens filter to the side.

1 June, 2025

5 frames Looking back at Kodak High Speed Infrared (HIE) through a Nikon FM

By Ben Wells

Kodak discontinuing its High Speed Infrared Black and White negative film – known as Kodak HIE – was, in my humble opinion, a far greater loss to the film photograph...

31 May, 2025

Pentax M 28mm 2.8 – My Perfect Wide Lens

By Andrei Stefan

I’m just going to start this by saying that if you’re after technical specs, lenses groups serials numbers versions, focus charts and sharpness tests look elsewhere (Pentaxforum...

30 May, 2025

Olympus PEN EED – The Underrated PEN

By Dave Roberts

The ultimate point and shoot travel-party camera? When any conversation about photography enters into the realm of half frame photography, immediately someone will mention the O...

29 May, 2025

On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

By Andrea Monti

I recently asked a friend, who works on the editorial side of the music industry, to share his thoughts on one of my photographs taken during a flamenco concert. His response wa...

29 May, 2025

Autumn Equinox Anarchist Talk and Apple Pressing at Bramley Organic Farm in East Sussex with an Olympus Evolt E1

By Ibraar Hussain

In September last year I was invited to join my friend Paul Cudenec for an Autumn Equiniox talk he was giving at Bramley Organic Farm in Sussex. I of course had my Olympus Evolt...

28 May, 2025

The Anomalous Cemex Plant – A One-shot story

By Marco Andrés

This post was inspired by a recent five frames post on the demise of an industrial feature – a giant concrete silo. The Cemex plant at 1000 La Brea Ave on the western border of ...

28 May, 2025

Scaling Skellig Michael (with a Fuji F31fd)

By Dave Powell

You can’t climb Ireland’s Skellig Michael monastery island if the gods of rain, wind, waves and tides are against you. Sure, you can go to the lovely small village of Portmagee,...

One Shot Story - A Photo That Came From Nothing

27 May, 2025

A Photo That Came From Nothing – One Shot Story

By Eagle Omomuro

Once I grew up, I found it much harder to answer simple questions that had once been effortless as a child, questions like “what’s your favorite band” or “who’s your best friend...

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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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