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A figure stands alone in an alley between massive buildings on either side.

20 December, 2025

Solitude in Shenzhen – My favorite photo of 2025

By Kohtli

20 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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I’ve tried using Lomo Metropolis before, but that was on full frame with a very cheap point and shoot. This time around I was making an effort to shoot in on 120 with an old Olympus Six I recently had CLA’d. I went off to China for the first time ...

20 December, 2025

Phoenix (I) Rising, or, How I Tame the Beast

By Michael Murray

20 December, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, /

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Phoenix (1) Why Bother? When it was released a few years ago, Harman Phoenix was a welcome new kid on the block. Like most, I was eager to try it out. To begin with, I want to say that, while I understand many photographers have their go-to method...

20 December, 2025

Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

By Max Tiraquon

20 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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2025 was not a productive year photographically wise for me. A combination of a very minor but niggly medical issue combined with the rarest of things a great British summer and finally deciding to pick up a PlayStation 5 meant I didn’t go out muc...

View of the Monte Fort in Verona, Italy

20 December, 2025

By Andrea Darra

20 December, 2025

/ foma, Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Nikon F2, travel photography, /

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I’ve been taking photos for many years. Over the years, I’ve realized that I enjoy photographing places, whether deserted or crowded—because in them, like in people, there’s a soul that speaks to their history. One of my favorite...

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Higashi Honganji

19 May, 2024

Kyoto, farewell

By Geoff Chaplin

I’ll get to the real reason I took my Sony A7Riii and 85mm lens later, a secondary reason was I had been shooting film for many months, maybe over 50 films, and wanted a break a...

18 May, 2024

Looking Back at my First Roll of Film

By Paul Sutton

It was June 2015, the first month of Melbourne’s winter, and I had tired of digital photography. I had bought an entry level Nikon DSLR in January of 2015 as a move up from the ...

Simera Lens from Thypoch

17 May, 2024

NEWS: Simera 35mm & 28mm F1.4 from Thypoch Arrive For Z, X, E, and RF Mounts

By Molly Kate

The Simera 35mm and 28mm F1.4 lenses from Thypoch are coming for Z, X, E, and RF mounts. Thypoch is a relatively new optics manufacturer based in China but their Simera lenses f...

Bowman Leather Camera Straps

17 May, 2024

Bowman Leather Camera Straps Review – Affordable Quality from the Edge of the Lake District

By Molly Kate

I had the pleasure of testing out a couple of camera straps from Bowman Leather recently and I couldn’t be more excited to publish this review of them. Bowman Leather is a UK-ba...

A later era home along the coast.

16 May, 2024

Conflicted Beauty – Photographing Charleston South Carolina

By Ron Duda

We drove down to the Florida Keys, an archipelago off south Florida. My wife and I. Three days driving from Ontario. We had booked a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale and decided be...

16 May, 2024

Park Life with a Ihagee Exa 1A

By Paul Quellin

At a brisk walk, the local park is about 4 minutes from the front door of the house. That helps with the need to escape. A job once enjoyable, has become so entangled in a growi...

Analogue Wonderland Big Film Photowalk x Kodak

15 May, 2024

NEWS: Analogue Wonderland and Kodak To Host ‘The Big Film Photowalk’ on June 29th!

By Molly Kate

If you are based in the UK, get ready for the analogue photography social event of the summer! Analogue Wonderland and Kodak are hosting ‘The Big Film Photowalk’ on June 29, 202...

15 May, 2024

5 Frames with the Micro-Nikkor 55mm f3.5

By Ron Duda

I’ve been looking to shake things up in my film photography; in what I shoot and how I shoot it. I often combine photography with my other pastimes. Photography and golf....

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