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23 December, 2025

High Surf, Thick Fog — My favorite photography of the year 2025

By John Eaton

23 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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Like others on 35mmc, I was immediately attracted by Hamish’s invitation to submit one’s favorite photo of the year – in my case because I believed that I had just shot it in early November! However, to date I haven’t been a contributor to 35mmc,...

23 December, 2025

Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

23 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, ilford HP5+, Nikon 35ti, /

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As it is customary in Japanese Shinto shrines, also the Heian Jingu in Kyoto has an area where bad luck is left hanging in the open. 御御籤 —o-mikuji—are small strips of paper that people can choose at random to find out their fortune. As every to...

The Carousel Bar

23 December, 2025

The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year

By Jonathan Murray

23 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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Photography has been part of my life for half a century. At thirteen, living on Royal Air Force Base Akrotiri in Cyprus, I joined the base photography club and found myself under the guidance of an RAF press photographer. He taught me the basics —...

pic of Mamiya C220, plus a Mamiya C33 and spare lens

23 December, 2025

5 Frames With a Mamiya C220

By Victor Dively

23 December, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Mamiya C220, /

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This past year I decided to focus on black and white film photography and to tackle landscape photography. For me, that has been a hard challenge. My occasional attempts at landscape photography while out hiking and looking for wildlife have alway...

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21 December, 2025

A Warm Summer Night – My photo of the year 2025

By Rollin Banderob

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 t...

21 December, 2025

By Eagle Omomuro

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 ...

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

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 Oly...

20 December, 2025

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

By Michael Murray

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 s...

20 December, 2025

Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

By Max Tiraquon

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...

View of the Monte Fort in Verona, Italy

20 December, 2025

By Andrea Darra

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,...

Moon over farm field in Black and White

19 December, 2025

Harvest Moon – My favorite(ish) photo of 2025

By Eric Rose

With another year nearly closed off it’s time to fondly review this years photographic adventures. It’s been a tough year emotionally as I closed down my darkroom, a...

19 December, 2025

5 Frames with an APS film camera – the Fujifilm 1000ix Tiara

By Walter Reumkens

On 23 November 2025, our friend John Andrews showed us some of his fantastic photos taken with an APS film camera. Wonderful shots. We exchanged ideas, because, as befits a GAS ...

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