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6 December, 2025

VEIL – a campaign to publish my book

By Lubomir Drapal

6 December, 2025

/ Photo Book, /

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When I started shooting film ten years ago, it wasn’t about returning to the past. It wasn’t nostalgia. It was more of an attempt to approach photography differently — without the need to control everything. Megapixels, colors, sharpness, endless ...

6 December, 2025

Vintage cars, bikes and a bus ride

By John Andrews

6 December, 2025

/ Nikon D7000, /

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Like a lot us from the older generation, meaning the geriatric brigade, brought up on milk, delivered to your door, red telephone boxes for phone calls and double Decker buses, sadly all that has mostly gone. Or has it? In the heart of St Helens T...

Osaka

6 December, 2025

Osaka with a Leica iiig and Summitar

By Geoff Chaplin

6 December, 2025

/ Ilford Film, ilford FP4+, Leica 50mm summitar, Leica IIIg, /

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After a three hour drive and a two hour flight I needed a drink – I say ‘a’ euphemistically: beer, nihonshu (“sake”), red wine and whisky hit the spot but set the tone for the following three nights. It was my wife’s birthday trip to see her nephe...

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4 December, 2025

Horseman 980 – A Seasonal Essay

By Jon Bosak

Most people coming into film photography start with the camera and then try to figure out how to scan the results. I went the other way. I shot film for 30 years, finally switch...

3 December, 2025

Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2

By Scott Ferguson

Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village ...

A square image of A Covered shopping arcade in the evening

3 December, 2025

A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025

By Keith A Yeo

2025 involved me traveling a bit for work and pleasure. On one particular trip, my partner accompanied me to Prague and Vienna for a few days before she flew back and I remained...

3 December, 2025

5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens

By mark stein

What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I h...

2 December, 2025

5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm

By Walter Reumkens

In mid-2025, I added a Soviet 35mm rangefinder camera, an FED-3 with an Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm lens, to my collection. The camera and lens had been freshly CLA’d and wer...

2 December, 2025

Holga Wide, Fisheye and Telephoto Slide-On – A Comparison of Auxiliary Lenses

By Neal Wellons

I know there are lots of Holga shooters out there as I follow many of you or see your posts in Holga Groups. These cameras opened a new chapter in photography for me, both as a...

1 December, 2025

Relentless – A One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

When in Tokyo, I don’t go to Shibuya unless I have a specific errand to run. Least of the usual ‘things are not what they used to be’ lament, the place never s...

1 December, 2025

LC-A 120 Review – A Lomo on steroids

By Bob Janes

This is a review of the LOMO LC-A 120. I received a loan copy of the camera from Lomography (for which I thank them). This, however, is an independent review to which they have ...

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