In 2014 my sister was looking forward to buying a new camera and asked for a suggestion. I don’t remember when or where I first heard…
This Tokyo Optical Co. (Topcon) Topcor 50mm f/1.5 ltm is a bit of a rarity. It’s also something of an oddity inasmuch as it has been…
Philosophy & Reflections• Photos & Projects
It’s All Done with Mirrors – A Tale of a Telescope Street Photo – By Tom Ace
August 2, 2020The 1960s and '70s were good times for hobbyists in the USA. Chemicals, electronic parts, and optical supplies were widely available - in some ways more…
Starting the year right with shooting film gave my energy the right positive boost. A week before the Taal volcano erupted we went on a quick…
Many years ago this rarity was given to my brother-in-law from Holland - he gave it to me due to my fondness for photography and strange…
My photographic story’s a classic one, a cliché you might say. It all started when I was just 8 years old on the day my grandmother…
Software & Apps
Grain2Pixel Review – A Photoshop Plugin for Converting Negatives – By Arild Edvard Båsmo
July 31, 2020Today I am going to review a new piece of software, or rather a plugin to Adobe Photoshop called Grain2Pixel, which can convert scans of negative…
Photos & Projects
Shooting 4×5″ GAF Film Packs in the Mississippi Delta – by Andrew Morang
July 30, 2020A friend here in town is an experienced and very capable photographer with over five decades of experience. Early this year (2020), his wife emailed me…
5 frames with...
5 Frames from a Night Shift Medic on Tri-X at 1600 in a Canon New F1 – By Cody Thompson
July 30, 2020I'm an emergency paramedic on the night shift in a very busy system. For a while, the inherent darkness of my shift kept me from bringing…
At the beginning of 2020, when the virus spread and reached the UK, it felt obvious for me to think of documenting the lockdown, not with…
