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29 September, 2025

One Keeper on the Roll – A One Shot Story

By Stephen Hanka

29 September, 2025

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In May of 2021, when we were still under Covid-19 restrictions I, noticed a ripening cone at about eye level in peeking dawn sunlight on a young evergreen in my yard. I had a Nikon F3HP my wife gave me in 1985 and a roll of Velvia 100 in the refr...

29 September, 2025

EVENT: The LCE Worcester Film Photography Collective – 25th October 2025

By Derek Hope

29 September, 2025

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As part of my work at London Camera Exchange, I have always been keen on making the Worcestershire area a photographic hub, an imaging oasis, a haven for those of us in habit of carting our cameras to every BBQ and baby shower. The especially maso...

29 September, 2025

Twin Lens Reflex – My Experiences and Thoughts on this Camera Type – Show and Tell

By Tony Warren

29 September, 2025

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History, design and examples from a number of TLR cameras.

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24 March, 2023

Seeing the unexpected in the ordinary – a day in the life with my newest project: Peaceful Days – By Derek Lluisma

By Derek Lluisma

Within one month in Arizona and one week in Florida, I spent my free time photographing everyday surroundings in an increasingly directed manner—strategically targeting specific...

23 March, 2023

5 Frames at the Gallery with a Nikon FM – By Tony Joslin

By Tony Joslin

To add another dimension to my visit to the 'Air' exhibition at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art, I decided to take my camera along. The gallery environment provided plenty of i...

23 March, 2023

More California History with the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

Today's post is part of my continuing effort to show my British 35mmc colleagues that California is not all freeways and rapidly built neighborhoods. There are pockets of histor...

22 March, 2023

The Girl in the Picture-Frame Window (A One-Shot Story) – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

She was a living painting hanging above a gloomy stone staircase. A bit of sexual theater. This anonymous sex worker, erotic dancer, or model earned her daily bread quietly c...

22 March, 2023

Help! I like Dirty Pictures! – By Alex Kreisman

By Alexandre Kreisman

Yes I do! But maybe not in the way you might think! A couple of years ago, I had the chance to post an essay on one of my visits to an extermination camp in these very pages. I ...

21 March, 2023

NEWS: VALOI Launches IndieGoGo Campaign for “easy35” Making Quality 35mm Scanning Effortless and Compact

By Molly Kate

VALOI is simplifying the process of scanning 35mm film at home with the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign for the “easy35”. The VALOI easy35 design is compact and simple to ...

21 March, 2023

A Commuter’s Travelogue – by Leah de la Cruz

By LJ de la Cruz

During my daily commute, I realised that I know nothing about the many stations that I pass and don’t alight at. Are the takeaway shops nicer than at my station? Which has a caf...

21 March, 2023

“Understanding Life Backwards” in Two Old Photographs – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

Memories are weird. Some fly out of one's head and into oblivion as quickly as they form. Some stay longer, but frequently morph with the years. Others remain burned-in for a li...

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Dave Powell on Zip Disks – A One-Shot Public-Service Announcement
A very viable approach, Russ! And as I mentioned in another comment, you may want to leave a written record--…
Scott Ferguson on Hitting the “Zone” – Shot-by-Shot street shooting with a Hasselblad 500CM
Thanks David! Very interesting reflections on the people who feel more 'themselves' in a posed photo that relates a bit…
Scott Ferguson on Hitting the “Zone” – Shot-by-Shot street shooting with a Hasselblad 500CM
Hi David, Thanks for the very thoughtful and perceptive post. I love the Francis Bacon quote. I think you are…

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