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The sun lit them both: the mask at the base of the fountain and the girl with the phone and the supermarket bag.

13 May, 2025

A Terrace with a View – A One Shot Story.

By Danilo Leonardi

13 May, 2025

/ travel photography, /

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21 June, 2022

5 Frames with the Lens that Changed Everything – By Iain Paterson

By Iain Paterson

It’s fast (f/1.7), it’s compact (183g, 39mm long) and, after its launch in 1985, photography would never be quite the same again. The Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7 was the lens supplied...

20 June, 2022

“Half of the Photos are Blurred” – the Time I Nearly Gave a Client a Full Refund

By Hamish Gill

I’ve just read an article on Digital Camera World about a couple in the states who complained about “irreversible distortion” in a family and engagement shoot. It reminded me of...

20 June, 2022

Instax Share SP-2 Review – The Joy of Instax – By George Griffin

By George G

It's hard to believe but Fujifilm Instax cameras & film have been around for less than 25 years. This is a review of the Share SP-2 printer, released in 2016. The first cam...

19 June, 2022

The Attraction of Wet Darkroom Prints – My Experience at Hidden Light LLC – By Floyd K. Takeuchi

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

For those of us of a certain age, no matter what the photo technology in our hands, we’re thinking of the output in terms of photographic prints, not pixels on a display. In my ...

18 June, 2022

5 Frames with the Zeiss (Ikon) Contina 1 (522/24) – by Simon Foale

By Simon Foale

One of the enjoyable aspects of sites like 35mmc, Emulsive, and other places where analogue photography continues to be explored and celebrated in the age of unrelenting advance...

17 June, 2022

The Game Called ISO – Taking Advantage of the EV System for Better Results – By Vlad Serebryany

By Vlad Serebryany

For as long as I was shooting film, I have had the same nagging problem: I wanted to shoot in the dark. My Dad - who gave me my first and his only camera Zorkiy with 3.5/50 mm I...

16 June, 2022

5 Macro Frames on Film with the Minolta MC Macro Rokkor 3.5/100mm – By Matthias Steck

By Matthias Steck

The idea of trying to take macro shots on film came to me, when I was watching older illustrated books with all kinds of nature photography. I'm deeply impressed by what the nat...

15 June, 2022

My First Two Rolls of Film – HP5+ in a Trip 35 – By Stevenson Gawen

By Steven G

In many years of amateur (at best) photography, I’ve almost entirely used digital since I started with a compact in 2005 or 2006. But recently I've been increasingly keen to try...

Danilo Leonardi on A Terrace with a View – A One Shot Story.
Thank you so much! There are so many interesting places out there, and this might just be one of them.…
Gary Smith on Agfa Ultra 100 and Agfa Ultra 50 with a Contax G2 and Rolleiflex 6008i – The Perfect Summer Holiday Films
"...and obviously false colour which I think is perfect for Summer Holiday snaps." I think the colors are gorgeous! Sometimes…
Gary Smith on A Terrace with a View – A One Shot Story.
What a bright and cheerful shot! I doubt that I'll ever be able to visit there but interesting none the…

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