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5 October, 2025

Make Sense (or: Meaning is in the Eye of the Beholder)

By Andrea Monti

5 October, 2025

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Beauty in Photography by Robert Adams – Book Review – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

As someone who is an avid reader and collector of books, I am pretty time-poor. I have a job, two young children and a multitude of hobbies which I try to fit in too. Because of...

8 December, 2020

Yashica Rapide Half Frame Camera – History and Review – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

The Yashica Rapide is a camera I've had for a few years. Looking around on the internet, I don't see a lot of information on it. I'm excited to bring this camera to the forefron...

7 December, 2020

Olyversal 2:1 Frame Camera Project – By Alexander Seidler

By Alexander Seidler

After a few years of shooting, and 2 or 3 hundred rolls of film I felt my experience was growing, and my GAS with it. I'd been shooting a lot of wide angle lenses, and wanted to...

7 December, 2020

Canon Sure Shot EX – A Mini-Review of a Very Basic Camera

By Hamish Gill

I picked up the Canon Sure Shot EX for next to nothing. In fact, since it was thrown in the box with something else I bought, I suppose it was free. For that reason alone I had ...

6 December, 2020

Three Mistake I’ve Made That Involved Photography in Some Way

By Gerard Exupery

Miriam confused me. She wasn't slender, and she wasn't large… I would describe her as being voluptuous. Her clothes were always new. Her hair and makeup were always perfect. She...

5 December, 2020

5 Frames with a Minolta XG-9 & Ilford HP5 in Howley – By Andrew Lodge

By Andrew Lodge

I decided one day during the height of the first spike of Covid-19 here in Newfoundland, Canada to go to the local antique shop to try my luck at what I could find in terms of c...

4 December, 2020

Experiments in Film Soup – By Holly Gilman

By Holly Gilman

My husband has a very bad memory; he always says that he’ll remember things from his childhood only when told the stories. Memory is a funny thing, some memories are evoked thro...

4 December, 2020

Agfa Selectronic 2 Review – The Best of Both Worlds – By Rock

By Rock

The roll over from the 1970s into the 80s saw Agfa boldly launch two new 35mm camera systems. I say boldly as the implosion of West German camera manufacturing was all but compl...

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