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A figure stands alone in an alley between massive buildings on either side.

20 December, 2025

Solitude in Shenzhen – My favorite photo of 2025

By Kohtli

20 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Street & Urban Photography, /

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I’ve tried using Lomo Metropolis before, but that was on full frame with a very cheap point and shoot. This time around I was making an effort to shoot in on 120 with an old Olympus Six I recently had CLA’d. I went off to China for the first time ...

20 December, 2025

Phoenix (I) Rising, or, How I Tame the Beast

By Michael Murray

20 December, 2025

/ Harman Film, Harman Phoenix 200, /

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Phoenix (1) Why Bother? When it was released a few years ago, Harman Phoenix was a welcome new kid on the block. Like most, I was eager to try it out. To begin with, I want to say that, while I understand many photographers have their go-to method...

20 December, 2025

Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

By Max Tiraquon

20 December, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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2025 was not a productive year photographically wise for me. A combination of a very minor but niggly medical issue combined with the rarest of things a great British summer and finally deciding to pick up a PlayStation 5 meant I didn’t go out muc...

View of the Monte Fort in Verona, Italy

20 December, 2025

By Andrea Darra

20 December, 2025

/ foma, Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Nikon F2, travel photography, /

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I’ve been taking photos for many years. Over the years, I’ve realized that I enjoy photographing places, whether deserted or crowded—because in them, like in people, there’s a soul that speaks to their history. One of my favorite...

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12 December, 2019

Agricultural Landscapes – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

We all should leave our comfort zone, I read this advice all the time. But why? Why not doing the exact opposite, seeking our comfort as often as possible? Isn’t that good to fe...

11 December, 2019

Ektachrome E100 in 120 & 4×5 imminently available!

By Hamish Gill

Ok, ok, I'm sure you've heard already. I am definitely behind the curve on this particular news release! It is an exciting chunk of news though, so just in case any of you out t...

11 December, 2019

Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck

By Recky

It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold their analogue gear b...

10 December, 2019

A path from, and back to, a Yashica 40mm f/1.7 lens – by Anders Bjørn Jensen

By laminatministeren

I have been an amateur photographer since I was 13 years old (in 1982) when my first camera was a now long-since-bricked Yashica Electro 35 GX. As dead as it was though, my path...

9 December, 2019

7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”

By Hamish Gill

I thought it might be interesting to follow up my post about my “need” for Zeiss ZM lenses in my life with a post about a lens I don’t “need”, but do “want” - at least for the t...

8 December, 2019

5 frames in London’s Docklands with a Voigtlander Bessa 1 – By Michael Scott

By scottfotodotcom

Having used a couple of 1950s 6x6 folders (see my earlier posts) and been impressed with the results, I thought I would give a 6x9 folder a try. A bit of research on eBay landed...

7 December, 2019

Reflecting on Some Film Photography Failures – by Simon King

By Simon King

As we approach the end of the year, and nights draw in closer, and colder, I'm taking the opportunity to go through my archive of photographs, in order to start curating them in...

6 December, 2019

Leica M8 – A Year with an Ageing Digital Rangefinder – By Rui Hu

By Rui Hu

The Leica M8 was the first digital Leica I've ever shot with, and was also the most film-like digital camera I've ever used. I fell in love with a camera for the first time, and...

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