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A woman in a blue dress and blue hat starts to walk towards a covered bridge. She is walking on a ramp covered with fallen brown leaves. Above her is a red maple tree with bright red leaves. The covered bridge has many small lights suspended from its ceiling.

29 December, 2025

A covered bridge in Alabama – My Photo of the Year 2025

By Don Kasak

29 December, 2025

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This year was a big deal for me as far as photography goes. My enjoyment of shooting with film was rekindled, thanks to winning a barely-functional camera in a contest. One roll of film in this almost broken camera was enough to inspire me to find...

29 December, 2025

Charmera Review – Kodak has its charms, but this camera isn’t one of them

By David Kassnoff

29 December, 2025

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This week, I acquired the in-demand Kodak Charmera digital point-and-shoot camera. I teach an Art Photography class at a small U.S. university, and some students were intrigued by the thumb-sized camera — possibly as an alternative to a long...

sunflowers with a sunflare taken on film with a plastic camera

29 December, 2025

Sunflares and Sunflowers – My favorite photo of 2025.

By DeeDee Yelverton

29 December, 2025

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Summers where I live range from hot, very hot, to blistering hot. Thankfully, this year’s summer was only hot. That meant I was outside more often, which I love. I took this photo during one of those hot summer afternoons while on an afterno...

29 December, 2025

Kodak Eastman 5230 – The Time(s) I Shot This Curious Eastman Background Film

By Ron Duda

29 December, 2025

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It was in late July this summer when I spotted a curious listing on Facebook Marketplace. The add was captioned “Kodak 5230 bulk film roll” and described simply as, “Black and white motion picture film 35mm format, never opened...

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3 January, 2020

5 frames with an Asahi Pentax K1000 – By Oscar Capdevila

By oscarcapdevila

Entering the world of film photography was a bit painful for me as I didn’t get to see the results from the first 2 film rolls I shot. The first one was loaded incorrectly and t...

3 January, 2020

5 Frames With FujiFilm Venus 800 – By Simon King

By Simon King

Frequent readers may remember my struggle around the discontinued FujiFilm Neopan 400, and the compromises I had to make. I now have reason again to be frustrated with FujiFilm ...

2 January, 2020

On Finding inspiration (Don’t hold your breath) – By David Hume

By David Hume

“It is a mistake for any artist to think that their personal world is interesting. It is not. What is interesting is to use the personal to arrive at the universal.”The above is...

1 January, 2020

The State of the Film Photography Industry at the turn of 2020 – An interview with Charys Schuler, Editor, PhotoKlassik International

By Hamish Gill

I little while ago, I got chatting to Marwan and Charys from SilvergrainClassics, the organisation that publishes Photoklassik International Magazine. After a bit of to and fro,...

31 December, 2019

The Most Read and Commented upon Posts Published on 35mmc in 2019

By Hamish Gill

I don’t usually do this sort of thing, but after seeing basically everyone else do it and subsequently asking on twitter if people were interested, I thought it might be worthwh...

30 December, 2019

5 frames with Kodak Vision3 in Medium Format – by Tim Lebedin

By Timmeh129

I don’t know much about movie production in general, let alone moviemaking using film. How do the cameras work, how do they process the film, the color grading, etc. etc. Its al...

29 December, 2019

Panasonic GM1 Review: A Digital ILC Alternative to the Olympus XA2? – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

The Olympus XA2 has, for decades, been a popular small 35mm film compact you can carry around in your pocket. An excellent piece of design, it's simple to operate with zone focu...

28 December, 2019

5 Frames with the Film Washi S – By Odair Fortes

By Odair

I used the Olympus Om-2n equipped with a 35 mm lens for those 5 shots. But I am not here to talk about the camera, instead I want to talk more of the film itself. This article i...

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Scott Ferguson on Sunflares and Sunflowers – My favorite photo of 2025.
Hi Deedee! Great shot! I love the framing, the use of light, and the composition that draws me into the…
John Eaton on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025
Hi Richard, I like this a lot!, it's very evocative of what you were trying to accomplish
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Hi Ron, nice adventure and excellent results! I think you found the best combination with ISO 25 and HC110 Dilusion…

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