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16 July, 2025

Potty Pareidolia – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

16 July, 2025

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Doesn’t every photographer hope to find an undiscovered niche? Something still un-tapped? I may have just: In what I dub “Potty Pareidolia”! Specifically, clean toilet paper that forms a likeness of something else when tossed in the bowl. Sort of ...

16 July, 2025

Harman Phoenix II – My first roll and some brief thoughts on the development of this new film

By Hamish Gill

16 July, 2025

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Harman have just announced the release of their second colour film, Phoenix II. As per the last few releases out of the factories in Mobberly, I have been lucky enough to have received a few rolls to shoot and write about in the run up to the offi...

16 July, 2025

A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3

By Scott Ferguson

16 July, 2025

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In Part 1 of this series, I was exploring the different black & white stocks I had in my Lightroom Library, looking at things I had already shot to try to see the impact that a film stock has on the quality of the photos. In Part 2 I was clea...

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12 December, 2018

5 Frames with a Contax 167MT & Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.7 – By Brett Franklin

By brettsoul

Firstly, I'm a collector of things. My other passion, aside from photography, is the collecting of rare soul/funk original vinyl records, so I guess it was only natural that I w...

11 December, 2018

5 Frames with the SureShot and Ektar 100 – by Nathanaël Fournier

By Nathanaël

Last year in a second-hand shop I got that nice and cheap camera; the Canon AF35M 2 aka Autoboy 2 aka SureShot. I'm not into G.A.S. but I'm always looking for brand new oldies b...

10 December, 2018

A Portrait of a Violin Maker, and some reflections on shooting what I enjoy

By Hamish Gill

On Thursday last week I spent half the day taking photos of a man who makes and restores violins. It was, to say the least, an enjoyable experience, but it also felt like a time...

9 December, 2018

Fuji Industrial 100 One Roll Review – Shooting Film and Eating Tuna – By Robert

By Robert_

An old friend of mine, Emmett once told me of his policy of picking tuna when choosing a lunchtime sandwich at Tesco. His rationale is that sooner or later tuna fish will become...

8 December, 2018

My Photography is STILL Better Than Yours – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

My images are sharper than yours. I acknowledge that your pictures are always crisply in focus, But my images are so sharp that they can cut your cornea if you look at them at 4...

7 December, 2018

Canon Sure Shot Max Review – Eat Your Liver Yashica T4! – By Mike Caputo

By Mike Caputo

I was recently on the lookout for a point-n-shoot film camera. Actually, I always am. I love point-n-shoot 35mm cameras yet I’ve come to hate the price. It seems just yesterday ...

6 December, 2018

5 Frames on Ferrania P30 Alpha (with a Leica M6 and Nokton 35mm) – By Son Pham

By Son Pham

Fujifilm Acros 100 is my favourite low-speed monochrome film ever. So just like many other photographers, I was in distressed when Fujifilm decided to kill it. By October, I was...

5 December, 2018

5 Frames with a Rollei B35 (and a little intro to “Analogue United”) – By Mariya Todorova

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I really wanted to own a compact and light camera, because as you may now Canon AV-1 it’s not the lightest camera and I always felt uncomfortable if I need to walk around with i...

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Scott Ferguson on A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3
Thanks David! Yes, I love those shots from Pride and am keen to shoot more Blackbird. It feels a bit…
Scott Ferguson on A Journey into Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 3
Thanks Thorsten! I'm not sure how easy those films are to get over here in the US. The Bergger sounds…
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