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26 November, 2025

One By Four – A One Shot Story Told by Four Photographers – Part 3

By Dean Lawrence

26 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, /

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After Scott Ferguson and David Hume’s posts a short while back and the comments within them, I was surprised to be asked to contribute. Surprised and terrified to be honest, but it has been a wonderful experience. I don’t have the expe...

26 November, 2025

No Kings – My photo of the year (so far) 2025

By Art Meripol

26 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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This photo was also part of a recent post I shared here on 35mmc. Apologies for sharing it twice in quick succession, but this image also fits the idea of my favorite photo of the year. I’ve shot almost 50 commercial jobs this year but this ...

26 November, 2025

One By Four: a One Shot Story told by Four Photographers – Part 4

By David Pauley

26 November, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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Winter Sunlight, NYC, 2025. Rolleiflex 2.8F, Zeiss Planar f2.8, light yellow filter. Tri-X 400. This post is the final installment of a four-way conversation between Scott Ferguson, David Hume, Dean Lawrence, and myself on four photographs from ou...

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12 May, 2018

Fuji Natura S Review – Wide and Fast – By Andrew

By Andrew

Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras under th...

11 May, 2018

Kodachrome Movie Review – it’s Good Even If it is About Family, Not Film – By Frank H. Wu

By frankhwu

Any film photographer who saw an advertisement for Kodachrome likely reacted as I did: “Gee, I really should check out that movie.” If you follow through, you might be disappoin...

10 May, 2018

5 Frames With Refilled Disposable Cameras – By Skyler Adams

By skyleradams

I’ve noticed camera communities excitedly share news about new cameras, lenses and lighting equipment but sometimes it seems these cameras don't even get used. Why? Gear is ch...

9 May, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F80 – by Chris McPhee

By Chris McPhee

This was a camera that I owned only for a little while. I’ll explain why. When my daughter was born back in the 90’s, I bought my first Nikon. It was the F60 from Dixons. I wasn...

8 May, 2018

5 frames on the road with expired film from 1998 – by J.F. Pritchard

By jfpritchard

Driving through secondary roads is one of my passions. I spend great time planning two-three day trips where I avoid the main highways to discover the most amazing landscapes, l...

7 May, 2018

24 Hour Project, London, 7/4/18: What (was) in my Bag & My Approach – by Simon King

By Simon King

The 24 Hour Project is a humanitarian initiative which connects photographers in cities all around the world, inviting them to join together for 24 hours straight to photograph ...

6 May, 2018

Leica MP review & some wider thoughts on “the ultimate tool”

By Hamish Gill

The Leica MP is touted as "the ultimate tool". Admittedly, my perspective might be influenced by the contrarian in me, but I’ve long been quite sceptical - it's the most expensi...

5 May, 2018

Olympus Trip 35 Review – Learning to be More Spontaneous – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

In the past, I always used manual cameras. I measured the light, set the exposure, and focussed myself . Even in a car, I like to be in control and only drive manual transmissio...

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