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9 November, 2025

What, IMO, Street-Photography Is All About – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

9 November, 2025

/ Street & Urban Photography, /

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17 September, 2024

The Director – A One Shot Story

By John Greene

Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...

16 September, 2024

Jagglé – Introducing my Daylight Enlarger

By Wicher van Lambalgen

First, let me introduce myself; I am a mechanical design engineer and amateur photographer living in Potsdam, Germany. I’m 32 years old and have grown up around cameras, as both...

16 September, 2024

Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!

By Jeffery Luhn

I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...

15 September, 2024

5 Frames with A Few Minolta X-300s

By Cameron Scott

A gift for my twenty-first birthday, my old Praktica SLR had been hiding up in the attic for many years. I would occasionally fire the shutter a few times just to hear that reas...

2 boys in winter jackets standing by a pond in the snow.

14 September, 2024

5 Digital Frames Transferred to Film (An Experiment)

By Asher Curri

This camera shoots unlimited film photos! Has become a popular click bait title in the YouTube photography space. These creators are attempting to capitalize on a widespread des...

13 September, 2024

Weegee Returns – A photographic tribute to a legendary cult photographer!

By Jeffery Luhn

Once upon a time in a wild and dangerous city, there lived a bold and fearless photographer. He roamed the inky black night of America’s most populated and crime-ridden city, ai...

13 September, 2024

Minolta 7000 – Finding an eBay Bargain

By John Greene

Over the years I have become a little more savvy at buying and selling on eBay and I recently managed to bag, what to me, is a super bargain. Rewinding back to around 1986 our h...

12 September, 2024

The Boat Graveyard

By Geoff Chaplin

The Gloucester and Sharpness ship canal – at one time the broadest and deepest in the world – connects the docks on the River Severn to the city of Gloucester about 16 miles awa...

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