1 October, 2026
My Favorite Photo – a One Shot Story
This is the story of how and when I started shooting film again. It wasn’t so much an intentional choice to ditch technology or get back to “my roots” as it was a creative proje...
5 February, 2026
Storytelling with Film
I prefer film. There… I said it! Man, it feels good to get that off my chest. Even in 2026 when digital cameras and phones are awesome, I always pick up a film camera. But why? ...
15 January, 2026
Relearning Film – Notes from a Returning Shooter
I’m relearning 35mm film. I grew up shooting on film. I’m 55 now, so my first camera was around 1984, when I was sixteen: a Minolta X-700, which I still have. Getting back into ...
28 December, 2025
A Potted History of the Last Two Years of my Return to Film Photography
During my pre digital life I was mostly a Pentax fan, using their SL, SP, ES, ME, MX, LX, 67 and 645…all long gone. The last three I bought whilst I was in Hong Kong for a...
29 November, 2025
A Journey Through 26 Cameras and Expired Film
I started shooting analog in 2011, using expired film from the abandoned darkroom at the Microscopy Facility where I work, at the University of the Basque Country. You can read ...
9 November, 2025
The Story of the Chinese Farmer
In June 2017, I watched the massive blood-red Strawberry Moon rising up behind the Copacabana skyline and decided to break my long-standing travel rule: Even in places where you...
28 October, 2025
My Introduction to Film Photography
My introduction into photography began many years ago around 2015 or 2016 with a Sony digital a5000. A small compact APS-C camera I purchased from Best Buy for a whopping $400! ...
14 September, 2025
My DIY Analog Journey
I’m Adrien, a french DIY and technical stuff enthusiast. For many years (since I’m 3, I guess), I have really liked to experiment with new things, undertaking a lot ...