My neighbor Alvar has loaned me another camera to write an article about, in this case the camera was used by his father for years, I appreciate the trust he has had in me.
The...
Universal Camera Corporation launched their Univex Mercury CC model in 1938, along with their proprietary #200 series films. It's basically 35mm film, but on an open roll. The m...
10 July, 2021
5 (x 2) Frames of the Columbia River Gorge on Kodak Elite Chrome 100 with an Olympus Pen EES-2 – by Shawn Granton
Over the past year I've been figuring out ways to combine my new passion of film photography with my old passion of bicycle travel. I've bike toured to many places since my firs...
Sometimes the urge to do something out of the norm comes over me from out of the blue; like stopping at the Salvation Army that I drive by literally every day, yet rarely giving...
This Yashica T2 is a new pickup that I initially bought to repair and flip. While I was able to repair it (the battery door was bad, as is common on older point-and-shoots), I m...
3 July, 2021
5 Frames of Oysterville, Washington on Portra 400 with an Olympus 35 RD – by Shawn Granton
The Long Beach Peninsula juts out from the SW corner of Washington State. This low-lying arm of land separating Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean features lots of sandy beach--...
27 June, 2021
5 Frames on Greenwich Beach with a Kiev 60, 50mm Flektogon and 30mm Macro tube, on Ektachrome 100 – By Michael Elliott
I recently took a wander along the riverside beach at low tide from Enderby's Wharf to Morden Wharf, surveying the textures, colours and variety of items that are either washed ...
I've been trying to improve my black and white photo taking skills. I learned to take photos with slide film and digital cameras, and in general it was for composite purposes. B...